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Non-Secret Formulas 



A collection of over four thousand formulas 
and one thousand prize prescriptions for the 
use of Physicians and Druggists, to which has 
been added a selection of articles from standard 
authorities on Photography, Tablet Triturates, 
Compressed Tablets, Elixirs, Proprietaries, and 
original formulas for toilet articles, perfumery 
and articles of household use, making a valuable 
book of reference on subjects appertaining to the 
business of an up-to-date pharmacist 



FIRST EDITION, PRICE $5.00 PER COPY. 



BY 

T. M. "GRIFFITHS, 






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3818 Laclede Avenue, ST. LOUIS. 

- 1897 



Buxton & Skinner Sta. Co.. Printers, 
215-221 Chestnut Street. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress In the year 
1897, by T. M. Griffiths, in the office of the Libra- 
rian of Congress at Washington, D. C. 
All rights reserved. 



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PREFACE 



The necessity of a thoroughly reliable formula book for ready reference will 
be apparent to everyone engaged in the drug business or in any of its kindred 
branches. Especially useful will be a formula book written and compiled by 
one who has had thirty years practical experience in the laboratory. 

It contains valuable recipes used by well-known firms engaged in the 
manufacture of Pharmaceuticals and Druggists' Specialties. The formulas 
given for perfumeries, toilet articles and flavoring extracts, are those used by 
one of the largest firms in the United States, modified to suit the requirements 
of the retail trade. i 

The physicians' formulas are principally the prescriptions offered in com- 
petition for prizes given by a well-known journal. They are revised, corrected 
and commented upon by a distinguished physician, and are selected with the 
view of being useful to the busy medical practitioner. 

The formulae of the New York Hospital and the London Children's Hos- 
pital, will, it is hoped, be found a useful addition to the medical library. 

Full instructions and a complete line of formulas are given for preparing 
compressed tablets, tablet triturates and granular effervescent salts, medicinal 
lozenges, unofficinal pills, elixirs, solutions, emulsions, chlorodynes, anodynes, 
anaesthetics, liniments, insecticides, garden and lawn fertilizers, cements, glues 
and mucilages, marking, writing, copying and hektograph inks and pads, Infants' 
food, teething, soothing and cooling powders, the various remedies for infantile 
diseases are fully treated of. Recipes are also given for cleansing and scouring, 
and cleansing preparations, furniture creams and polishes, metal cleaning and 
polishing preparations, soap and soap making (on a small scale), deodorants 
and disinfectants. To these are added a complete formulary of curry powders, 
sausage and meat flavorings, Worcestershire sauces, digestive relishes, baking 
powder of every variety, including alum, acid phosphate, cream of tartar 
and tartaric acid, slow and quick rising, as well as flavoring extracts of standard 
and superior grades, soluble lemon, soluble ginger, ginger ale and soluble tincture 
of tolu, fruit flavors from the ethers and from pure fruit juices, syrups, root 
beer and root beer extracts, shoe dressings and polishes, stove and grate 
enamels, beverages and liqueurs, tasteless syrup of quinine, and formulas for 
making goods similar to many of the leading proprietaries. 

The formulas for the home treatment of Dipsomania are written by a 
physician who has had several years of practical experience as house physician 
in the Keeley Institute in Dwight, Illinois. 

Of especial interest to retail druggists and to photographic amateurs, are 
the articles on "How to do the photographic trade," and the way to make it 
pay, the material to keep in stock, how to make the various chemical solutions 
and developers, to take, print and mount photographs, how to prepare the 
dark room, etc., etc., being a complete guide to the details of the photographic 
art. 

(iii) 



iv PREFACE. 

The veterinary part of the work is very complete indeed, and embraces 
valuable formulas for stock foods, condition powders, hog cholera remedies, 
poultry powders, poultry tonics and bird remedies; to which is added a treatise 
on the diseases of domestic animals and pets, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, 
dogs, poultry, turkeys, geese, rabbits, pigeons and canaries, their treatment 
and cure. 

The article on perfumery is a practical guide for the manufacture of every- 
thing connected with the perfumers' art, and written with especial care to 
meet the wants of those who, with a very small outlay of capital desire to 
engage in a pleasant, profitable business, and who do not desire to in- 
vest much money in the venture until assured of success. Full instructions 
are given for preparing the higher grades of handkerchief extracts usually sold 
at #3.50 to $4.00 per pound; also a full line of formulas for making the cheaper 
kind of goods from essential oils and tinctures. The latter formulas will be 
found valuable in enabling the manufacturer to compete successfully with the 
grade of goods offered at a low price by department stores. In this part of 
the book are also added reliable formulas for colognes, cologne mixtures, bay 
rums and bay rum mixtures, Florida waters, Florida water mixtures, lavender 
water, violet waters, verbena and other toilet waters of pronounced excellence; 
sachet powders, fumigating pastilles, solid or frozen perfumes, toilet powders, 
infant powders, toilet creams, enamels, cold creams, camphor ices, freckle 
creams, arsenical and other face lotions, milk of roses, cream of roses, frostilline, 
shampoos, dandruff pomades, brilliantine, lip salve, shaving creams, stick 
pomades, cocoanut cream, and many other toilet preparations that command 
a ready sale. 

The part devoted to preparations for the hair contains formulae for hair 
colorers, hair dyes, quinine and jaborandi hair tonics, with explicit directions 
for their manufacture. 

The article on dental preparations comprises tooth powders, tooth pastes, 
antiseptic tooth washes and dental obtundents, together with many other 
formulas useful to the dental profession. 

In the keen competition of these days there is an urgent demand for reliable 
formulas fo compete with the great number of proprietary remedies in the 
market, „ Substitution by unscrupulous parties of worthless preparations to 
replace articles of acknowledged merit, is dishonest first, last and all the 
time; but surely the druggist has a perfect right to compete with advertised 
remedies by offering, praising and pushing the sale of his own preparations 
when he makes them of good material and by a meritorious formula. Furthermore, 
should he take pains to convince the physicians in his neighborhood of the 
excellence of the goods of his own manufacture, and succeed in having them 
prescribed, it surely comes under the head of fair business competition, and 
cannot be objected to, unless by those who are so blinded by avarice that they 
are unwilling to acknowledge any virtue in a preparation, unless they are 
pecuniarily interested in the profits. 

In the determined fight the druggists are making o gainst monopolies, a book 
of reliable formulas will be of benefit in evening up profits. Bearing this in mind, 
there is a good line of formulae inserted for the production of goods similar to 
and in many cases superior to such well-known articles as acid phosphate, 
ammonol, antikamnia, aristol, Ayer's sarsaparilla, Baby's quinine, beef, celery 
and sarsaparilla, bismuth hair dye, blackberry brandy, blood and kidney tea, 



PREFACE. V 

brilliantine, bromidia, buchu (Wayne's), butter coloring, cascara cordial, celery 
compound, chill tonic (tasteless), chlorides compound (elixir of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 
6), coca kola, cod liver oil and malt, cologne (Hoyt's), consumption cure (Piso's), 
copying pads (hektograph), dioviburnum elixir, tig syrup, fluid lightning, 
Frey's vermifuge, gold cure for Dipsomania, Helonias cordial, household am- 
monia, home treatment (Keeley Cure), iodides compound (elixir of, 6), iodide of 
iron syrup (rapid method of making), kamnafuga, kidney and liver cure, kola 
champagne essence, lactated pepsin elixir, listerine (will stand the tr. chlor. iron 
test), lithiated hydrangea, magic neuralgic drops, mead syrup, mistura gon- 
orrhoea, nervina, odontundor, phosphorus paste (never changing, easily made), 
pepsin ferro. rnang., pepsin powder, purgative effervescing salts, Roback's bit- 
ters, rough on rats, rubifoam, saline fruit salt (Eno's), syrup of hypophosphites 
haematic, syrup of iodide of iron (tasteless), syrup of white pine (new method), 
tasteless chill powder, Vance's chilblain cream, viburnum compound, vin 
mariani, wild cherry bitters, wine of pepsin, wine of cod liver oil, wire fence 
liniment, wizard oil, worm cakes, worm powders, Worcestershire sauce (genuine), 
and hundreds of others that are money makers and well adapted to the re- 
quirements of those who desire to push a few well-paying specialties of merit. 
While expressing my thanks and obligations to all sources from which I quote, 
I am especially indebted to the Scientific American Encyclopedia for some of 
its admirable articles on cleaning, scouring, photography, cements and insecti- 
cides; to the Standard Formulary for its article on Elixirs; to the Pharmaceutical 
Era, The Western Druggist, The London Chemist and Druggist, The Druggists' 
Circular and to Scoville's Art of Dispensing, for many useful articles and 
formulae. 

I trust that it is not necessary to insist upon any claim to the average 
degree of originality, for if the book does not bear the evidence of honest and 
independent work by one familiar with the pestle and mortar, it is a defect not 
likely to be removed by the most eloquent and argumentative of prefaces. 



PART I. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



BLOOD PURIFIERS AND 
ALTERATIVES. 



Syrup of Sarsaparilla with Iodide of 
Potash. 

106 gallons sugar house syrup. 
51 gallons spirits, 188 per cent. 
60 pounds iodide of potash. 
34% gallons distilled water. 

5 gallons fluid extract sarsap. co. 

2 gallons fluid extract dandelion. 

2 gallons fluid extract senna. 

2 gallons fluid extract columbo. 

7% ounces oil sassafras. 

3% ounces oil anise. 

1% ounces oil wintergreen. 
64 ounces burnt sugar coloring. 
M. S. A. 



Syrup of Sarsaparilla with Iodide of 
Potash. 

100 gallons sugar house syrup. 
60 gallons spirits, 188 per cent. 
76 gallons distilled water. 
32 pounds iodide of potash. 

5 gallons fluid extract sarsap co. 
2 gallons fluid extract dandelion. 
2 gallons fluid extract senna. 

2 gallons fluid extract stillingia. 

2 gallons fluid extract yellow dock. 
1 gallon fluid extract rhubarb. 

12 ounces oil sassafras. 

6 ounces oil anise. 

3 ounces oil wintergreen. 

64 ounces burnt sugar coloring. 

M. S. A. 

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4. 



Syrup of Sarsaparilla with Iodide of 
Potash. 

62% gallons sugar house syrup. 
19 gallons spirits, 188 per cent. 
15 pounds iodide of potash. 
65% gallons distilled water. 
3% gallons fluid extract sarsap co. 
1 9-16 gallons fluid extract dandelion. 
1 9-16 gallons fluid extract senna. 
1 9-16 gallons fluid extract yellow dock. 
8 ounces oil sassafras. 

4 ounces oil anise. 

4 ounces oil wintergreen. 

40 ounces burnt sugar coloring. 



Indian Alterative Medicine. 



5 pounds ground sarsaparilla. 

5 pounds ground prickly ash. 

5 pounds ground burdock. 

2 pounds ground poke root. 

5 pounds ground stillingia. 

2% pounds iodide potash. 
Percolate the drugs with proof spirits until 
five gallons extract is obtained; dissolve the 
iodide of potash in the extract. 

This is a powerful alterative medicine. 



5. Compound Extract Sarsaparilla with 
Iodide of Potash. 

2 pounds ground stillingia. 

1 pound ground may apple. 

1 pound ground poke root. 

1 pound ground prickly ash. 

1 pound iodide of potash. 
Percolate the drugs with proof spirits until 
five gallons extract is obtained; dissolve the 
iodide of potash in the extract and add 

5 gallons syrup of sarsaparilla with 

Iodide of potash, formula "A." 



NON-SECRET FORM ULAS. 



6. Compound Extract Red Clover. 

5 pounds ground red clover. 
2V 2 pounds ground stillingia. 
1*4 pounds ground poke root. 
1 pound iodide of potash. 

Percolate the drugs with dilute alcohol until 
five gallons extract is obtained; dissolve the 
iodide of potash in one gallon of distilled 
water and add — make up to 10 gallons with 
syrup of sarsaparilla and iodide of potash 
formula "A." 



7. Syrup of Trifolium Compound. 

24 pints fluid extract licorice root. 

24 pints fluid extract red clover. 

12 pints fluid extract stillingia. 

12 pints fluid extract burdock. 

6 pints fluid extract poke root. 

3 pints fluid extract prickly ash bark, 

12 pints fluid ext. berberis aquifolium. 

12 pints fluid extract cascara bitterless. 

20 pints glycerine. 

20 pints alcohol, 188 per cent. 

60 pints water. 

120 pounds granulated sugar. 

5y 2 pounds iodide of potash. 

2 ounces oil sassafras. 

1 ounce oil wintergreen. 

V 2 ounce oil anise. 

M. S. A. 



8. Sarsaparilla Blood Purifier 

Indorsed by the Illinois Pharmaceutical As- 
sociation. 

Potassium iodide 240 grains. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Fid. ext. burdock 2 fl. ounces. 

Syr. sarsaparilla comp 8 fl. ounces. 

Syrup (dextrin or sugar) 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dose: One to four teaspoonfuls according 
to age. 



9. Blood Cleanser. 

Potassium iodide 64 grains. 

Liquor potassa 4 drams. 

Tincture cardamon co 6 drams. 

Pld. ext. sarsaparilla l ounce. 

Tincture capsicum 20 minims. 

Syrup of orange l ounce. 

Salicylate of soda 128 grafns. 

Oinnamon water enough to 

make 16 ounces. 



Dose: One or two tablespoonfuls to be 
taken three times a day. Children, 1 to 3 
teaspoonfuls in a little water twice a day. 
This medicine should be continued for at least 
14 



10. Blood Mixture without Iodide of 

Potassium. 

Liquor arsenicalis 32 minims. 

Potassium chlorat 32 grains. 

PI. ext. sarsap. co 2 ounces. 

Spirits chlorof 2 drams. 

Aqua ad 8 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful to be taken three 
times a day after meals. 



11. Robson's Blood Purifier. 

Potash iodide 32 grains. 

Soda sulphate 32 grains. 

Potash liquor 4 drams. 

Syrup sarsap. co 10 drams. 

Spirits of wintergreen, 1 

to 16 1 ounce. 

Iron sulphate 4 drams. 

Chloroform water to make 8 ounces. 
Dose: One or two tablespoonfuls. 



12. Blood Remedy. 

Citrate iron and ammonia. 2 drams. 

Iodide potash 2 scruples. 

Liq. hydrarg. perchlor 1 ounce. 

Syrup simple 1 ounce. 

Water 6 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day. 



13. Blood Remedy for Scrofulous Disorders 
of the Blood. 

Potassium iodide 64 grains. 

Soda sulph 1 ounce. 

Liquor potassa % ounce. 

Fid. ext. stillingia co * 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. sarsap. co 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon water BV 2 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day. 



14. 



Clarke's Blood Mixture. 



Clarke's Blood Mixture. — In 1875 a bottle of 
this was submitted by Dr. Win. O'Neil to Dr. 
A. S. Taylor for analysis. According to the 
report of the latter, which was sent by Dr. 
O'Neil to the "Lancet": 



XOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



■•The quantity of the liquid contained in the 
bottle was 8 ounces. It had a dark-brown 
color, but was clear and free from any sedi- 
ment. It had the smell of chloric ether (a 
compound of alcohol and chloroform), and a 
sweetish saline taste, which was not unpleas- 
ant. Its reaction on test paper was alkaline. 
On shaking it, it formed a brown-colored froth. 
When evaporated to dryness it left a thick 
dark saccharine extract, weighing, for the U 
ounce, about 29 grains. When this extract' 
was incinerated it left a white saline residue, 
which proved to be iodide of potassium. The 
brown coloring matter had the usual proper- 
ties of burnt sugar (caramel). In addition the 
mixture contained a small quantity of solu- 
tion of potash, just sufficient to correct the 
acidity of the burnt sugar. Alcohol and 
chloroform (as chloric ether) were detected in 
it. Arsenic, antimony, lead, copper, and other 
metallic poisons were sought for, but the mix- 
ture was found to be quite free from any 
metallic impregnation. 

'•The composition of the mixture was found 
to be as follows in 8 ounces: 

Potassium iodide 64 grains. 

Chloric ether, B. P. ....... 4 drams. 

Liquor potassae, B. P 30 minims 

Water, colored with burnt 

sugar to the requisite tint 7% ounces. 

It is. nevertheless, the general opinion that 
decoction of hemidesmus, or sarsaparilla, is 
used in place of burnt sugar." 



15. For Eczema, Patches on the Face, &c. 

Liq. arsenicalis 32 minims. 

Tr. ferri perch 1 dram. 

Magnesia sulph 1 ounce. 

Glycerine % ounce. 

Water enough for 8 ounces. 

Dose: ODe tablespoonful three times a day. 



16. For Hives or any Simple Cutaneous 
Disorder. 

Magnesia sulph % ounce. 

Magnesia carb. powd 2 scruples. 

Potassium nitrate 2 scruples. 

Tinct. ginger 30 minims. 

Tinct. cardamon co 40 minims. 

Peppermint water enough 

to make 2 ounces. 

Dose: Two tablespoonfuls to be taken at 
bedtime, and the remainder to be taken in the 
morning, if necessary. 



17. Blood Purifying Mixture. 

Potass, iodid 1 dram. 

Potass, bicarb IK drams. 

Liq. arsenicalis IK drams. 

Spt. chloroform! K drain. 

Ext. sarsae co. cone 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: A dessertspoonful in a little water 
thrice daily, immediately after food. 

The arsenic in it clears the skin, while as a 
tonic it is not inferior to quinine. 



18. Blood Purifying Herbs. 

Rad. sarsae inciss 1)4 ounces. 

Chiratae h ounce. 

Rad. sassafras 3 drams. 

Succ. glycyrrhiz. contus. ... K ounce. 

Rad. zingib. contus.. . . : . ...2 drams. 

Sem. coriand. contus 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 

Potassii iodid 1 dram. 

M. 

Directions: Boil the contents of the packet 
with a quart of water for half an hour, stirring 
now and then. Strain the decoction through 
a piece of flannel into a scalded jug, and set 
aside to cool. Add a glass of whisky to pre- 
serve the decoction, and put it up in pint bot- 
tles. Take half a wineglassful before food 
three times a day. 



19. Mixture for Purifying the Blood. 

Potass, iodid 1 scruple. 

Liq. taraxaci 2 drams. 

Dec. sarsae co 63£ ounces. 

Ol. sassafras 1 minim. 

Liq. potass X dram. 

Mist. gent. co. cone \% ounces. 

M. S. A. 

Dose: One tablespoonful. 



20. Cheap Blood Purifier. 

Sugar house syrup 10 gallons. 

Chloric ether 2% gallons. 

Burnt sugar coloring y 2 gallon. 

Water distilled 27V, gallons. 

Iodide of potash 5% pounds. 

Liquor potassa 40 ounces. 

Oil sassafras 3 ounces. 

Oil anise 1 ounce. 

Oil wintergreen 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the iodide in the water, the oils in 
the chloric ether, and add to the syrup and 
coloring. Dose, one tablespoonful. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



21. Alterative Juice Formula. 

From the British Medical Journal as that 
given by J. Marion Sims. 

Fid. ext. smilax sarsap.... 2 ounces. 

Fid. ext. stillingia 2 ounces. 

Fid. ext. burdock 2 ounces. 

Fid. ext. poke root 2 ounces. 

Tincture prickly ash 1 ounce. 

22. Sarsaparilla Purgative Mixture. 

PI. ext. sarsaparilla 1 ounce. 

PI. ext. licorice 1 ounce. 

PI. ext. senna 3 ounces. 

Fl. ext. mandrake 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Iodide of potash 64 grains. 

Dose: One tablespoonful in water. 



23. Extract Beef, Celery and Sarsaparilla, 

Syrup sarsaparilla formula 

No. 3 1 gallon. 

Cudahy, Swift or Armour's 

fluid beef 4 ounces. 

Celery seed ground 1 ounce. 

Percolated with alcohol.... 4 ounces. 

And water 8 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



21. Mexican Extract Sarsaparilla. 

Mexican sarsaparilla 5 pounds. 

Yellow dock 5 pounds. 

Stillingia 5 pounds. 

Mandrake 7 pounds. 

Senna leaves 7 pounds. 

Licorice root 7 pounds. 

Iodide potash 2 pounds. 

Sugar house syrup 5 gallons. 

Alcohol 8 gallons. 

Water q. s. to make 42 gallons. 

Macerate the drugs for 3 days, and percolate. 



25. Blood and Eiver Syrup, with Iron. 

Iodide of potash 256 grains. 

Citrate of iron and am- 
monia 256 grains. 

Fluid extract senna 2 ounces. 

Fluid extract licorice 2 ounces. 

Water 1 ounce. 

Co. syrup of sarsaparilla. . 11 ounces. 
M. S. A. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls in half tum- 
bler of cold water, three times a day after 
meals. 



TONICS, BITTERS, WINES, &c. 



26. Iron Tonic Bitters. 

Cinchona bark 1 pound. 

Coca leaves l pound. 

Soluble citrate iron y 2 pound. 

Caraway seed l pound. 

Gentian root y 2 pound. 

Orange peel recent 3 pounds. 

Red saunders % pound. 

Water 15 gallons. 

Simple syrup 2 gallons. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 7 gallons. 
Percolate the drugs with the spirits and 
water; add the simple syrup, and add enough 
California Port Wine to make the product 
measure 30 gallons. 



27. Glover's Iron Tonic Cordial. 

Fl. ext. case. sag. bark. ... 2 pounds. 

PI. ext. gentian root 1 pound. 

PI. ext. chamomile flowers.. 1 pound. 

Am. cit. iron 1 pound. 

Oil orange 4 ounces. 

Gran, sugar 30 pounds. 

Alcohol 9y 2 gallons. 

Sherry wine 2 gallons. 

Water 36 gallons. 

28. Glover's Iron Tonic Bitters. 

Cinchonidia 3% ounces. 

Cinchonine 3% ounces. 

Quinine 1 ounce. 

Sherry wine 25 gallons. 

White sugar 105 pounds. 

Oil orange 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 15 gallons. 

Water a. s. to make product 100 gallons, 
finally add 2 pounds am. cit. iron. 

29. "Wine of Iron (Bitter.) 

Cit. iron and ammonia.... 128 grains. 

Simple elixir 2 ounces. 

Sherry wine 13 ounces. 

Hot water 1 ounce. 

Isinglass (q. s. to detannate wine). 

30. German Herb Bitlers. 

Orange peel ground 8 ounces. 

Coriander seed ground 1 ounce. 

Gentian root ground % ounce. 

Ginger root 1 ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 2 gallons. 

Water 3 gallons. 

Simple syrup V 2 gallon. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Macerate the drugs for three days in a por- 
tion of the alcohol and water; percolate with 
the remainder of the alcohol and water, and 
run enough water through the percolator, 
until in all five gallons of the percolate is ob- 
tained; filter and add the simple syrup. 

31. Roback's Bitters. 

Orange peel ground 80 ounces. 

Cassia bark ground 22 ounces. 

Cloves ground 6 ounces. 

Coriander ground 30 ounces. 

Caraway seed ground 6 ounces. 

Red saunders and caramel.. q. s. 

Proof spirits, 100° IS gallons. 

Water 12 gallons. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Macerate the drugs 7 days with a portion of 
the spirits and water, then percolate with the 
remainder; add the sugar and filter. 



32. Walton's Bitters. 

Orange peel 20 ounces. 

Virg. snake root 14 ounces. 

Cinchona bark, yellow S ounces. 

Coriander seed 6 ounces. 

Anise seed 5 ounces. 

Gentian root 5 ounces. 

Wormwood herb 2 ounces. 

Proof spirits, 100° 31 gallons. 

Water 8% gallons. 

Simple syrup 2 gallons. 

Macerate the drugs 7 days, and filter. 



33. Samson's Bitters. 

Cloves ground 3 ounces. 

Cassia bark ground 5 ounces. 

Licorice root ground 4 ounces. 

Orange peel ground 22 ounces. 

Coriander seed ground 14 ounces. 

Grains of paradise ground. 1 ounce. 

"Wormwood herb ground... 2 ounces. 

Proof spirits, 100° 32 gallons. 

Water 18 gallons. 

Simple syrup 3 gallons. 

Macerate the drugs with a portion of the 
spirits and water, q. s. to cover the drugs; in 
seven days percolate with the remainder of the 
spirits and water, filter, and add the simple 
syrup 

34. Wood's Wine of Iron Bil ters. 

Orange peel recent ground. 10 ounces. 

Coriander seed recent grd. . 2 ounces. 

Cardamon seed recent grd. 1 ounce. 

California port wine 10 gallons. 

Cinchonidia sulphate 2 drams. 

Aromatic sulph. acid 2 drams. 



Water 2 pints. 

Spirits, 188 per cent 1 pint. 

Simple syrup 2 pints. 

Am. Cit. iron 4 ounces. 

M. S. A. 

35. Stoughton Bitters. 

Orange peel ground 16 ounces. 

Angostura bark ground.... 10 ounces. 

Licorice root ground 16 ounces. 

Virg. snake root ground... 5 ounces. 

Galangal root ground 5 ounces. 

Nutmegs ground 2 ounces. 

Cassia bark ground 5 ounces. 

Powdered catechu 2 ounces. 

Spanish saffron ground. ... 2 ounces. 

Jamaica ginger ground.... 2 ounces. 

Cardamon seed ground 2 ounces. 

Red saunders ground 2 ounces. 

Coriander seed 10 ounces. 

Caraway seed 1 ounce. 

Macerate the drugs for fourteen days with 
five gallons of proof spirits. Then percolate 
with proof spirits, until fifteen gallons of per- 
colate is obtained. Run water through the 
percolator until two gallons of water has 
passed through; mix this with three gallons of 
heavy simple syrup, and add to the fifteen gal- 
lons, making the total product twenty gallons. 

36. "Wild Cherry Bitters. 

Wild cherry bark ground.. 16 ounces. 

Orange peel ground 8 ounces. 

Cardamon seed ground. .. . 2 ounces. 

Coriander seed ground 4 ounces. 

Grains of paradise 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits proof 16 gallons. 

Water 9 gallons. 

Simple syrup 1% gallon. 

Macerate the drugs with a portion of the 
spirits and water, a. s. to cover the drugs, 
in seven days percolate with the remainder of 
the spirits and water, filter, and add the simple 
syrup. Color with burnt sugar coloring, if a 
darker color is desired. 



37. Orange Bitters. A 

Orange peel recent ground. 5 pounds. 

Coriander seed ground 2 pounds. 

Lemon peel recent ground. 1 pound. 

Saccharine (1 to 300) ^ ounce. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 8 gallons. 

Distilled water 12 gallons. 

Dissolve the saccharin in the cologne spirits, 
macerate the drugs with a portion of the 
spirits and water, q. s. to cover the drugs, 
let stand for fourteen days, keeping well cov- 
ered, then percolate with the remainder of the 
spirits and water; filter if necessary. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



38. Orange Bitters. B 

Orange peel recent ground. 2 pounds. 

Coriander seed ground % pound. 

Cinchonidia sulphate % ounce. 

Orange flower water 32 ounces. 

Saccharin % ounce. 

Salicylic acid % ounce. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 1% gallons. 

Water iy 2 gallons. 

Dissolve the saccharin, cinchonidia, and 
salicylic acid in two pints of the spirits, and 
set aside until needed. Macerate the drugs 
with six pints of spirits and six pints of water 
for seven days. Then place in a percolator 
and percolate with the remainder of the spirits 
and water; when percolation is finished, add 
the spirits containing the salicylic acid, sac- 
charin and cinchonidia, filter if necessary, 
using blotting or filtering paper, beaten into 
a pulp, and a canton flannel filtering bag, made 
so as to have the soft woolen nap on the inside 
of the bag. These directions for filtering are 
for large quantities and for rapid work. For 
smaller quantities the ordinary paper filter 
and glass funnel will do. Avoid any alkaline 
matter in filtering this preparation. 

39. Blackberry Brandy or Cordial. 

German cherry juice y 2 gallon. 

Soluble essence of ginger. . y s gallon. 

Spirits proof i/ 2 gallon. 

Simple syrup 1 gallon. 

Water % gallon. 

Tincture of orris root 4 ounces. 

Caramel 1 ounce. 

M. S. A. 

40. Hop Tonic Bitters. 

Hops ground 1 pound. 

Buchu leaves ground Vi pound. 

Orange peel ground y 2 pound. 

Gentian root ground % pound. 

Cardamon seed ground.... % pound. 

Boiling water 3 gallons. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 1 gallon. 

Saccharine (1 to 300) % ounce. . 

Pour the boiling water on the drugs. Let 
stand for five hours, and strain. Dissolve the 
saccharin in the spirits, add the cologne spirits 
and saccnarin and filter. 

41. Nerve Tonic in Debility. 

Liq. strychniae 5 minims. 

Liq. arsenicalis 3 minims. 

Tine, aurantii 20 minims. 

Tine, zingiberis 10 minims. 

Sp. chloroformi 10 minims. 

Aq. destill. ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

For one dose: Twice daily after meals. 



42. Calisaya Tonic. 

Orange peel ground 5 ounces. 

Cinchona bark ground 5 ounces. 

Cardamon seed ground.... 1 ounce. 

Coriander seed ground 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 32 ounces. 

Water J 6 ounces. 

Syrup simple 32 ounces. 

Percolate the drugs with the spirits and 
water, add the simple syrup and color with 
cochineal coloring, q. s. 



43. Iron and Quinine Tonic. A 

Citrate of iron and quinine 128 grains. 

Am. Citrate of iron 128 grains. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Orange bitters, B. (formula 

38) i 14 ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful. 



44. Iron and Quinine Tonic. 

Tine, citro chloride of iron 1 ounce. 

Acid phosph. dilute 1 ounce. 

Hydrochlorate of quinine.. 1 scruple. 

Glycerine 4 ounces. 

Orange bitters, B. (formula 14 ounces. 

38) 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls in water. 



45. Tonic for Nervous Debility. A 

Acid hydrobromic dil 1 ounce. 

Acid phosphoric dil 1 ounce. 

Tinct. mix vomica % ounce. 

Tinct. jam. ginger y 2 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Orange bitters, B. (formula 

38) 12 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day 
before meals. 



46. Aromatic Bitters. 

Curacoa orange peel grd. . . 1 pound. 

Cinnamon bark true grd. . . *4 pound. 

Gentian root ground y s pound. 

Nutmegs ground 1-16 pound. 

Cloves ground 1-16 pound. 

Cardamon seed ground 1-16 pound. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 3 gallons 

Water ^/ 2 gallons. 

Simple syrup ¥2 gallon. 

Macerate the drugs for seven days with a 
portion of the spirits and water, then percolate 
with remainder; filter and add the syrup. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



4T. Tonic Bl©od Mixture. 

Tincture mix vomica y 2 ounce. 

PI, extract stillingia 2% ounces. 

Liquor arsenicalis 36 minims. 

Bichlor. hydrarg 1 grain. 

Totassium iodide 30 grains. 

Alcohol 1 dram. 

Saccharin 5 grains. 

Cinnamon water to make. 12 ounces. 

M. S. A. 

Dose: One to two tablespoonfuls three 
times a day after meals. This is a powerful 
alterative and tonic and very valuable in 
scrofulous and syphilitic affections. 



48. Spring Blood Renovator. 

Sulphate magnesia 8 ounces. 

Hyposulphite soda 4 ounces. 

Iodine resublimed 60 grains. 

Simple syrup 10 ounces. 

Alcohol. 188 per cent 10 ounces. 

Tincture capsicum 30 minims. 

Oil sassafras 10 minims. 

Oil wintergreen 5 minims. 

Caramel 1 ounce. 

Liquor potassa 1 dram. 

"Water q. s. to make 60 ounces. 



49. Tonic for Nervous Debility. B 

Hypophosphite potash .... 1 ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Fl. ext. coca leaves 4 ounces. 

Fl. ext. damiana 4 ounces. 

Fl. ext. nux vomica jounce. 

Acid hydrobromic dil 4 ounces. 

Simple elixir, red, q. s. to 

make 60 ounces. 

Dose: One to two dessertspoonfuls three 
times a day before meals. 



50. Mist. Acid Tonic. 

Charing Cross Hospital. 

Acidi nitrici diluti 7 miuims. 

Acidi hydrochlorici diluti. . 8 minims. 

Aquae chloroformi 2 drams. 

Inf. gentianae ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 



51. Tonic Mixture Alkaline. 

Ammonia carl) 4 grains. 

Soda bicarb 10 grains. 

Infusion gentian co 1 ounce. 

For one dose. 



52. Tonic Mixture Alkaline. B 

Cit. iron am 2 drams. 

Soda bicarb 1 dram. 

Spirits ammonia arom 3 drams. 

Tinct. nux vomica I 1 /* dram. 

Aqua chlorof. to make 6 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day 
after meals. 



53. Calisaya Bark and Iron Cordial. 

Sulphate quinine 90 grains. 

Sulphate cinchonia 60 grains. 

Citric acid 20 grains. 

Simple elixir, red y 2 gallon. 

Sol. citrate iron 2% ounces. 

M. S. A. 



54. Coca Leaves Cordial. 

Froof spirits 44 ounces. 

Simple syrup 64 ounces. 

Fluid extract coca leaves. . 8 ounces. 

Tincture orange peel 8 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Citric acid V-i ounce. 

M. S. A. 



55, Coca Wine. 

Coca leaves ground 1 pound. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 32 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Oil orange 64 minims. 

Oil lemon 16 minims. 

Oil coriander 4 minims. 

Oil anise 2 minims. 

California muscatel wine. . 4 gallons. 

Sugar 2 pounds. 

M. S. A. 



56. Orange Wine. Artificial. 

Water 9 gallons. 

Granulated sugar 5 pounds. 

Tartaric acid 8 ounces. 

Oil of orange 2 ounces. 

Alcohol 1 gallon. 

Orange flower water 1 pint. 

Salicylic acid 20 grains. 

Dissolve the oil of orange and salicylic acid 
in the alcohol. Dissolve the tartaric acid and 
sugar in the water, and mix with the alcohol. 
Color with caramel one ounce. 



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57. Cascara Cordial. 

Cascara sagrada ground... 1 pound. 

Senna leaves ground % pound. 

Licorice root ground y 2 pound. 

Sal soda powdered % pound. 

Water 48 ounces. 

Mix the drugs thoroughly, and macerate 
with the water for twelve hours, place in a 
percolator and percolate with a mixture of 

Alcohol 32 ounces. 

Water 16 ounces. 

to the percolate obtained add 

Oil cardamon . . . 30 minims. 

Oil anise 15 minims. 

Oil orange 15 minims. 

Oil angelica German 15 minims. 

Saccharin 30 grains. 

Dissolved in alcohol 8 ounces. 

Continue the percolation of the drugs with 
water until seven pints in all are obtained; in 
this dissolve granulated sugar 3 pounds, and 
strain. 



58 Viburnum Compound. 

Cramp, bark, powdered... 6 ounces. 

Scull cap., powdered 3 ounces. 

Wild yam powdered G ounces. 

Cloves, powdered G ounces. 

Cinnamon, powdered 3 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 90 ounces. 

Water 24 ounces. 

Syrup simple 9 ounces. 

Percolate the drugs with the spirits and 
water, and add the syrup to the percolate. 



59. Dioviburnum Mixture. 

Cramp, bark, powdered... 4 ounces. 

Helonias, powdered 4 ounces. 

Blue cohosh, powdered .... 4 ounces. 
Squaw vine, powdered.... 4 ounces. 

Oil anise 20 drops. 

Oil wintergreen 16 drops. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 10 ounces. 

Wat er • 50 ounces. 

Caramel 1 ounce. 

Angelica wine, sweet 16 ounces. 

60. Quinine and Iron Mixture. 

Quininae sulph iy 2 drams. 

Acid, nitric, dil 2 drams. 

Tr. ferri perchlor 2 ounces. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof ormi ad 20 ounces. 

M. 



Dose: A dessertspoonful in a wineglassful 
of water thrice daily. 

This mixture keeps well, the nitric acid 
counteracting the reducing effect of glycerine 
and light upon the ferric salt. 



61. Kola (oca Wine. 

Kola nuts ground 2 ounces. 

Coca leaves ground 2 ounces. 

Spirits, 188 per cent 6 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Muscatel, angelica, sherry, port or claret 
or a mixture of half port and half claret 
wines as may be preferred; q. s. to make 
32 ounces. 

Macerate the coca and kola with the spirits 
and water for seven days; percolate and run 
enough wine though the percolator to make 
32 ounces. 

Aromatics — such as cardamom, coriander 
and orange can be added if considered de- 
sirable. 



63. Coca Wine. 

Coca leaves ground 4 ounces. 

Spirits, 188 per cent 6 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Hydrobromic acid dil..... V 2 ounce. 
Muscatel, angelica, sherry, port or claret or 
a mixture of one-third port to two-thirds of 
claret wine as may be preferred; q. s. to 
make 32 ounces. 

The latter mixture is preferable if desired 
to replace Vin Mariani. 



63. Pepsin Wine. A 

Pepsin scales - 256 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid * 60 minims. 

Distilled water i 2 ounces. 

Glycerine i 2 ounces. 

Sweet muscatel wine 12 ounces. 

Dissolve the pepsin in the water and acid, 
let it stand with occasional agitation for 
three days, add the wine and glycerine, 
strain, or filter if desired. 



64. Pepsin Wine. 

Pepsin saccharated 256 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid 60 minims. 

Distilled water 2 ounces. 

Simple elixir white 2 ounces. 

Sweet muscatel, sweet an- 
gelica or sherry wine. ... 12 ounces. 



NOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Dissolve the pepsin in the water and acid, 
let it stand with occasional agitation for 
three days, add the wine and filter, then add 
the simple elixir. An additional two ounces 
of wine may be substituted for the simple 
elixir if preferred. 



65. "Wine of Damiana. 

Fl. ext. of damiana 2 ounces. 

Simple elixir white 2 ounces. 

Sherry, sweet angelica or 

sweet muscatel wine ... 12 ounces. 
Mix. 



66. Wine of Damiana Compound. 

Hypophosphite of potash. . 640 grains. 

Distilled water 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. of damiana 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. of nux vomica 30 minims. 

Fl. ext. of coca leaves. ... % ounce. 

Acid hydrobromic dil 2 ounces. 

Dry sherry wine 8 ounces. 

Glycerine enough to make. 16 ounces. 

67. Wine of Beef. 

Extract of beef 1 ounce troy. 

Simple elixir white 2 ounces. 

Sherry or port wine 
enough to measure 16 ounces. 

€8. Wine of Beef and Iron. A 

Extract of beef 1 ounce troy. 

Cit. iron am. or 

Phosphate iron, scales.... 64 grains. 

Hot water 1 ounce. 

Simple elixir white 2 ounces. 

Detannated port or sherry 

wine enough to measure 16 ounces. 
Port wine is preferable to sherry in this 
preparation. 

Rub the extract of beef with the elixir, add 
the wine, dissolve the iron in the ounce of 
hot water, and mix; let stand for at least four 
weeks and filter. 

This is an excellent preparation. A table- 
spoonful represents one ounce of fresh beef 
and two grains of iron. 

69. AVine of Beef and Iron. B 

Extract of beef > % ounce troy 

Cit. iron am. or , 

Phosphate iron, scales 64 grains. 

Hot water 1 ounce. 

Simple elixir white 2 ounces. 

Detannated port or sherry 

wine enough to measure 16 ounces. 

Prepare in the same manner as formula A. 



70. Celery Compound. 

Celery seed ground 16 ounces. 

Sulphate of cinchouidia. . . % ounce. 

Orange peel ground i 8 ounces. 

Coriander seed ground.... 8 ounces. 

Citric acid a 4 ounces. 

Alcohol 4 gallons. 

Water : 12 gallons. 

Syrup 2 gallons. 

Macerate for seven days; percolate and 
filter. Color with caramel 14 ounces. 



71. Bitter Wine of Iron. 

Soluble citrate iron and 

quinine 580 grains. 

Tincture sweet orange peel 4 ounces. 

Simple syrup 10 ounces. 

Sherry wine detannated 

q. s. to make '... 2 pints. 

Dose: One-half to one tablespoonful. 



72. Bitter Wine of Iron. (Mitchell's.) B 

Calisaya bark ground 192 grains. 

Gentian root ground 128 grains. 

Citrate iron soluble 192 grains. 

Sherry wine 13 ounces. 

Brandy 1 ounce. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Oil orange 12 minims. 

Sugar 2 ounces. 

Solution tersulphate of 

iron 2 ounces. 

Water of ammonia q. s. 

Dissolve the oil in the alcohol and mix with 
the sherry wine and brandy. Percolate with 
this the ground drugs, recover 15 fluid ounces 
of tincture by pouring on water. Dilute the 
iron solution with twice its bulk of water and 
add ammonia in slight excess. Wash and 
drain the precipitate thoroughly. Mix this 
with the tincture, and agitate occasionally 
until a filtered portion has a light yellow 
color and does not precipitate with tincture 
of the chloride of iron. Filter, dissolve the 
citrate of iron and sugar, and bring up the 
measure with a little water to 16 fluid ounces; 
a fluid ounce represents 12 grains of calisaya 
bark, 8 grains of gentian root, and 12 grains 
of citrate of iron. Dose, one to three fluid 
drams 



Wine of Rhubarb. 

Rhubarb powdered •. 3U ounces. 

Calamus powdered 140 grains. 

Sherry wine, stronger, q. 

s. to make 2 pints. 



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Moisten the mixed powders with three 
ounces of the wine. Place the mixture in a 
percolator and run through enough wine to 
make two pints. 

Dose: One to four fluid drams. 

74. Aromatic "Wine. 

Lavender oil 10 minims. 

Origanum oil 10 minims. 

Peppermint oil 10 minims. 

Rosemary oil 10 minims. 

White thyme oil 10 minims. 

Wormwood oil 5 minims. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Sherry wine 15 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add the 

wine. This wine is used as a stimulating 
lotion for indolent ulcers. 



TONICS. 



From the Chemist and Druggist, to which 
the prescriptions were contributed in a com- 
petition instituted by that journal, the com- 
ments being by a medical practitioner. 

GENERAL FERRUGINOUS. 

75. For Anfemia. 

Ferri et am. cit 2 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 1% drams. 

Spt. am. co 6 drams. 

Syr. aurant ; 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce t. d. s. ex aq. p. c. 

Pil. aloes et myrrh 5 grains. 

Cap. j. h. s. s. om. alt. noct. 



NERVINE TONICS. 

Ferri et quininae citrat. ... 2 scruples. 

Sp. chlorof iy 2 drams. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. aurant 4 drams. 

Syrup 4 drams. 

Aq. ad ■ 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-eighth ter die sd. 

Ferri et quin. cit 1 dram. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 3 drams. 

Liquor, strychniae iy 2 drams. 

Aq. chloroform, ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter in die sd. 



'7. 



78. 

Ferri et quiniae cit 1 dram. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil iy 2 drams. 

Tinct. nucis vomic 1 dram. 

Aq. chlorof ormi 3 ounces. 

Aq. ad , 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce in water twice or thrice 
daily. 

79. 

Fer. et quin. cit 1 dram. 

Tr. nucis vom V2 dram. 

Sp. chlorof 3 drams. 

Syr. aurantii 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce ter die pro dos. 



Ferri et quin. cit V2 dram. 

Sp. chlorof V2 dram. 

T. nucis vom % dram. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One-sixth part 3 times a day, between 
meals. 



81. 

Tr. ferri perch 1 dram. 

Glycerin 3 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. . 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig. : One ounce ter die sumend ex aq. 
post cibos. 

83. 

Ferri et quin. cit 1 dram. 

Ferri et ammon. cit 2 drams. 

Spirit, chlorof 3 drams. 

Infus. quass. ad # 6 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : A tablespoonf ul twice or thrice a 
day. 

Some experience is needed to tell when, or 
when not, iron is required as an integral 
portion of a tonic. When iron is indicated, 
the above mixtures would suit the case. 

83. 

Quin. disulph 12 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil ; 2 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce t. d. s. ex cyath. vin. 
aq. 



XOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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84. 

Quininae hydrochlor 16 grains. 

Acid, hydrochlor. dil 1V 2 drains. 

Liq. strychninae 24 minims. 

Spt. chloroformi •• 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Capiat one-half ounce ter in die ex aqua. 
These two mixtures are more suitable as 
tonics in cases of debility accompanied by 
neuralgic symptoms. 

85. TOXIC LAXATIVES. 

Ferri sulph l x /2 drams. 

Mag. sulph 4 drams. 

Acid, sulph. dil - 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 3 drams. 

Inf. calumbae ad 8 ounces. 

Coch. one mag. ex aq. ter in die sum. post 
cib. 

86. 

Pil. ferri (Blaud) > 3 grains. 

Ext. nuc. vom .• % grain. 

Aloes, soc V± grain. 

Ft. pil. 
One after breakfast and dinner. 
Excellent types of an aperient tonic, speci- 
ally in cases of anaemia. 

The first mixture is much used (with some 

slight modifications) in many large hospitals. 

Sodii sulphat. is preferable to mag. sulph. 

It is quite as active and does not product! 

such griping as mag. sulph. is apt to do. 

87. 

Ext. aloes socot .♦ 32 grains. 

Boracis 32 grains. 

Tinct. card, co 1 dram. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 1 ounce. 

Glycerini j 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : A teaspoonful three times a day in 
water after meals. 

A little tinct. zingib. or tinct. capsici would 
improve this recipe. 



89. 

Ferri quin. cit 2 scruples. 

Mag. sulph , 1 dram. 

Glycerin 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. 

90. 

Ferri et quiniae cit 1 dram. 

Magnes. sulph 4 drams. 

Syrupi 4 drams. 

Aquae chloroform, ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Capt. cochl. j. ampl. bis vel ter die. 

I would prefer ext. cascara liq. to ma: 
sulph. in 89 and 90 also some corrigent. 



PICK-ME-UPS/ 



TYPICAL PRESCRIPTIONS. 
91. 

Spt. ammon. aromat y 2 dram. 

Liq. amnion, acetatis. cone. y 2 dram. 

Tinct. lavand. co % dram. 

Inf. valerian, ad 1 ounce. 

Liq. ammon. acetatis should be an ingre? 
dient of a "pick-me-up" if caused by drink. 



88. 



Sodae sulph drams. 

Acid, nitrohydrochl. dil.... 1 dram. 

Sp. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Sp. aetheris nitris 2 drams. 

Syrupi 2 drams. 

Infus. gent. co. ad G ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: 1 part ter in die. 



92. 



93. 



94. 



95. 



Spt. ammoniae aromat. . . .• % dram. 

Tinct. lavand. co » % dram. 

Spt. chloroformi 15 minims. 

Aquae menth. pip. q. s. ad. 1 ounce. 

Tinct. calumb 1 dram. 

Syr. zingib 1 dram. 

Ext. cocae liq 1 dram. 

Magnes. fid. ad 2 ounces. 

Sodae bicarb 15 grains. 

Sp. am. co 30 minims. 

Tinct. nuc. vom 10 minims. 

Tinct. capsici 10 minims. 

Spirit, chlorof .. 30 minims. 

Tinct. card, co 1 dram. 

M- ad , iy 2 ounces. 

Sodii bicarb 10 grains. 

Spt. amnion, co 1 dram. 

Tr. nux vomica 10 minims. 

Spt. eth. chlor 15 minims. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 1 ounce. 



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96. 



Spt. animon. aromat ^ 20 minims. 

Tinct. cardam. comp 1% drams. 

Spt. chloroform 20 minims. 

Tinct. capsici 2 minims. 

Tinct. nux vomicae •. 4 minims. 

Syr. aurantii 3 drams. 

Aq. potas. effer. ad. .' iy 2 ounces. 

M. 



97. 

Sp. ammon. co 6 drams. 

Tr. capsici 24 minims. 

Tr . humuli 2 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi \y 2 drams. 

Tinct. cinchon. co 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. One ounce p. r. n. 



98. 



Sp. ammon. arom y 2 ounce. 

Tr. card, co jounce. 

Sp. chloroformi iy 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One-eighth when necessary. 



99. 



100 



Spt. ammon. co % dram. 

Tinct. card, co y 2 dram. 

Tinct. cinch, co % dram. 

Aq. destill. ad iy 2 ounces. 

Potas. bromid 20 grains. 

Sp. chloroform 20 minims. 

Tinct. gent, co 10 minims. 

Tinct. card, co 10 minims. 

Sp. am. arom 10 minims. 

Aq. m. pip. ad 2 ounces. 

M. 



101. 

Tinct. cinchon. co 6 drams. 

Sodae bicarb iy 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. arom 4 drams. 

Tinct. gent, co 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig. : One-sixth part every four hours. 



103. 

Tr. card, co 1 dram. 

Sodae bicarb 10 grains. 

Sp. chlorof ; 10 minims. 

Aq. ad , l ounce. 

T. d. s. Mitte six ounces. 

103. 

Euonymin , y 2 grain. 

Podophyllin. res 14 grain. 

Pil. coloc. et hyos 4 grains. 

Hora somni sd. p. r. n. Mitte six. 



104. 



ACIDULOUS. 



P. L. 



Acid, nitric, dil. .. 
Mist, gentian, co. 

Aq. chloroform, ad 

Fiat mist. 
Sig.: One ounce pro dos. 



iy 2 drams. 
4 ounces. 
8 ounces. 



105. 

Tr. nucis vomicae. 2 drams. 2 scruples. 

Acid, nitrohyd. dil. 2 drams. 2 scruples. 

Tr. gentianae co 2 ounces. 

Syrup, simpl 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig. : One-half ounce ter die sd. ex aq. 
one-half ounce. 

Two excellent examples of an acid tonic. 



106. ALKALINE. 

Amman, carb 4 grains. 

Sodae bicarb 10 grains. 

Inf. gent, co 1 ounce. 

Sig.: One ounce t. d. in ea. fl. oz. 

107. 

Ferri ammon. cit 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 

Spt. ammon. arom 3 drams. 

Tinct. nucis vom ; iy 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. ex aquae post cibos. 

108. 

Tinct. gentian, co 6 drams. 

Tinct. zingib , 6 drams. 

Spt. am. ■ arom 6 drams. 

Tinct. rhei * 6 drams. 

M. 
Sig.: -One dram ex aqua ante cibum p. r. n. 
Good types of an alkaline tonic. 



XOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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GENERAL FERRUGINOUS. 

109. For Anaemia. 

Ferri et ammon. cit Y2 dram. 

Tinct. nux vom „ ¥2 dram. 

Glycerole pepsin (Armour's). 2 drams. 

Aqua chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

Capt. One ounce ter die post cib. 

110. 

Ferri et ammon. cit 1 dram. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. aromat 3 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Infus. quassiae ad 6 ounces. 

Capt. One-half ounce ter die. 

111. 

Ferri et ammon. cit 40 grains. 

Sp. am. ,arom 3 drams. 

Glycerin c 6 drams. 

Sp. chlorof IY2 drams. 

Inf. quassiae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-eighth ter die sd. post cib. 



LIVER DISORDERS. 



This group of mixtures is very suitable for 
cases of sluggish or torpid action of the liver 
caused by deficient exercise, sedentary occu- 
pation, or over-eating. 

112. 

Liq. tarax % ounce. 

Inf. gent. co. cone % ounce. 

Tinct. nucis vom * 1 dram. 

Tinct. capsici % dram. 

Ext. cascarae sag. liq. 

Formula No. 57 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof ormi 2 drams. 

Aquae ad t 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Sig. : One ounce, bis die, vel p. r. n. 
Has been used with great success in chronic 
constipation, and as a general "pick-me-up." 
This is a very good type of a liver-mixture. 

113. 

Acid, nitro-hyd. dil V-k drams. 

Tr. podophylli 80 minims. 

Succ. taraxaci 1 ounce. 

Tinct. nucis vom 80 minims. 

Syr. zingiberis 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-eighth pt. 3 times a day. 
For sluggish liver with coated tongue, etc. 



114. 

Acid, nitro-hydroch. dil.... V/% drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 3 drams. 

Sp. chlorof iy 2 drams. 

Succ. taraxaci.... 6 drams. 

Tr. aurant 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig.: One-half ounce ter die ex aq. one 
ounce. 
Aq. aurant. would do. 



115. 

Acid. nit. hydroch. d 2 drams. 

Succ. tarax % ounce. 

Tr. nuc. vom 2 drams. 

Sp. aeth. nit 2 drams. 

Tr. sennae. 1 ounce. 

Inf. gent. co. ad.... 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One-eighth part three times a day. 



116. 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Liq. strych 1 dram. 

Succ. tarax G drams. 

Aqua, ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die. 



117. 

Ac. nit. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Tinct. gent, co 3 drams. 

Syr. aurantii 1 dram. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. cochl. mag. ter in die. a. c. 



118. 

Potas. nitrat 1 dram. 

01. cajuputi 12 miuims. 

Sp. chlorof IV2 drams. 

Sue. taraxaci 4 drams. 

Dec. aloes co 1*4 ounces. 

Inf. gent. co. ad S ounces. 

M. 
One-eighth part ter die sd. 



119. 



Acid, hydroch. dil 10 minims. 

Tr. nucis. vom 10 minims. 

Sp. chlorof 10 minims. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

T. d. s. Mitte 8 ounces. 



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130. 

Euonymin % grain. 

Pil. hydrarg 1 grain. 

Til. coloc. c© 2 grains, 

Ext. hyoscy % grain, 

M. Ft. pil. Mitte 12. 
2 h. s. s. p. r. n. 

131. 

Acicli nitro-hydrochlor. dil. 1% drams. 

Tinctnrae gentianae co 1 ounce. 

Tincturae cardamomi co... 2 drams. 

Tincturae aurantii 2 drams. 

Syrupus zingiberis 6 drams. 

Aquae chloroforrni ad ... ... 6 ounces 

Misce. Fiat mistura. 
Sig.: One tablespoonful three times a day. 

133. 

Pil. hydrargyri 9 grains. 

Fil. rhei co 21 grains. 

Gingerin 1 grain. 

Misce. Fiat pil. 6. 
Sig. : Two to be taken at bedtime occasion- 
ally, followed next morning by a dose of 
Franz Josef or Rubinat water. 

133. 

Acid, nitro mur. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. nucis youi 2 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce ter die sd. 

134. 

Acid. nit. hyd. dil 80 minims. 

Sp. chlorof 80 minims. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 drams. 

M. 
One-eighth ter die. 

As a tonic mixture or for liver complaints; 
well diluted with water a grateful drink for 
thirst or feverish symptoms. 

135. 

Acid, nitro mur. dil 2 drams. 

Infus. gentian, ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : A tablespoonful in a glass of water 
after dinner. 



136. 

Ext. cascar. sag. liq. insip... 1 dram. 

Acid, nitric dil 1 dram. 

Tr. capsici 15 minims. 

Tr. chlorof. co 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

Cap. one-sixth ter die ante cib. 



CONGESTION OF LIVER. 

In congestion of the liver, caused by drink" 
or error of diet, alkalies are generally found 
to act better than acids, thus: 



137. TYPICAL PRESCRIPTION. 

Potass, bicarb 1 dram. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorf 1 dram. 

Tinct. nuc. vom. 1 dram. 

Tinct. zingib y 2 dram. 

Succ. tarax % ounce. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce at 11 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. 

Chloride of ammonium in full doses is much 
used in the Tropics for congestion of the 
liver. It is equally valuable here. 

138. 

Tr. podoph. ammon 2 drams. 

Potas. bicarb 2 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vomicae 30 minims. 

Aqua chlorof. ad 7 ounces. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. 

139. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Tinct. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Infus. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

One tablespoonful to be taken half-an-hour 
before dinner and supper. 

130. 

Resin, podoph 2 grains. 

Spt. ammon. arom 2 drams. 

Succ. tarax 1 ounce. 

Dec. aloes co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce bis die. 



131. LAXATIVE AND LIVER MIXTURE. 

Extr. cascarae sagrad. liq... 30 minims. 

Glycerini pur 30 minims. 

Extracti byni liq 1 dram. 

M. Ft. mistura. 

Two drams ex aquae cyatho vinoso nocte 
maneque pro re nata sumenda. 



FOR BILIOUSNESS, SICKNESS, CONSTIPA- 
133. TION, GIDDINESS, &C. 

Magnes. sulph 6 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. couc 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad. 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-eighth ter die at 11, 3 and 7. 



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133. 

Sol. mag. sulph. (1 in 2).... 2 ounces. 

Mag. carb. pond 1 dram. 

Sodae bicarb 80 grains. 

Tr. zingib 1 dram. 

Aq. mentb. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

Sig. : One ounce bis die. 



134. 

Ext. nucis vom % grain. 

Ext. aloes soc. pulv 1 grain. 

Ext. gentianae 2 grains. 

M. Ft. pil. sec. art. 
Sum. one once or twice a day, one hour 
before meals, as required. 



135. 

Mist, sennae co., B. P 2 ounces. 

Aq. mentb, pip. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
One-eigbtb part ter die sumend. 



136. 

Pil. hydrarg 3 grains. 

Ext. coloc. co 3 grains. 

Ext. hyoscy 2 grains. 

Ft. Pil. 3— i. h. s. s. 



13" 



Ac. nit. byd. dil 1% drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Aq. cblorof 2 ounces. 

Liq. tarax 6 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-sixth ter die. 



138. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Soda carb 2 drams. 

Mag. carb 1 dram. 

Tr. cardam. co % ounce. 

Tr. calumbae y 2 ounce. 

Sacch. alb 3 drams. 

01. menth. pip 8 drops. 

Aquae adde 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter in die ex aqua. 
More suited for acidity and gastralgia. 



139. LIVER TOXICS. 

Acid, hydrochlor. dil 5 minims. 

Liq. strychniae 5 minims. 

Sp. cblorof 5 minims. 

Glycer. acid, pepsin 30 minims. 

Ess. malti 2 drams. 

Aq. ad % ounce. 

In a wine glass of water 3 times daily be- 
fore food. 



140. 



Pil. rhei co 2 grains. 

Pil. hydrarg 2 grains. 

Ft. pil. 
One omni nocte si opus sit. 



141. 



Podophylli resin 6 grains. 

Ext. nucis vom 6 grains. 

Pil. colo. et hyoscy ami . . . 108 grains. 
Ft. mass et divide in pilulae 24. 
Sig.: One every second or third night. 



143. 

Mag. sulph 3 drams. 

Quininae sulph 12 grains. 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 1% drams. 

Spt. cblorof 1% drams. 

Tr. lavand. co IV2 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce. 4tis. horis. 



143. 

Ferri cit. c. quininao 1 dram. 

Sp. cblorof IV2 drams. 

Tr. aurant 3 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce in one-half ounce aq. ter 
die sumend. 



144. 

Sol. quininae sulph. (12 

grs. to 1 ounce.) 1 ounce. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Sp. cblorof 1 dram. 

Aq. ad <> ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce bis terve die. 
The last three are more general tonics than 
liver medicines. 



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145. 

Ac. nit. niur. dil 20 minims. 

Succ. taraxaci 1 dram. 

Syrup, aurant 2 drams. 

Inf. gent, ad V/ 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. 
Haust. sum. ante cibos. 



DYSPEPSIA. 



ALKALINE MIXTURES FOR D5TSPEPSIA. 

Alkaline mixtures are best in cases of 
atonic dyspepsia and ill-health. Alkalies in- 
crease the flow of acid in the stomach, and 
should be taken after meals. They are often 
of special service in the dyspepsia of young 
people, who complain of lassitude, backache, 
and headache. 



146. 

Potass, bicarb 1 dram. 

Tinct. gent, co 2 drams. 

Tinct. lupuli 2 drams. 

Tinct. calumbae 2 drams. 

Liq. taraxaci 2 drams. 

Aq. distill, ad 6 ounces. 

Misce et filtra. 
Cap. one-half ounce ter die ex aqua. 

Pil. rhei comp 5 grains. 

Cap. i. h. s. s. p. r. n. 



147. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drama. 

Sp. ammon. ar 4 drams. 

Tinct. capsic 12 minims. 

Inf. aurant. co 3 ounces. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

One-twelfth part in water three times a day 
after food. 



148. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. aromat , 1 dram. 

Tinct. card, co 2 drams. 

Spt. chloroform \y 2 drams. 

Tinct. zingiberis 2 drams. 

Syrupi y 2 ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

A sixth part to be taken soon after break- 
fast, dinner, and tea. 



149. 

Sod.- bicarb , 1 dram. 

Sp. amm. co iy 2 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Inf. gent. co. con. 1-7 6 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die ante cib. 
If with constipation, add — 

Ex. cascar. liq 2 drams. 

150. 

Potass, citrat 2 drams. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. arom , 2 drams. 

Tr. calumbae 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof ormi 3 ounces. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Capt. part. sext. ter in die ante cibos. 

151. 

Sod. bic 1 dram. 

Pot. bic 1 dram. 

Spt. am. ar 3 ounces. 

Aeth. chlor 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-sixth part. c. one-half ounce succ. 
limon. prep, in ftat. efferv. 



153. 

Potass, bicarb 1% drams. 

Tinct. card, co 3 drams. 

Spt. am. arom 3 drams. 

Inf. gent, ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-sixth ter die sumend. 



153. 

Potass, bromide 4 scruples. 

Potass, bicarb 4 scruples. 

Sp. ammon.' co iy 2 drams. 

Sp. chloroformi 1 dram. 

Inf. gentianae co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Fiat mistura. 
Cap. coch. 2, amplum. ter in die inter cibos. 



154. 

Sod. bicarb iy 2 drams. 

Pot. brom 80 grains. 

Sp. am. co. 2 drams. 

Tr. card, co 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof iy 2 drams. 

Inf. calumb. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. m. 
One ounce t. d. s. 



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17 



BISMUTHIC. 

Here are several formulae containing a 
soluble bismuth salt. Most of these mixtures 
will do good in eases of dyspepsia accom- 
panied by pain, flatulence, and fullness after 
eating. 



155. 

Mist, bismuthi co. (Sel- 
ler's) 4 drams. 

Ext. cascarae sag. liq. 

(miscible) 2 drams. 

Glycerol, pepsin 2 drams. 

Glyc. acid, carbol 12 minims. 

Syr. hypophos. co 1 ounce. 

Aq. caryoph. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-eighth part 3 times a day after food. 



156. 

Sodii bicarb 1% drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 6 drams. 

Spt. ammon. ar 3 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil 12 minims. 

Syr. zingib 6 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

Capt. one-half ounce ter hora ex aqua. 



157. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 6 drams. 

Sp. ammon. ar 3 drams. 

Ac. hydrocy. dil 1 dram. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce ter die p. c. 



158. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 1 ounce. 

Sp. am. co 2 drams. 

Liq. tarax 1 ounce. 

Ex. chlorof iy 2 drams. 

Inf. calumbae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter die. 

159. 

Potass, bicarb 2 drams. 

Mist. bism. coct 2 drams. 

Pepsin (Seller's) 6 ounces. 

Aquae chlorofor 6 ounces. 

Capt. one ounce ter die post cibos. 

2 



160. 

Liq. bismuthi et ammon. 

citr 1 ounce. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Tinct. capsici 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorofor-mi iy 2 drams. 

Infus. calumbae 2 ounces. 

Aquae menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ex one-half ounce aquae ter 
in die post cibos sumend. 



161. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 

Liq. bismuthi 1 ounce. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. ar 3 drams. 

Ess. zingib % dram. 

Aq. calcis ad 4 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce thrice daily after 
food. 



163. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 4 drams. 

Tr. capsici 1 dram. 

Tr. gent, co 3 drams. 

Spt. chlorof IY2 drams. 

Inf. chirettae ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

One-half ounce quater in die sumend. post 
cibos ex aqua. 



163. 

Liq. bismuthi 2 ounces. 

Sodae carb 3 drams. 

Tr. hyosc 4 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 3 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil 1 dram. 

Inf. calumb. cone 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Cap. ounce ex aqua ter die post cibos. 



164. 

Liq. bism. et am. cit 6 drams. 

Sodii bicarb 80 grains. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil 24 minims. 

Liq. strychniae 40 minims. 

Tr. card, co 2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad. 8 ounces. 

Cap. one ounce t. d. s. 



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165. 

Potass, bicarb 15 grains. 

Liq. bismuthi 20 minims. 

Sp. amm. co 20 minims. 

Sp. cblorof 10 minims. 

| Aq. menth. pip. ad 1 ounce. 

Misce. Mitte 8 ounces or q. s. 
To be taken after meals when required. 



166. 

Spirit, ammon. arom 5 drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 5 drams. 

Spirit, chloroformi 2 drams. 

Infus. gentian, ad 4 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of 
water quarter of an hour before meals. 
Shake the bottle. 



167. 

Sp. ammon. ar 5 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 4 drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 5 drams. 

Infus. gentian, ad 4 ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: A teaspoonful thrice daily in water 
before meals. 



168. 

Soda bicarb 2 drams. 

Liq. bismuth 1 ounce. 

Syrup, aurant 4 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. cone 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter die post cibos. 
The following mixtures contain an insoluble 
salt of bismuth, and equally are suitable in 
cases of dyspepsia accompanied by pain, flatu- 
lence, discomfort after eating, etc. 



169. 

Sodii sulphocarb 2 drams. 

Bismuth, subnit 2 drams. 

P. tragac. co 1 scruple. 

Tr. nucis vom 2 drams. 

Spt. am. arom 2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter in die post cibos. 



170. 

Bism. subnit. : 10 grains. 

Sodae bicarb 10 grains. 

Mucil. trag q. s. 

Aq. chlorof 10 minims. 

Tr. nucis vom 5 minims. 

Aq. ad l ounce. 

T. d. s. post cib. mitte 8 ounces. 

Ext. cascar. sag. liq 1 ounce. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 1 ounce. 

M. 
One dram primo mane c. aqua pro renata. 

171. 

• 

Bismuth, carb 2 drams. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Pulv. tragac. ver 20 grains. 

Tinct. zingiberis 6 drams. 

Tinct. cascarillae 1 ounce. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Signa. : An eighth part to be taken in a 
little water shortly after meals 2 or 3 times 
a day. 

173. 

Bismuthi carb 4 grains. 

Sodii bic. (Howd's) 60 grains. 

Am. carb 2 grains. 

Aeth. chlor 10 minims. 

Ess. zingib 10 minims. 

P. tragac. 1 grain. 

Tr. calumbae 30 minims. 

Inf. gent, cone 1 dram. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Pro dosis. 

173. 

Bismuth, carb , 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 3 drams. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Pulv. tragac. co 3 drams. 

Tr. zingib. fort. 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei 1 ounce. 

Sp. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Infus. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce ter die sd. post cibos. 

174. 

Bismuth, carb 1 dram. 

P. tragac. comp y 2 dram. 

Spt. myristicae 3 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil % dram. 

Inf. gentianae co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Capiat one-half ounce ter in die. 



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19 



175. 

Bismuth, carbon 1 dram. 

Sodii bicarbonatis 2 drams. 

Pulv. acaciae 1 dram. 

Mag. carb. pond 2 drams. 

Tinct. limonis % ounce. 

Acid, hydrocyanic, dil 6 minims. 

Aqua ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ex aq. ter in die sumend. 



176. 

Bism. carb 3 drams. 

Sod. bicarb 3 drams. 

Muc. trag 1 ounce. 

Tr. lupuli 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 drams. 

M. 
One-half ounce ter die ante cibos. 



177. 

Bismuth, carb 1 dram. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Spt. chloroform 1 dram. 

Syrup, aurantii 1 ounce. 

Aqua ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. one-half ounce ter in die post cib. 



178. 

Bismuth, carb 1 dram. 

Sod. bicarb 1 dram. 

Pulv. acacia 1 dram. 

Sp. chlorof ^ V/2 drams. 

Inf. gent 4 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die. 



179. 

Sod. bicarb 80 grains. 

Inf. gent. co. cone 1 ounce. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

11 

One-eighth ter die at 11, 3, and 7. 



180. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Tr. gent, co 4 drams. 

Spt. chlorof ormi 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

Signe. : One-half ounce ter die post cib. 
hor. j. 



181. 

Sp. ammon. ar 15 minims. 

Tinct. chlorof ormi co 15 minims. 

Tinct. gentianae co » 15 minims. 

Tinct. nucis vom 10 minims. 

Syrupi zingiberis 1 dram. 

Aquae ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 
Ter die sum. ante cibos. 



183. 

Tr. zingib 4 drams. 

Sod. bicarb 4 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 40 minims. 

Syrupi % ounce. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 12 ounces. 

One ounce bis vel ter die post cibos. 



183. 

Stomachic and Mild Aperient. 

Magnes. sulph y 2 ounce. 

Pulv. rhei 2 drams. 

Magnes. carb 4 drams. 

Aether chlor 1 dram. 

Spt. ammon. co % ounce. 

Tr. rhei co 1 ounce. 

Tr. zingib 2 drams. 

Aquae menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. 

Capt. one-half ounce ex aqua ter die. 



184. 

Magnes. sulph V/ 2 drams. 

Potash bicarb V/2 drams. 

Tinct. capsici 14 minims. 

Tinct. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorof 1 dram. 

Infus. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

One-sixth part, ter die ante cibos. 



185. 

Magnes. sulph 4 drams. 

Magnes. carb 1 dram. 

Sodae carb 1% drams. 

Tinct. chlorof. co V/2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip 2 ounces. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-eighth part ter die 11, 4, and bedtime. 



186. 

Mag carb. p 1 dram. 

Mag. sulph 1 ounce. 

Amm. Carb 1 dram. 

Tr. nucis. vom 1 dram. 

Aq. chlorof ormi ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce quartis horis. 



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187. 

Sodii bicarb '. 1 dram. 

Magnes. sulph ¥2 ounce. 

Tr. nuc. vom % dram. 

Inf. gent. co. cone 2 drams. 

Syrup 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorf 3 ounces. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter die ante cib. 
Mag. sulph. I regard as the least desirable 
of aperients, unless given for its immediate 
effects in the form of a draught. 



188. 

Bismuth, carb 1 ounce. .2 scruples. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 2 scruples. 

Tr. chlor. et morph 1 dram. 

Pulv. rhei 32 grains. 

Pulv. zingib. opt 32 grains. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

F. mist. 
Sumat one ounce ter die 1 hora post cibum. 



189. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Pepsin porci V2 dram. 

Spt. ammon. co 1% drams. 

Liq. bismuthi 2 drams. 

Chlorodyni 24 minims. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Cap. one-half ounce ter die ante cibum. 



190. 

Pepsin, solublis Y 2 dram. 

Liq. bismuthi 4 drams. 

Ext. opii liq 24 minims. 

Acid, hydrocy. dil 12 minims. 

Tr. card, co 1% drams. 

Sp. chlorof 1 dram. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M Ft. mist. 
Sig. : One-half ounce post cibos semihora. 



191. 

Bismuth, carb 80 grains. 

Magn. carb 80 grains. 

P. tragac. co 1 dram. 

Sp. aetheris 2 drams. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Liq. morph. hyd 24 minims. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One ounce ter die ante cibos. 



193. 

Liq. bismuth 4 drams. 

Vin. pepsin 1 ounce. 

Tr. zingib. fort 80 minims. 

Tr. card, co 4 drams. 

Chlorodyni 40 minims. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. et. sig. 
One ounce ter in die post. cib. 



193. 

Bism. carb 2 scruples. 

Mag. carb 1 dram. 

P. trag. co 2 scruples. 

Vin. opii 1 dram. 

Aq. chlorof 4 ounces. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

Cap. one ounce ter in die post cibos. 



194. 

Potass, bicarb 10 grains. 

Liq. bism. et ammon. cit. .. % dram. 

Spt. ammon. arom 15 minims. 

Tinct. chlorof. et. morphi. 8 minims. 

Inf. gentian, ad 1 ounce. 

M. 
Three times a day before meals. 



195. 

Potass, bicarb 160 grains. 

' Liq. bismuthi 1 ounce. 

Pepsin, liquid. (Schacht). 1 ounce. 

Nepenthe '. 80 minims. 

Inf. gentian, co. ad 8 ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce ex aq. ter in die p. c. 



196. 

Sodae bicarb 3 drams. 

Liq. bism. am. cit 1 ounce. 

Chlorodyni 2% drams. 

Tinct. nucis vom 1% drams. 

Tinct. rhei 1% ounces. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce ter die sd. post cibos. 



197. 

Pil. coloc. c. hyoscy 6 grains. 

Pil. hydrarg 3 grains. 

In pil. 2 h. s. s. 

Some of these formulae contain opium, and 
would be indicated in cases where the bowels 
are relaxed or where there is marked colicky 
pain. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



21 



ACID MIXTURES FOR DYSPEPSIA. 

The following is a good formula (ex "Medi- 
cal Reprints"). 
198. 

Acid, nitro-mur dil 3 drams. 

Tinct. calumb 6 drams. 

Pulv. rhei iy 2 drams. 

Lactopeptin 3 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 3 drams. 

Aquae 8 ounces. 

One ounce t. d. s. before food. 
Acid mixtures are often more lasting in 
their action in cases of dyspepsia provided 
they agree. Mineral acids diminish the for- 
mation of vegetable acids in the stomach, and 
are, therefore, , indicated in cases of acidity, 
gouty dyspepsia, and the dyspeptic weakness 
of old people whose gastric juice is feeble in 
digesting-power and lacking in hydrochloric 
acid. 



199. 

Ex. rham. pursh 1 ounce. 

Ac. nit. hydro, dil 5 drams. 

Syr. zingib 1 ounce. 

Inf. gent, ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : Two drams in aq. p. c. 



200. 

Pepsin, porei 36 grains. 

Glycerini 4 drams. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Acid, hydroch. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. capsici 12 minims. 

Inf. sennae co. cone. 1-7. ... 2 drams. 

Tr. card, co 3 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig.: One-half ounce ex aq. 5 minutes a. c. 



201. 

Aq. nit. hyd. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. nuc. vom 1 dram. 

Tr. capsic 48 minims. 

Syr. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. m. p. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. p. c. ex aq. 



208. 

Acidi nitromur. dil 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof ormi 2 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: One-half ounce ter in die semihorae 
ante cibos ex aquae. 



203. 

Acid, hydroch. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. capsici 1 dram. 

Pepsin fluid 1 ounce. 

Succi tarax 1 ounce. 

Inf. gent. co. ad. 6 ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: One-half ounce ter die after food. 



204. 



Pepsin (B. P.) 1% scruple 

Acid, nitro-hydrochlor. dil. 1% drams. 

Tr. nucis. vom 1 dram. 

Infus. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter in dies ante cibos. 



205. 

Ac. nit. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Liq. strychninae 48 minims. 

Tr. card, co . 4 drams. 

Glyc. pepsin (Armour) 3 drams. 

Glycer 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce t. d. s. p. c. ex. aq. 



206. 

Res. podoph 8 grains. 

Glycerol, pepsini (Armour). 3 drams. 

Ac. nit. mur. dil 2% drams. 

Tinct. zingib % ounce. 

Aq. cinnam. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig.: One-half ounce ter in die. 



207. 

Acidi nitro-hydrochlorici 

diluti 2 drams. 

Aetheris chlorici 2 drams. 

Glycerini acidi pepsini y 2 ounce. 

Inf. gentianae co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: A tablespoonful in half a wineglass- 
; ful of water three times a day, half an hour 
before meals. 



208. 

Acidi hydrochlorici diluti. . 10 minims. 

Tincturae aurantii 15 minims. 

Pepsin 5 grains. 

Ext. Byni fluid 1 dram. 

Aquae q. s. ad 1 ounce. 

M. Fiat mistura. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die post cibos cum 
carbonis una tabella 5 grains post prandium. 



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209. 

Pepsin solublis equal to... 
48 grains, B. P. 

Acid. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Liq. strychniae 1 dram. 

Quin. sulph 6 grains. 

Infus. quass. cone 6 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce ex aq. t. d. s. p. c. 
(Note: Ess. m. pip. or chlorodyne can be 
added 'q. s. if required.) 



210. 

Quininae hydrochlor 16 grains. 

Acid. hyd. chlor. dil 3 drams. 

Glycerin, pepsin 2 ounces. 

Tr. nux vom 3 drams. 

Tr. strophanti! 1 dram. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. 
Cap. one-half ounce ex aqua ter die post 
cibum. 



211. 

Acid. nit. hydrochl. dil. ... 1% drams. 

Vin. pepsin 1 ounce. 

Succ. tarax 4 drams. 

Inf. quassiae cone 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter die inter cibos. 
Pil. aloin co. no. six. 
Two altera omnis nocte. 



212. 

Liq. pancreat. (Benger's).. 2 ounces. 
Sodae bicarb. (Howard's). % ounce. 

Aq. bullientis aci 8 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce after every meal. 
A very excellent combination in cases of 
the deficient power of digesting fats. 



213. 

Pepsin, porci 36 grains. 

Ext. nuc. vomic 3 grains. 

M. Ft. pil. 12. 
One pill every day with dinner. 
For feeble action of the gastric juices this 
pill would be good. 

For Fullness after Eating. Bad Taste in the 
Mouth, Sickness, and General Symptoms of 
Deranged Stomach, with Acidity, want of 
Appetite, etc. 

To my way of thinking, the old-fashioned 
dec. aloes co. cone, still holds the field in 
cases of troublesome dyspepsia. 



214. Typical Prescription. 

Dec. aloes co. cone. 

(sine croco) 2 ounces. 

Tinct. capsici 1% drams. 

Sodae biborat % dram. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 2 drams. 

Glycerin ...-. 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. 

215. 

Sodii. bicarbonatis , 2 ounces. 

Pulv. rad. rhei 2 scruples. 

Spt. ammon. aromat. v . . . 4 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi 1% drams. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 80 minims. 

Tinct. gentianae co 4 drams. 

Syrup, zingiberis 1 ounce. 

Aq. menthae pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. Mist. 
Sig. : One ounce ter die ex aq. paulat. ante 
cibos sem. hori. 



216. 

Sodii bicarb 4 scruples. 

Succi taraxaci 1% ounces. 

Ext. cas. sag. liq. (misci- 

ble) 1 dram. 

Spirit, chlorof 2 drams. 

Infus. gent. comp. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Cap. one-half ounce ter die post cibos ex 
aqua. 



217. 

Sodii bicarb , 64 grains. 

Tinct. podophylli 64 minims. 

Tinct. zingiberis jounce. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die. 



218. 

Pepsin porci 1% grains. 

Pulv. capsici % grain. 

Ext. aloes aquos , % grain. 

Ex. tarax 1 grain. 

M. et ft. pil. 
Sig.: Two vel 3 post cibos. 



219. 

Sodii bicarb , 2 drams. 

P. rhei co 2 drams. 

Bismuthi carb 2 drams. 

P. tragac. co 10 grains. 

Inf. gent, ad 8 ounces. 

Misce. Fiat mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die. 



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230. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Spt. am. arom 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei 4 drams. 

Gent. co. cone 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. Mist. 
Sig.: Two drams ex aqua post cibum 
t. d. s. 

221. 

Sodii bicarb 3 drams. 

Bism. carb 2 drams. 

Pul v. rhei y 2 dram. 

Spt. ammon. a 3 drams. 

Spt. zingib 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die inter cib. ex aq. 

222. 

Pulv. rhei co iy 2 dram. 

Pot. bicarb 1 dram. 

Liq. bismuthi y 2 ounce. 

Syr. zingiber y 2 ounce. 

Inf. gent, ad ; 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce vel one ounce ter in die p. c. 

223. 

Pot. bicarb 4 drams. 

Mist, sennae co 2 ounces. 

Sp. aether nit. 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis. horis. If pain be 
severe add chlorodyne iy 2 ounces. 

224. 

Sod. bicarb 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei 4 drams. 

Tinct. case, co 4 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: A small tablespoonful in water three 
times a day after food. 

225. 

Potassii bicarb l 1 ^ drams. 

Inf us. rhei. cone 3 drams. 

Tine, euonymi 24 minims. 

Tinct. juglandin (1 in 10)... 48 minims. 

Infus. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die semi-hora ante 
cibos. 

226. 

Sodii carb 2 drams. 

Tr. rhei 3 drams. 

Spt. am. co 4 drams. 

Tr. card, co 3 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-sixth part 3 times daily. 



227. 

Pulv. rhei. co 40 grains. 

Tr. rhei 1 dram. 

Sp. am. ar Y2 dram. 

Aq. menth. p. ad % ounce. 

Ft. hst. H. s. s. 1% ounces. 

228 

Pulv. rhei 2 grains. 

Ammon. carb 5 grains. 

Ess. chlorof 5 minims. 

01. menth. pip % minims. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 1 ounce. 

Ft. haust. 
T. d. s. 

229. 

Liq. bismuthi 1% ounces. 

Pulv. rhei. co 3 drams. 

Ess. menth. pip 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce ter in die. 

230. . ■ 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

Pot. bromidi *% drams. 

Tr. nux vomic 2 drams. 

Inf. rhei. con 6 drams. 

Aquae chlorof 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. Mist. 
One-half ounce t. d. s. ante cibos in aquae. 

231 

Sodii bicarb 64 grains. 

Mag. carb. pond 80 grains. 

Pulv. rhei 32 grains. 

Tinct. zingiber 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof ormi ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. Mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter in die. 

232. 

Bismuth, trisnit 1% drams. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Magnes. pond * % dram. 

Pulv. rhei % dram. 

Spt. ammon. aromat 2 drams. 

Ess. menthae. pip Vi dram. 

Acid, hydrocyanic, dil 6 minims. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter in die. 

Bismuth, carb 2 drams. 

Sod. bicarb % ounce. 

P. tragac. co 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. co 2 drams. 

Pulv. rhei 1 dram. 

Aq. chlor. ad 8 ounces. 

F. m. 
One ounce 4tis horis post cib. ex aqua. 



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In these mixtures an aperient distinctly 
aids their action. 

This group would be effective, but I doubt 
if their influences would be lasting without 
proper attention to diet and regimen. 

Flatulence is often caused by fermentative 
changes and then the following is magical: 

234. Typical Prescription. 

Liq. hydrarg. perchlor 1 ounce. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Tinct. cardam. co 4 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce 4tis horis. 

835. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

Dec. aloes co. cone iy 2 ounces. 

Aquae chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

One-eighth part for a dose. 

236. 

Sod. bic V/ 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei 2 drams. 

Tinct. zingib. ft 1 dram. 

Spt. am. arom 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof S drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. one-half ounce 4tis horis. 

837. 

Tr. nuc. vom \V 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei iy 2 ounces. 

Glycer. acid, carbolic 1% drams. 

Ammon. carb 80 grains. 

Sp. zingib 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Dose for adult: one-half ounce c. one-half 
ounce aquae ter die. 



238. 



Ext. aloes 1 grain. 

P. rhei 2 grains. 

Ext. nuc. vom % grain. 



240. 

Pulv. rhei co 20 grains. 

Tinct. card, co 15 minims. 

Spt. chloroformi 10 minims. 

Spt. ammoniae aroruat. ... 10 minims. 

Tr. capsici 2 minims. 

Aq. menth. pip. q. s. ad. . . ; 1 ounce. 

M. Fiat mistura. 
Cap. one ounce o. q. h. cum granis v. ear- 
bonis salicis in forma tabellae. 



241. A 

. Bism. carb 2 drams. 

Sbdii bicarb 2 drams. 

Mucilag. acaciae 1 ounce. 

Tr. chlorof. co 3 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. Mist. 
A tablespoonful three times a day in a little 
water after meals. 

Or this powder — 



242. B 

Bism. carb y 2 ounce. 

Sodii bicarb y 2 ounce. 

Pulv. cinnam. co 2 drams. 

Ess. m. pfp 1 dram. 

Magnes. Carb. pond 6 drams. ' 

M. Ft. pulv. 
Sig. : A small teaspoonful three times a 
day after food, mixed well in a little milk or 
water. 



243. BISMUTHIC MIXTURES. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Bismuthi trisnit 1 dram. 

Pulv. trag. co 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. go 3 drams. 

Sp. chloroformi 1Y 2 drams. 

Ess. menth. pip 20 minims. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Fit. mist. 
One ounce 4tis. horis. 



One at bedtime. 

239. 

Pulv. rhei 40 grains. 

Sodii bicarb 80 grains. 

Ol. menth. pip 5 minims. 

Inf. gent 4 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 1 ounce. 

Adults, one ounce ter die. Children, one- 
half ounce to two drams. 



244. 

Bismuthi carb 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 1% drams. 

Pulv. tragacanth. co iy 2 drams. 

Tinct. nucis. vom 1 dram. 

Syr. zingib 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Capiat one-half ounce ter hora ex aqua. 



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245. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Bism. subcarb 1 dram. 

Mucil. tragac. 1 ounce. 

Aq. ckloroformi 4 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-eighth ter die ante cibos. 
In addition in some cases following pills: 

246. 

Hyd. c. creta 1% grains. ■ 

Pil. rhei. co 2 grains. 

Ext. hyoscy % grain. 

Ft. pil. j. 
One alt. nocte. Mitte two. 



84'! 



Bismuthi carb 1 dram 1 scruple. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram 1 scruple. 

Pulv. tragac. co 1 dram 1 scruple. 

Spt. animon. aromat. . 2 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi 1 dram 1 scruple. 

Acid, hydrocyanic, dil 16 minims. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig. : One ounce ter die sum p. c. 



348. 

Sodii bicarb. 2 drams. 

Bismuth, subnit 1 dram. 

P. trag. co 1 dram. 

Spt. ammon. co 3 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 1% drams. 

Ess. menth. pip 20 minims. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

If. Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter die post cibos. 

249. 

Bismuth, subnit 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Tinct. cardam. co 4 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi 1% drams. 

Aq. menthae pip. ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter in dies. 

250. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Bism. carb ( . 2 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil 24 minims. 

Sp. chlorof 80 minims. 

Tr. nucis vom 80 minims. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce t. die a. cib. 



351. 

Bismuth, carb 40 grains. 

Sodii bicarb 40 grains. 

Pulv. trag. co 40 grains. 

Tinct. chlorof. co iy 2 drams. 

Tinct. nucis vom. % dram. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Cap. one ounce ter die p. c. 

252. 

Sod. bicarb 1 dram. 

Bismuth, carb 2 drams. 

Aeth. chlor 1 dram. 

Tr. nuc. vom V/ 2 drams. 

Tr. aurant 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 drams. 

One-eighth pt. t. d. s. 
Pil. rhei et hyd. gr. ivss. 
iv. 
2 alt. nocte. sd. 



353. 

Bismuth, carb 2 drams. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Pulv. trag. co 30 grains. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Tr. aurant 3 drams. 

Aq. anethi ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist, one-twelfth part *4 hr. before 
meals three times daily. 

254. 

Bismuth, carb 1% drams. 

Sodae bicarb 1% drams. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Pulv. pepsin 1 dram. 

Pulv. trag. co 40 grains. 

Sp. chlor 1 dram. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

Misce: One-twelfth partis ter die ex aq. 
pauxillo hora % ante cibos. 

255. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram 20 gr. 

Bism. carb 1 dram 20 gr. 

Mucilage V 2 ounce. 

Tr. nucis. vom 40 minims. 

Inf. calumb. ad 8 ounces. 

Cap. one ounce ter die ante cibos. 
A further instalment of bismuth-mixtures. 
Some suspending vehicle, such as pulv. aca- 
cae or pulv. trag. co., ha's evidently been 
omitted. 

256. 

Bism. carb 3 drams. 

Sod. carb 3 drams. 

Ext. cascar 1 dram. 

Tinct. hyosc 2 drams. 

Sp. chlor 2 drams. 

Inf. quas. ad G ounces. 

Coch. mag. ter in die ante cib. 



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257. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Bismuth, carb 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. aromat 3 drams. 

chloroformi 1% drams. 

Tinct. zingib. fort 1% drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Cap. one ounce t. d. s. p. c. 

258 

Sodae bicarb 1% drams. 

Bismuth, carb iy 2 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil 24 minims. 

Tinct. zingiberis 2 drams. 

Aquae chlorof . ad. 6 ounces. 

Fiat mist. 

One tablespoonful in water shortly after 
meals. 

259. 

Bismuthi subnit 2y 2 drams. 

Tinct. nucis yora 1 dram. 

Succ. tarax 1 ounce. 

Inf us. quassiae 

Infus. calumbae 

aa partes aequales ad. . . 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig.: Coch. mag. sum. ter die ex aqua. 

260. 

Sod. bicarb 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. ar 3 drams. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil % dram. 

Bismuth, carb % dram. 

Inf. gent, co 6 drams. 

Aquae chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter die post cib. 

261. 

Sodae bicarb 1% drams. 

Bism. carb 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. arom 3 "drams. 

Inf. calumbae 4 ounces. 

Spt. chlorof 1% drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 8 ounces. 

M. One ounce ter die p. c. 

262. 

Bismuth, subcarb 1 dram. 

Pulv. sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Puly. tragac 6 grains. 

Spt. chloroform 1% drams. 

Tinct. nucis vom / 1 dram. 

Aq. ad 4 ounces. 

Mist. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter die half an hour after 
meals. 



MIXTURES FOR NEURALGIA. 



263. Typical Prescription. 

Quininae sulph 15 grains. 

Antipyrin 1 dram. 

Tinct. cimicif ugae 2 drams. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. aurantii 1% drams. 

Aquae 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce pro dose, 
or 

Quin. yalerianat 2 grains. 

Ft. pil. 
One ter d. s. 

264 

Quininae hydrobrom 3 grains. 

Acidi hydrobrom. dil 20 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Sig.: The draught. Repeat in 3 hours if 
required. 

265. 

Quin. sulph 24 grains. 

Ac. hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Pot. brom 3 drams. 

Tr. gelsem 1% drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce every hour until re- 
lief comes, afterwards thrice daily. 



Quininae sulph 1 scruple. 

Acid, sulph. dil y 2 dram. 

Potass, brom 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsem 1 dram. 

Am. chlor 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce every 3 or 4 hours. 

267. 

Quin. sulph 12 grains. 

Ammon. brom 3 drams. 

Acid, sulph. dil 1 dram. 

Tr. belladonnae 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsem 1 dram. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce every 3 or 4 hours. 

268. 

Potass, bromidi 2 drams. 

Quin. sulph % dram. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. cardam. co % ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 3tia vel 4ta hora sd. 



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Quirt, sulph 1 scruple. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 1 dram. 

Tinct. gelsem. semp \y 2 drams. 

Tinct. cimicif ug 3 drams. 

Syr. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof . ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-eighth part every 4 hours. 



370. 

Ammon. chlor 1 dram. 

Quininae sulph 12 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. d 3 drams. 

Syr. aurantii 6 drams. 

Aquae chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

Cap. one-sixth 4tis horis. 



271. 

Quin. sulph 36 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsem 1 dram. 

Sol. sodii sulphat. (1 in 6).. 1% ounces. 

Aquae chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce for dose. 

Excellent if constipation is present. 



272. 

Quin. bromid 9 grains. 

Amm. bromid V/ 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsem iy 2 drams. 

Ac. hydrobrom. dil y 2 dram. 

Glycerini 3 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One ounce s. d. s. 



273. 

Tr. gelsem. semp 2 drams. 

Tr. quin. ammon 1 ounce. 

Syr. aurantii 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-eighth 4tis horis. 



274. 

Quininae sulph 20 grains. 

Ammon. bromid iy 2 drams. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 3 drams. 

Tr. aurant 6 drams. 

Aq. chlor. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
One-eighth bis vel ter die ex aq. 



275. 

Quininae sulph 12 grains. 

Ac. hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii semper. ... 1% drams. 

Spt. chlorof 1% drams. 

Aquae ad . ... 8 ounces. 

H. 
One-sixth 4tis horis sd. 



276. 

Quin. sulph 18 grains. 

Ac. hydrobrom. dil. ....... 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsem. semp 1 dram. 

Aq. chlor. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. 
Dose: A sixth part every 4 hours till 
pain is relieved. 



277. 

Quin. sulph 24 grains. 

Acid, hydrobromic. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii 1 dram. 

Tinct. opii 1 dram. 

Mist, camphorae ad 3 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Two drams quaque 4tis horis sum. 



rs. 

Quin. sulph 36 grains. 

Tr. gelsemii 3 drams. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Glycerini y 2 ounce. 

Inf. quass. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce every 4 hours. 



279. 

Quin. sulph 24 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil % ounce. 

Tinct. gelsemii \y 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig.: A tablespoonful three times a day in 
water. 



280. 

Quin. sulph 12 grains. 

Ac. hydrobrom. dil 2 drams. 

Ac. sulph. dil 20 minims. 

Tr. gelsem iy 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis as long as pain 
lasts. 



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281. 

Amnion, chlor 4 scruples. 

Quin. sulph 8 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 1 dram. 

Tr. aconit. (Plem.) 8 minims. 

Tr. gelsem 80 minims. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Siu\ : One dram 4tis horis. 



383. 

Phenazoni 4 scruples. 

Quin. sulph 1 scruple. 

Acid, hydiob. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. aconiti 16 minims. 

Syr. flor. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlor. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-eighth pt. o. 4 h. dum op. sit., diem 
t. d. s. 



Tr. gelsem. semp 1 dram. 

Quin. sulph 12 grains. 

Ac. sulph. dil 16 minims. 

Tr. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Syr. aurant 6 drams. 

Aq. chlor. ad 6 ounces. 

Misce. 
One-twelfth omni 4tis horis ex aqua cyatho 
vinar. 



284. 

Quininae sulph 20 grains. 

Acid, sulph. dil 20 minims. 

Tinct. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Liq. strychninae 10 minims. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

Fiat m. 
One ounce ter in die. 



285. 

Quin. sulph 18 grains. 

Acid, phosph. dil 2 drams. 

Tinct. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Spt. chloroformi 1 dram. 

Aq. dest. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-sixth part every 4 hours. 



Ammon. brom 48 grains. 

Tr. aconiti (B. P.) 32 minims. 

Tinct. quininae (B. P.) 4 ounces. 

Tinct. gelsemii 1% drams. 

Spt. chloroformi 2y 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce 3tis horis. 



387. 

Quinine sulph 30 grains. 

Tr. aconite % dram. 

Tr. card, co , 2 drains. 

Aq. chloroformi ad 4 ounces. 

M. Ft. 
Take one tablespoonful every three or 
four hours until relieved. 



Quininae salicyl 12 grains. 

Mucilaginis acaciae % ounce. 

Tincturae lupuli 1 dram. 

Syrupi aurantii 6 drams. 

Ammonii bromid 1 dram. 

Aquae chloroformi ad .... 6 ounces. 
M. Ft. mist. 

Cap. partem sextam omni tertius horis 
donee dolor evanuerit. 



APERIENT NEURALGIA REMEDIES. 



Quin. sulph 16 grains. 

Pot. brom 8 scruples. 

Mag. sulph 1 ounce. 

Acid, sulph. dil q. s. 

Tr. gelsemii 1% drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ter die. 



390. 

Magnes. sulph 6 drams. 

Quin. sulph 24 grains. 

Ferri sulph 1 dram. 

Acid, sulph. dil % dram. 

Tr. gelsemii iy 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half 4tis horis. 

An excellent formula in the neuralgia of 
anaemia. 



291. 

Quin. sulph 16 grains. 

Liq. ferri perchl 3 drams. 

Tr. gelsem 3 drams. 

Sp. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Mag. sulph y 2 ounce. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter quarterve. in d. ex aq. 
post cib. 

Where constipation is a marked feature of 
the case, these three mixtures would answer 
well. Besides quinine normally tends to pro- 
duce constipation. 



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292. OPIATE NEURALGIA REMEDIES. 

Amnion, brom 1 dram. 

Tinct. gelsem 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Ferri ammon. cit : 1 dram. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce every 4 hours. 



293. 

Pot. bromid 2 drams. 

Ferri am. cit 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsemii IY2 drams. 

Tr. capsici 1 dram. 

Sp. chloroform - 2 drams. 

Aq. ad. 3 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Two drams secundis horis ex aqua sumen- 
dus. 



294. 

Ferri quin. cit 1% drams. 

Amm. brom 3 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One mg. chl. 4tis hrs. 



295. 

Ferri et quin. cit 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsemii 1 dram. 

Tr. cimicifugae 1 dram. 

Aquae ad , 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig. : A tablespoonful three times a day in 
water. 



296. 

Fer. quin. cit % dram. 

Tr. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Pot. brom 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die. 



297. 

Ferri et quininae cit 1 dram. 

Tinct. aconiti 1 dram. 

Tinct. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Spt. gaultheriae (1 ol. to 

5 S. V. R.) 3 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig.: One-half ounce ter die sumendus 
post cibos. 



Quin. disulph 16 grains. 

Acid, phosph. dil 1 dram. 

Syr. ferri phosph. co 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die ex aqua. 



Quin. sulph 1 scruple. 

Tr. ferri perch 1 dram. 

Pot. brom 1 dram. 

Tr. gelsem 1 dram. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Sig.: One ounce every 3 hours for three 
doses, then three times a day. 



300. 

Ferri et ammon. r>it 1% drams. 

Pot. bromidi 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. aromat 1 dram. 

Spt. chloroformi 1% drams. 

Syrupi V 2 ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

A sixth part every 4 hours. 



301. 

Quininae sulph 12 grains. 

Liq. ferri perchlor. fort. ... 40 minims. 

Tr. nucis vom iy 2 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi iy 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
Dose: One ounce 4tis horis. 



302. 

Antipyrin 8 grains. 

Quin. sulph iy 2 grains. 

Exalgin y 2 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. tales 12. 
Sig. : One every 4 hours. 



303. FOR NERVOUS HEADACHE. 

Ferri et quin. cit 1 dram. 

Potass, bromid 1 dram. 

Ammon. bromid 1 dram. 

Sodii bromid 1 dram. 

Syrupi 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: A dessertspoonful thrice daily in 
water. 

Iron is not advisable in cases of severe or 
recent neuralgia, but it does most good in 
chronic cases which call for tonics. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



NEURALGIA MIXTURES FREE FROM 
QUININE. 

Some people are very intolerant of quinine, 
and therefore other remedies must be sub- 
stituted. 



304. Typical Prescription. 

Croton chloral hyd 1 dram. 

Ammon. bromid 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii 3 drams. 

Spt. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis horls. 



305. 

Butyl, chloral hydrat 5 grains. 

Ammon. bromid 20 grains. 

Tinct. chloroformi co 20 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 ounce. 

M. Fiat haust. 
4tis horis sumend. 



306. 

Tinct. lupuli 3 drams. 

Tinct. valerian 3 drams. 

Ammon. mur 2 drams. 

Ammon. carb 2 scruples. 

Ammon. iodid 1 scruple. 

Aquae menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

One ounce three times daily until pain 
relieved. 



307. 

Tr. gelsemii 1% drams. 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Inf. gent, ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
One-half ounce 2ndis horis. 
An excellent general tonic. 



308. 

Croton chloral* 48 grains. 

Tr. gelsem 2 drams. 

Syr. aurant % ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter die. 



309. 

Potass, bromid 10 grains. 

Tinct. gelsem. semp 10 minims. 

Spt. ammon. arom 15 minims. 

Aq. camph. ad y 2 ounce. 

Mitte six ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce every 4 hours. 



310. 

Butyl chloral, hydrat 1 dram. 

Tinct. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Sp. vini rect 4 drams. 

Glycerin 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis hor. sd. 



311. 

Ammon. chlor 2y 2 drams. 

Ammon. brom V/ 2 drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii 1% drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae liq 4 drams. 

Syrupi 4 drams. 

Aquae q. s. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce quarta quoque hora sumend. 



313. 

Ammon. chloridi 2y 2 drams. 

Ammon. bromidi 1% drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii 2% drams. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 3 drams. 

Syrupi' 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One tablespoonful in water to be taken 
every 5 hours. 



313. 

Pot. bromid 1 dram. 

Tr. aconit y 2 dram. 

Sp. ammon. arom 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof 3 ounces. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. 
Cap. one ounce every four hours until re- 
lieved. 



314. 

Ammon. hydrochlor 3 drams. 

Tinct. gelsemin 1 dram. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 3 drams. 

Sp. chloroformi 1% drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-sixth 4tis horis. 



315. 

Calcii hypophos 5 grains. 

Acidi phosph. dilut 10 minims. 

Tinct. aurantii 10 minims. 

Aquae chloroformi y 2 ounce. 

Aquae q. s. ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter in die post cibos sumenda. 



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316. 

Tr. lavand. co 3 drams. 

Spt. aeth. chlor 3 drams. 

Tr. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half cnnee ter die sumend. 

Pil. rhei co 5 grains. 

Mitte 12. Cap. one omni nocte. 

317. 

Butyl, croton. chloral 2 grains. 

Ext. gelsemin 1/6 grains. 

Est. hyoscy q. s. 

M. Ft. pil. 
Sumat 4tis horis. Mitte 6. 



318. 

Mag. sulph 1 ounce. 

Tr. card. co. , a 2 drams. 

Syr. zingib % ounce. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce pro dosis si opus sit. 



NEURALGIA MIXTURES WITH AN OPIATE. 



333. 

Quininae sulph 15 grains. 

Acid, sulph. dil , 20 minims. 

Spt. aether, co Y 2 ounce. 

Tinct. gelsemii V/ 2 drams. 

Liq. morphinae hydroc. . . . V/ 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 1 dram. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

One -half ounce to one ounce ter die. 
Liq. rosae dulc. or sacch. ust. may be used 
to colour. 



333. 

Tr. quin. ammon 1 dram. 

Tr. gelsem iy 2 drams. 

Liq. morph. mur i 2 drams. 

Syr. aurantii. 4 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Sig. : One-half ounce 3tis horis. 



334. 

Tr. gelsem V/ 2 drams. 

Liq. morph. hydrochlor 1 dram. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce s. o. s. 



The following mixtures are objectionable 
from the presence of morphia. 



319. 

Potass, bromid 72 grains. 

Tr. gelsemii 1% drams. 

Liq. morph. mur 1 dram. 

Syr. butyl, chlor. hyd 6 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-sixth part 3 vel 4tis hor. 



330. 

Potass, brom iy 2 drams. 

Tr. gelsem. semper iy 2 drams. 

Liq. morph. mur 1 dram. 

Syr. butyl, chlor. hyd 4 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

Cap. one-sixth part. 4tis horis. 

331. 

Ferri quin, cit 1 dram. 

Tr. gelsem iy a drams. 

Liq. morph. hyd y 2 dram. 

Aq. chlorof 3 ounces. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Fiat mist. 
One-sixth 4tis horis. 



sig.: 



335. 

Ammon. chlor 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorof 1 dram. 

Tinct. gelsem y 2 dram. 

Liq. morph. acet -. . y 2 dram. 

Inf. quassiae ad S ounces. 

M. 
One ounce om. tertia hora. 



336. 

Quininae sulph 2 grains. 

Acid, sulph. dil 5 minims. 

Mag. sulph y 2 dram. 

Chlorodyni 10 minims. 

Aquae % ounce. 

Every 4 hours. 



337. 

Tr. lupuli 10 minims. 

Chlorodyni 10 minims. 

Sp. amm. aromat 20 minims. 

Tr. cinchonae co. ad 2 drama. 

T. d. e. a. sd. 



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NEURALGIC HEADACHE MIXTURES. 

These formulae are more adapted for head- 
ache and migraine. 



328. 

Antipyrin 5 grains. 

Caffein. cit 5 grains. 

Aquae chloroform, ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 
Si opus sit. 



329. 

Antifebrin 5 grains. 

Antipyrin 5 grains. 

Phenacetin 5 grains. 

Salicin 5 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. 
Dose: 10 grs. at bedtime, and for influenza 
in the initial stage or chills 45 grs. divided 
into 3 doses, one every 4 hours, with a hot 
gruel at bedtime. 



330. 



Phenacetin 12 grains. 

Mitte 3. 
Sig. : One every hour till pain stops. 



OUTWARD APPLICATIONS 

FOR NEURALGIA AND 

TOOTHACHE. 



331. Typical Prescription. 

Chloral . . . ,. 

Camphor 

Menthol 

Equal parts, rubbed up together to form 
a syrupy liquid. 

To be rubbed on the part affected. 



332. 

Ac. carbol 2 drams. 

Camphorae 3 drams. 

Menthol % dram. 

Chloroformi ad 1 ounce. 

333. 

Ac. carb 15 grains. 

Menthol 10 grains. 

Collodii ad 1 dram. 

Ft. gelat. 
Take a little on a match-stalk, and apply 
to the cavity,, dried out with cotton-wool, 
placing a plug of wool on top. 



334. A 

Thymol 15 grains. 

Menthol 15 grains. 

Cocainae l grain. 

Chloroformi pur y 2 ounce. 

Misce. Fiat guttae. 
A few drops on cotton-wool to be inserted 
in the cavity of the tooth. 



335. 

Magnesii sulph. 
Nocti si opus sit. 



336. 



. q. s. 



Menthol 1 dram. 

Spt. aether, ad 1 ounce. 

Ft. lotio. 
Sig.: To be applied to the cheek or fore- 
head. 



337. 

Lin. camph. co 4 drams. 

Tinct. capsici , 3 drams. 

Sp. aetheris 4 drams. 

S. V. rect 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. lin. 
To be gently rubbed behind the ear and 
over the brow. 



338. 

Tinct. pyrethri 3 ounces. 

Sol. sat. camph. (in S. V. R. ) 3 ounces. 

Ol. caryoph 2 drams. 

Acid, carbol. pur , . . 2 drams. 

Morph. hydrochl 1 dram. 

Acid, tannici 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. applic. 
To be applied on cotton-wool. 



339. 

Tinct. aconiti (Fleming's) . . ) equal 

Tinct. iodi ) parts. 

Apply to the hollow part of the tooth on- 
cotton-wool. 



340. 

Menthol 1 dram. 

Linimenti aconiti y 2 ounce. 

Linimenti belladonna e ad. . 2 ounces. 
M. Ft. pigmentum. 
Sig.: For external use only. To be 
painted on the painful parts with a camel'& 
hair brush. 

All these applications would meet the de- 
sired end. 

The last three are too poisonous for use for 
toothache. 



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NEURALGIC PILLS. 
341. 

Phosphori 1 50 grain. 

:hniae 1. 32 grain. 

Ferri redact 1 grain. 

::.ae sulph 1 grain. 

Zinci val 1 grain. 

Ft. piL 1 ne 4 ter horis. 



HEADACHE. 



347. 

Kesin. podoph % grain. 

Euonyinin 1 grain. 

Pil. hydrarg % grain. 

PIL rhei. co 3 grains. 

M. Ft. pi]. 

Sig. : One to be taken at bed time occa- 
sionally, when required. 
Bine pill and black dranght. 

In a decidedly bilious subject I would give 
2 gr. of calomel, followed by a draught of 
eft*, sodae sulph. in the morning. 



342. BILIOUS. 

- ":ii bicarb 10 grains. 

Potassii bicarb 10 grains. 

ammon. co 15 minims. 

Tinct. zingiber 5 minims. 

chlorof _. 10 minims. 

Baf. gent. co. ad 1 ounce. 

M. Mitte B 
Ter die sumend. 



343 



Pulr. rhei 1 ounce. 

Pulv. zingiber, jam 1 ounce. 

Sodii bicarb 1 ounce. 

Sp. am. aromat 2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad S ounces. 

If. 

One-eighth pt. ter die. 



344. 

:b 2 drams. 

Ammon. carb 2 scruples. 

Tr. limonis - 2 ounce. 

Aquae ad S c;: 

One-half ounce T. d. s. 



345. 

Hyd. c. creta 3 grains. 

P- rhei 1", grains. 

Sodii bicarb 5 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. Mil- 
bed time. 
:n a dark room and abstention from 
all food for a few hours will aid the action 
of these mixtu: 



348. 

Xvdrarg 2 grains. 

Ext. coloe. co 2 grains. 

Ext. hyoscy 1 grain. 

M. Ft. pil. 

H. s. s. 



349. COMMON OPw SICK. 

Sodii sulphatis effervescentis. 

2 drams — 3 drams. 
STatirn sumend. ex aquae uncis quart. 
_ : mmence one hour after the sodii sulph.) 



350. 

Antipyrin 5 grains. 

Sodii salicyl 5 grains. 

Tinct. cardamomi co 10 minims. 

Spt. chl&Toformi 10 minims. 

Spt. ammonae aromat. ... 5 minims. 
Aquae menthae pip. q. s. ad 1 ounce. 
M. Fiat mistura. 

One ounce ter horis sumend. donee dolor 
evanuerit. 

This prescription is strikingly good treat- 
ment. 

I would, however, direct the aperient to 
be taken in the morning fasting, and give 
at once — 



351. 

Antipyrin 40 grains. 

Eff. caffein hydrobromate. 6 d: 
Mix. and make into 6 powders. 
One hourly in water, if necessary. 



34«; 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. nue. vom 1"- drams. 

Succ. tarax 1 ounce. 

Syr. aurant, flor 1 ounce. 

Inf. chiratae ad G ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

A tablespoonful three times a day 
in a little water. 

3 



353. 

Phenacetin 12 grains. 

Take now. 

353. 

ipyrin 10 grains.. 

i-water 3 ounces. 

Ft. haust 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



354. 

Ammon. bromidi 1 dram. 

Spt. ammon. aromat 1 dram. 

Syrup, aurantii % ounce. 

Aquae ad. . . 3 ounces. 

Misce. 

Two tablespoonfuls for the first dose; 
then one tablespoonful every four hours until 
the headache is relieved. 
Cures on the spot. 

355. 

Pot. bromid % dram. 

Spt. ammon. ar % dram. 

Aq. camph. ad 1 ounce. 

Misce. 

Every two hours till easy. 
For colds accompanied with "pains all over 
the body" (as it is described) and sick head- 
ache. 

356. 

Sodii salicylat 2 drams. 

Tr. card, co 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce every 4 hours. 

357. 

P. ipecac, c. opii 5 grain?. 

Sodae salicylat 10 grains. 

Ft. pulv. 

To be taken in something hot at bedtime. 

358. 

Antifebrin 8 grains. 

Ft. pulv. 

359. 

Mist, sehnae. co 1% ounces. 

Pot. bicarb 1 dram. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig. : One ounce ter die surnend. inter 
cibos. 



APERIENT MEDICINES. 



360. 



Mag. sulph 4 drams. 

Ferri. Sulph 40 grains. 

Acid, sulph. dil 40 minims. 

Liq. tarax 4 drams. 

Aq. chlorof V/ 2 ounces. 

Aquae 6 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce ter die sd. 

All these mixtures would serve their pur- 
pose. 



361. 

Acidi nitro-mur. dilut 1 dram. 

Magnesii sulphatis 3 drams. 

to 6 drams. 

Glycerol, podophylli 30 minims. 

Succus taraxaci 6 drams. 

Misturae ferri aromat. ad. . 6 ounces. 
Misce. Ft. mist. 

Cujus cap. one ounce ter in die post cibos. 

This is undoubtedly a good combination 

of aperient drugs, but it is unnecessarily 

complicated. It would have been better to 

have made one mixture of it. 

363. 

Liq. ext. taraxaci 1 ounce.' 

Liq. ext. case, sag 1% ounces. 

Tinct. nuc. vom 3 drams. 

Glycerin, ad 4 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig.: A teaspoonful night and morning for 
two days, then every night. 

363. 

Ext. cas. sag. liq 7 minims. 

Dec. al. co. com 10 minims. 

Tr.- nuc. vom 5 minims. 

Glycerin % dram. 

Aq. m. vir. ad 2 drams. 

Two drams t. d. s. p. c. 
This appears to be a child's mixture, and 
for this purpose it would do very nicely. 

364. 

Pulv. tragacanth 4 grains. 

Syrup, simplicis 2 drams. 

01. cassiae 6 minims. 

01. ricini 1 ounce. 

Ft. emuls. sec. art. 

Sig.: Purgative draught. 

Pleasant to taste, rapid in action, no grip- 
ing. 

I am not over partial to ol. ricini. It is 
very certain in its action, but it is hardly 
consonant with up-to-date elegant pharmacy. 

365. 

Liq. ferri dialysati 1 ounce. 

Glycerin, pur 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One-half dram ex one ounce aquae ter in 
die post cibos sumenda. 

366. 

Liq. rhei 1% drams. 

Magnes. fi 3 ounces. 

Aeth. chlor 2 drams. 

Aq. m. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-sixth part for a dose. 
With one-half to one ounce of cascara aro- 
matic, Formula No. 57, this mixture would 
be perfect. 



NOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



CONSTIPATION 



367. ESPECIALLY FOR FEMALES. 

Extracti cascarae sagradae 

liq 1 dram. 

Glycyrrhizae liq y 2 ounce. 

Glycerini pur y 2 ounce. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One dram hora somne sumenda ex aquae 
cyatho vinoso pro re nata. 



LINCTUS FOR A COUGH. 



»8. Typical Prescription. 

Acid, hydrobromic. dil 1 dram. 

Tinct. cubebae 1 dram. 

Spt. chloroform 1 dram. 

Syr. prun. virg 4 drams. 

Mucilag. ad V/ 2 ounces. 

One dram urg. tuss. 



369. 

Potassii nitratis 3 grains. 

Vin. ipecac 3 minims. 

Syr. limonis y 2 dram. 

Aquae ad..., 1 dram. 

Q. q. 4h. sd. 



370. 

Syr. limonis y 2 ounce. 

Vin. ipecac v . 1 dram. 

Glycerini pur y 2 ounce. 

Codeinae 4 grains. 

Aq. ad 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. gtt. tussi. 

Cap. one dram omn. nocte et rep. si opus 
sit. 



371. 

Oxymel. scillae 4 drams. 

Tr. cubebae 2 drams. 

Acet. ipecac 3 drams. 

Dec. senegae ad 3 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Two drams quartis horis sumdum. 



373. 

Aeid. sulph. arom 2 drams. 

Tinct. scillae 4 drams. 

Syrup, tolu 1 ounce. 

Aq- ad 3 ounces. 

Ft. gutt. 

Cap. one dram, p. r. n. 



373. 

Syr. picis liq 1 ace. 

Syr. pruni virgin 1 ounce. 

Liq. morphiae iy 2 drama. 

Tr. benzoni co 3 drams. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

M. 

Cap. one dram ter horae. 
An excellent combination, even without the 
morphia. 

374. 

Oxymel. scillae 1 ounce. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Syr. pruni virg y 2 ounce. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq l dram. 

Tr. chlorof. and morph. B. P. 
(sine morph. and HCX.). 1 dram. 
Dose: One dram for adults down to 10 
minims for children. 

375. 

Chlorodyni 10 minims. 

Syr. ipecac 10 minims. 

Syr. limonis 20 minims. 

Syr. pruni virg. ad 1 dram. 

Cap. ex aqua one-half ounce ter in die vel 
tussi urgente. 

376. 

Liq. morphiae hydrochl. .. 48 minims. 

Tr. senegae 3 drams. 

Glycerini y 2 ounce. 

Syr. limonis ad 2 ounces. 

One dram ter quaterve in die, tusse ur- 
genti, sd. 

As a rule, morphia and opium are best 
eliminated from a cough-linctus, except in 
those cases of spasmodic teasing cough, vio- 
lent out of all proportion to the extent of 
surface involved. 

377. COUGH MIXTURES. 

Syr. scillae 1 ounce. 

Ac. hydrobomic. dil 6 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One tablespoonful to be taken every 4 
hours. 

378. 

Am. carb 60 grains. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Oxymel. scillae 1 ounce. 

Ext. glyc. liq 3 Irams. 

Dec. senegae l ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. m. 
One ounce 4tis horis. 

These two mixtures are free from opium, 
which is a good feature. 



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379. 

Fotassae citratis 160 grains. 

Acet. ipecac 80 minims. 

Tinct. camph. co 2 drams. 

Glycerin «. 4 drams. 

Succ. limettae 5 drams. 

Syr. scillae 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

M. 

St.: C. j. mag. ter die. 



380. 

Yin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Tr. scillae.. 2 drams. 

Tr. opii camph 6 drams. 

Spt. chloroform 2 drams. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Syr. pruni vir 4 drams. 

Tr. cocci 1 dram. 

Aq. camph. ad 4 ounces. 

Dose: Two drams for adults: 1 dram for 
ten years. 



MIXTURES FOR A "COLD' 
COUGH. 



381. Typical Prescription. 

Potass, bicarb 2 drams. 

Potass, iodidi 24 grains. 

Tinct. nuc. vom 1% drams. 

Spt. chlorof 1% drams. 

Syr. aurantii 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis. horis. 



383. 

Acid, hydrochl. dil 2 drams. 

Yin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Liq. opii sed 1 dram. 

Ox. scillae 1 ounce. 

Syr. pruni virg 1 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter vel quater in die. 



383. 

Ammonii bromid 10 grains. 

Spt. chlorof ormi 10 minims. 

Tinct. camphorae co 10 minims. 

Yini ipecacuanhae 10 minims. 

Ext. Byni fluid 2 drams. 

Aq. ad...,. y 2 ounce. 

M. Ft. mistura. 

One-half ounce o. q. h. sumenda. 



384. 

Liq. ammon. acet 2 ounces. 

Tinct. scillae 3 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhy. liq 1 Ounce. 

Succi. conii y 2 ounce. 

Tinct. camp, co 3 drams. 

Inf. senegae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce ter die sd. 



385. 

Syr. rhoeados. 40 minims. 

Oxy. scillae % dram. 

Vin. ipecac 15 minims. 

Glycerini y 2 dram. 

Acid, sulph. dil 5 minims. 

Sig.: one ounce t. d. in ea. fl. ounce. 



386. 

Acid, phosph. dil 2 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 40 minims. 

Glycerine 6 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 3 drams. 

Tr. scillae 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis ex aquae. 



387. 

Spt. chlorof 1% drams. 

Tr. camph. co 3 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 1 ounce. 

Syrup, scillae 4 drams. 

Mucil. acaciae 4 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

White cough-mixture. One tablespoonful 
three times a day. 

388. 

Liquor ammon. acet 2 ounces. 

Vin. ipecac iy 2 drams. 

Ox. scillae 6 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Aq. chloroformi ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One ounce 4tis horis, sd. 



Pot. citratis 2 drams. 

Liq. amm. acet 6 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Vin. ipecac % dram. 

Oxym. scillae 3 drams. 

Inf. cascarill. ad 6 ounces. 



M. 

One ounce 4tis horis. 



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37 



390. 

Syr. codeiriae 3 drains. 

Tr. camph. co 3 drams. 

Glycerini 6 drams. 

Syr. limonis % ounce. 

Syr. prun. virg % ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : One-half ounce, 2 dis horis sda. e 
aqua. 

391. 

Oxym. scill 1 ounce. 

Yin. ipec 1 dram. 

Tr. camph. co 6 drams. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce ter die ex aq. 

392. 

Vin. antimon 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co > 4 drams. 

Oxymel. scillae 4 drams. 

Inf. cascarillae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-eighth ter die sd. 

393 

Tr. camph. co 4 drams. 

Syrup, tolu ... . 1 ounces. 

Yin. ipecac 4 drams. 

Aq. chloroform, ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

St.: One-half ounce c. y 2 ounce aquae 
tussi urgenti. 



CHILDREN'S COUGH SYRUP. 



394. 



Oxy. scillae Vi ounce. 

Tinct. camph. co % ounce. 

Yin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 9 ounces. 

Cap. one-half ounce 4tis horis. 



397. Typical Prescription. 

Potass, bromifli 24 grains. 

Potass, ioduli. 6 grains. 

Vin. ipecac. . . 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorof 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acetatis cone. . 1 dram. 

Syr. aurantii ad V/ 2 ounces. 

One dram urg. tuss. 

398. For Infantile Bronchial Catarrh (during 

Dentition). 

Pot. brom 20 grains. 

Pot. bicarb 20 grains. 

Vin. ipecac. 20 minims. 

Glycer 1 dram. 

Syr. simp % ounce. 

Aq. aneth. ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

Three coch. parv. 3tia 9 hora. 

FEVERISHNESS AND COLD IN CHILDREN 

OVER 1 YEAR AND UNDER 4 YEARS. 
399. 

Vin. or acet. ipecac 40 minims. 

Liq. am. acet. cone i dram. 

Spt. aeth. nit 1 v 2 drams. 

Syrup, (cold, with liq. cocci) 3 drams. 
One coch. min. ter in die. 

400. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 2 drams. 

Syrup, hemides 4 drams. 

Aquae ad 3 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

St.: Coch. med. 4tis horis. 



M. 



401. 



395. 



Tinct. camph. co 4 drams. 

Tinct. scillae 3 drams. 

Syr. tolut 1 ounce. 

Aquae chlorof ormi ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Capiat, one-half ounce tertia hora ex aqua. 



Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Yin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Chlorodyni ' 2 drams. 

Tinct. stramon 2 drams. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. - 

Inf. senegae ad G ounces. 

M. 

Mixture for spasmodic cough and difficult 
breathing. One-half ounce ter die sd inter 
cib. 

My objection to all these mixtures is that 

they contain opium. 



Sr. tolut y 2 ounce. 

Vin. ipec % ounce. 

Sp. am. co 1 dram. 

Syr. simp, ad 4 ounces. 

One dram 3tis horis. 



Potass, citrat 1 dram. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Syr. tolut 6 drams. 

Aq. anisi ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

One dram every 3 or 4 hours. 

403. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Liq. ammon. acet 1 ounce. 

Potas. bicarb 1 dram. 

Syrup, tolu y 2 ounce. 

Aq. ad A ounces. 

Sig.: A dessertspoonful, etc., according to 
age. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUEN- 
ZA, ETC. 



BRONCHITIS MIXTURES. 
404. Typical Prescription. 

Amnion, car b 40 grains. 

Potass, iodidi 24 grains. 

Tinct. sumbul 4 drams. 

Spt. ehloi'oformi 2 drams. 

Syr. aurantii 6 drams. 

Aquae ad. 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis. 



405. 

Ammon. carb 3 grains. 

Ammon. chlorid Ingrains. 

Vini. ipec 5 minims. 

Glycerin 30 minims. 

Syr. pruni virg 60 minims. 

Aeth. chlor 10 minims. 

Inf. senegae ad y 2 ounce. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Pro dosis. 

A good expectorant combination. 



406. 

Ammon. carb 2 scruples. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Tr. scillae 2 drams. 

Glycerini y 2 ounce. 

Inf. senegae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce 4tis horis s. 



407. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Spirit, chloroform 3 drams. 

Tinct. scillae 3 drams. 

Glycerini 6 drams. 

Infus. quass. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : A tablespoonful in a glass of water 
thrice daily. 

A smaller dose of ammon. carb. would be 
better here — say 3 or 4 grains. 



408. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Sp. chloroformi 3 drams. 

Tinct. scillae 3 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 1 ounce. 

Infus. senegae ad G ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: A tablespoonful in water thrice daily. 



409. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Vin. ipecac V/ 2 drams. 

Tinct. scillae iy 2 drams. 

Spts. chlorof 3 drams. 

Inf. cascarillae ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Cap. one-half ounce 4tis horis. 



410. 

Amm. carb % dram. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Tinct. scillae • 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Inf. seneg. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce om. tert. hor. 



411. 

Ammon. carb % dram. 

Vin. ipecac V/ 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Inf. seneg. ad 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One-half ounce t. d. s. ex aq. one-half 
ounce. 



412. 

Ammon. chlorid 1% drams. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 4 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhiz. liq 4 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-eighth 4tis horis. 

Every one of these eight mixtures would 
be improved by the addition of 1 to 3 grains 
of potass, iodidi. I would prefer tinct. ser- 
pentariae or tinct. sumbul. to inf. senegae, as- 
the last-mentioned is rather nauseous. 



ORDINARY UNCOMPLICATED COLDS. 
413. Typical Prescription. 

Tinct. aconiti V/ 2 drams. 

Liq. ammon. acetatis fort.. 3 drams. 

Spt. aetheris nitrosi 3 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis. 



414. 

Liq. ammon. acet 1 ounce. 

Sp. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Syr. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce every 4 hours. Smaller 
doses for children. 



NOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



415. 

Liq. ammon. acet 3 ounces. 

Sp. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Sp. ammon. aroru 2 drams. 

Tinct. aconiti 24 minims. 

Aq. camph. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One ounce quartis horis. 



416. 

Spt. aether, nit 1 dram. 

Liq. am. acet. ft 1 dram. 

Mist, sennae co. ad 2 ounces. 

>L Ft. haust. 
H. S. S. 

This formula would be excellent in cases 
complicated with constipation. 



417. 

Tinct. aconit 2 minims. 

Potass, nitr 5 grains. 

Sp. eth. nit 20 minims. 

Liq. amm. ac. cone 10 minims. 

Syr. aurant y 2 dram. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Ter die sumend. 



418. 



Liq. ammon. acet iy 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. arom 20 minims. 

Spt. aether, nit 20 minims. 

Syr. aurant y 2 dram. 

Aq. camph. ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Every 3 or 4 hours. 



419. 

Liq. ammon. acet 3 ounces. 

Spt. aeth. nitrosi 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. co 3 drams. 

Potass, bicarb \y 2 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

One-sixth part ter die sd. 



420. 

Liq. am. acetat 1 dram. 

Tinct. carminativ. (B. P. C.) 40 minims. 

Sp. am. aromat 40 minims. 

Glycerin 2 drams. 

Aq. camph 1 ounce. 

Aq. chloroformi a<l 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. haust. 
Sumat statim. 



421. 

Potass, chlorat 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 2 ounces. 

Spt. aetheris nit 4 drams. 

Spt. ammon. aromat 2 drams. 

Aquae camph. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

One-eighth part in water every 3 hours. 



432. 

Sp. ammon. co % ounce. 

Sp. chloroformi % ounce. 

Liq. ammon. ac. (1-7) 3% drams. 

Sp. camphor 30 minims. 

Syr. tolu. ad 2 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

For a cold in the head. One dram every 
3 or 4 hours in water. 



423. 

Pot. nitratis 1 dram. 

Vin. antim 1 dram. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Oxymel scillae 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

Dose: One-half ounce every 4 hours. 



424. 

Spt. aeth. nit 2 drams. 

Liq. amm. cone 2 drams. 

Amm. carb % dram. 

Sp. chlorof 1V2 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

One ounce 3tus hor. 



425. 

Ammon. carb 2 scruples. 

Oxymel scillae 6 drams. 

Sp. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

For feverish cold. One-sixth part 3 vel 
4tis horis. 



426. 

Magnes. sulph x / 2 ounce. 

Vin. antim % dram. 

Spt. aeth. nit iy 2 drams. 

Liq. ammon. acet % ounce. 

Glycerini % ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One-eighth part ter die sumend. 



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427. 

Vin. ipecac 10 minims. 

Sp. aeth. nit 20 minims. 

Liq. amnion, acet 2 drams. 

Syr. tolut 1 dram. 

Aquae camph. ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 
4tis horis sumd. 



438. 

Liq. ammon. acet iy 2 ounces. 

Sp. aether, nitr jounce. 

Vini antimon 1 dram. 

Syrupi 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce 4tis horis. 

Spt. aeth. nit. two drams is enough. 



429. 



Potass, bicarb 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 1 ounce. 

Sp. aeth. nitr 2 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Spr. chlorof 1 dram. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 



M. 
Capt. part. sext. quart, quoq. hor. 

The above sixteen mixtures are 
adapted for the cure of acute colds. 



well 



INFLUENZA COLDS, WITH MUCH ACHING 
OF LIMBS, ETC. 

430. Typical Prescription. 

Ammon. bromidi 2 drams. 

Antipyrin 48 grains. 

Syr. aurantii 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis. 
Antipyretics of the coal-tar series are par- 
ticularly useful in colds of an influenza type. 



431. 

Salipyrin iy 2 drams. 

Mucilag. tragac 3 drams. 

Syr. aurant 3 drams. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
St.: One ounce 4tis horis. 

Found to be very good last winter. 



438. 



Liq. ammon. acet iy 2 ounces. 

Antipyrin iy 2 drams. 

Syr. simp 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 



Sig. : One-half ounce every 3 hours until 
pain and fever lessen. 

The above two mixtures can often be 
greatly aided in their action by combining 
them with bromides. 



433. 

Pot. bromid 1% drams. 

Spt. aether, nit 4 drams. 

Tinct. hyoscyami 2 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acetatis 2 ounces. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce 4tis horis. 

434. 

Vin. ipecac iy 2 drams. 

Tr. chlorof. co 3 drams. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Ammon. bromidi 2 drams. 

Syr. tolu 6 drams. 

Aquae 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce q. d. s. ex aquae. 



435. 

Sodii salicylatis iy 2 drams. 

Ammon. chloridi iy 2 drams. 

Potas. nitrat 1 dram. 

Tr. aconiti 20 minims. 

Tr. hyoscyami iy 2 drams. 

Ox. scillae 1 ounce. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce om. 2 v. 3 hora ex aq. 
Remain indoors; light food. 



436. 

Potas. bicarb 2 drams. 

Sodae salicylat 1% drams. 

Liq.. ammon. acet 2 ounces. 

Tinct. camph. co 3 drams. 

Aquae camphorae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-eighth part every 4 hours. 

The salicylates are also very serviceable, 
either alone or in combination with cold-tar 
antipyretics and bromides. Especially is this 
the case where rheumatism is suspected. 



437. 

Tr. quin. amnion 1 ounce. 

Glycerini y 2 ounce. 

Sp. chlorof 1 dram. 

Syr. simpl 3 drams. 

M. 
One dram every 3 hours. 
This is a good type for a "cold" tonic. 



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41 



438. 

Tr. quininae arnnioniatae. .. 1% ounces. 

Syr. aurantii 1% ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : A teaspoonful iu a glass of water 
thrice daily. 



439. 

Tr. cinchon 1 dram. 

Amm. carb 4 grains. 

Syr. tolutan 1 dram. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

For incipient cold as evidenced by running 
at nose. 

To be taken with an equal quantity of 
water every three hours. Mitte 8 ounces or 
q. s. 

440. 

Spt. amm. co % ounce. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Spt. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Tr. cinch, co % ounce. 

Aq. dest. ad 8 ounces. 

Cap. one ounce ter in die ex aq. 

441. 

Tinct. cinchonae % ounce. 

Tinct. limonis 2 drams. 

Glycerini 6 drams. 

Liq. amm. acet V/2 ounces. 

Aq. chlorof ormi 3 ounces. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

Cap. one-half ounce 4tis horis ex aqua. 

443 

Potassii citratis 1% drams. 

Liquoris ammonii acetatis 

f ortior 3 drams. 

Syrupi limonis % ounce. 

Aquae chloroformi 3 ounces. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

Ifisce. Fiat mistura. 

One-sixth part every G hours. 



443. 



Quininae sulphatis Ingrains. 

Pulveris camphorae % grain. 

Ilisce Fiat cachet. 



- 



One to be swallowed with each dose 



of the mixture. 

This is rather too complicated a recipe. 

444 

Spt. ammon. arom 1 dram. 

Spt. aether, nit 1 dram. 

Tinct. cinchon. co 2 drams. 

Aq. camphor 2 ounces. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 6 ounces. 

One-sixth part in water three times a day. 



This group (437 to 444) is of most service 
to remove the debility of colds, although they 
are often given with the view of preventing 
or cutting short influenza and influenza-colds. 

I find quinine acts better if combined with 
antipyrin, ammon bromidi. acid hydrobro- 
mic dil., which tend to prevent cinchonism. 

In many cases the hypophosphites of lime 
or soda (with or without cod-liver oil) act 
better than quinine, especially in the early 
stages. 

CHEST COLDS. 
445. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Spt. amm. aro 2 drams. 

Spt. aetheris 2 drams. 

Tinct. senegae 2 drams. 

Ox. scillae 4 drams. 

Aq. chloroform, ad S ounces. 

One ounce 4 horis. Bronchitis-kettle to be 
used, and patients to be kept in one tempera- 
ture. 

446. 

Sp. aether, nit 6 drams. 

Sp. ammon. arom drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Ammon. carb 1 dram. 

Infus. senegae ad 6 ounces. 

Misce. Fiat mist. 
Cap. One-half ounce ter in die ex aq. 

447. 

Tr. aconiti 40 minims. 

Oxy. scillae IV2 ounces. 

Tr. camph. co % ounce. 

Syr. marubii 1 ounce. 

Dec. senegae cone 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad S ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce t. d. s. 

448. 

Ammon. carb 32 grains. 

Tinct. scillae 80 minims. 

Vin. ipecac SO minims. 

Inf. senegae cone. (1-7) % ounce. 

Syrup, tolu 1 ounce. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce ter die. 

The foregoing mixtures would be good in 
chest colds accompanied by wheezing cough 
and other bronchial symptoms. 

449. 

Sp. am. aromat 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 4 drams. 

Mist, camph. ad fl ounces. 

One-half ounce -'!ts. horis sd. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



450. 

Amnion, earb 1 dram. 

Sp. aeth. nit 3 drams. 

Tinct. camph. co 3 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 1 dram. 

Mist, camph. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce om. tert. nor. sd. 



461. 

Potass, chlorat 5 grains. 

Vin. ipecac 5 minims. 

Tr. camph. co 15 minims. 

Oxymel. scillae 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 3 drams. 

Aq. anisi ad 1 ounce. 

Ft. haust. T. d. s. 



458. 

Vin. ipecac y 2 dram. 

Liq. amm. acet 2 ounces. 

Tr. camph. co 4 drams. 

Sp. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Syr. tolu % ounce. 

Aq. camph. ad 8 ounces. 

One-eighth part every 3 hours. 

453. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Liq. amm. acet. con 3 drams. 

Tinct. camph. co 4 drams. 

Ox. scillae 4 drams. 

Inf. senegae cone 1 ounce. 

One ounce 4 horis. Linseed poultices every 
2 hours. 



454. 

Ammon. carh 1 dram. 

Tr. scillae iy 2 drams. 

Tr. cinchonae co 4 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Sp. chlorof 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. 

Cap. one ounce ter quaternae die. 

455. 

Liquor ammon. acet 1 dram. 

Sp. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Tr. camphor, co 3 drams. 

Vin. antim. tart , 1% drams. 

Syrup tolut 6 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-sixth part 4tis horis. 



456. 

Ammon. bicarb y 2 dram. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Glycerini 4 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One-half ounce when the cough is trouble- 
some. 



457. 

Liq. ammon. acet V/ 2 ounces. 

Liq. morph. hydr V/ 2 drams. 

Aquae chloroformi 4 ounces. 

Aquae camph. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce in forenoon and afternoon. 
One ounce at bedtime. 



458. 

Pot. nit 24 grains. 

Chlorodini 2 drams. 

Vin. ant. tart 2 drams. 

Oxymel. scill V/2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis ex. aq. 



459. 

Menthol 3 grains. 

P. capsic. ._ 5 grains. 

P. opii % grain. 

Ft. pil. 2. 

Cap. pil. 2 ter die cum aq. calid. 



460. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Liq. morph. hyd 2 drams. 

Syr. scillae 1 dram. 

Aq. ad 3 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : A teaspoonful in water 3 times a 
day after food. 

This group 449 to 460 I regard as objection- 
able on account of the presence of opium. 
There are now so many reliable drugs to take 
its place. 



GARGLES. 



461. Typical Prescription. 

Acid, sulph. dil W2 drams. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Inf. rosae acid, ad 6 ounces. 

M. 





NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 


43 


462. 




It is surprising that no mention whatever 


Glycer. aluminis .... 


1 ounce. 


is made of sulphur, which is. by far the best 


Glycer. acid, carbol. 


y 2 ounce. 


remedy for sore-throats, especially if ulcer- 


Inf. rosae acid, ad . . 


6 ounces. 


ated, or with a tendency to 


diphtheria. If 


M. Ft. garg. 




given early, it will, in nine cases out of ten, 


Sig. : A tablespoonful, 


with an equal quan- 


arrest the onset of diphtheria. 




tity of warm water, to be used frequently as 






a gargle. 




468. A Type. 




463. 




Sulphur ppt. pur 


. V/ 2 drams. 


Potassii cblorat 


iy 2 drams. 


Tinct. aurantii 

Glycerini 


1 dram. 


Sodii bibor 


iy 2 drams. 


V/ 2 ounces. 


Acid, hydrochlor. dil. 


1% drams. 


Aquae ad 


3 ounces. 


Glycerini 


1 ounce. 


One dram to be slowly taken hourly. 


Tinct. capsici 


10 minims. 






Aquae rosae ad 


8 ounces. 






M. Ft. gargaris. 




469. SORE THROAT MIXTURES. 


Signa.: The gargle to 


be used frequently 




. 1 dram. 


as required. 




. 1 dram. 






Antipyrin 


. 30 grains. 


464 




Aquae q. s. ad 


. 6 ounces. 


Pot. chlor 


iy 2 drams. 


Misce. Fiat mistura. 
Cujus capiat partem sextam 




Glycer. boracis 


1 ounce. 


quaque quartis 


Hazelini 


y 2 ounce. 


horis. 




Tr. hamamelidis .... 


V 2 ounce. 


This is a splendid combination for severe 


Aquae ad 


6 ounces. 


sore-throats caused by cold. 




M. Ft. garg. 






Sig. : A tablespoonful, 


with an equal quan- 


470. 




tity of warm water, to be used frequently as 


Tinct. ferri perchlor 


. V/ 2 drams. 


a gargle. 




Mag. sulph 


. *4 drams. 






Pot. chlor 


y 2 dram. 


465. 




Glycerini 


. 4 drams. 




Aquae atl 


. 6 ounces. 


Acid, tannic 


1 scruple. 


Ft. mist. 

Cap. one-half ounce 4 his. (t< 
slowly). 

*I would prefer sodae sulph 




Acid, boric 

Acid, carbolic, liq. . . 


iy 2 drams. 

V 2 dram. 


3 be swallowed 


Glycerini 

Aq. rosae ad 


t x / 2 ounce. 

6 ounces. 




Ft. gargar. 








Ltend one ounce p. r. 




471. s 




Menthol pastilles .... 


Q- s. 


2 scruples. 


One occasionally. 




. 2 scruples. 




Acid. nit. mur. dil 


. iy 2 drams. 






Tr. cinchonae co 


4 drams. 


466. 




Syr. aurant 


1 ounce. 


Tincturae ferri perch. 


iy 2 drams. 

20 grains. 


Aquae ad 


8 ounces. 


Potass, chlor 


M. 




Glycerini 


jounce. 


One-eighth pt. ter die sd. 




Aq. ad 


2 ounces. 






M. 

Sig.: One dram every 


three hours. Gargle 


473. 




frequently. 




Acid, hydrochlor. dilut. . . . 


2 drams. 






Tinct. cinchonae cornp. . . . 


4 drams. 






Glycerini 


1 ounce. 


467. 




Tinct. aconiti, B. P 


40 minims. 


Potass, chlor 


1^ drams. 


Spt. chlorof 


V/ 2 drams. 


Glyc. boracis 


y 2 ounce. 


Sol. potassii chlorat. sat. ad 


8 ounces. 


Tinct. limonis 


2 drams. 


M. 




Aq. rosae ad 




Sig.: One ounce omni quati 
throat to be slightly gargled I 


lor horis. The 


Ft. garg. 




efore swallow- 


Saepe utend. 




lug. 





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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



473. 

Potassii chloratis I drain. 

Glycerini acidi carbolici . . 2 drams. 

Liq. f erri perchlor i. 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : A dessertspoonful in half a wine- 
glassful of water three or four times a day. 

474. 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 80 minims. 

Tinct. cinchon. co 1 ounce. 

Glycerini y 2 ounce. 

Aq. chlorof . ad k 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One ounce t. d. s. 

475. 

Pot. chlor 10 grains. 

Ext. cinch, liq 10 minims. 

Acid, hydroch. dil 10 minims. 

Sp. chlorof 10 minims. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

4tis horis sd. Mitte 8 ounce. 

476. 

Pot. bicarb 80 grains. 

Pot. chlor 80 grains. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Liq. morph 40 minims. 

Syr. aurant % ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce ter die. 

Objectionable from the presence of 
morphia. 



477. Tannin and Rose Gargle. 

Acid, tannic 1 dram. 

Pulv. aluminis % ounce. 

Tr. capsici 1 dram. 

Liq. cocci 1 dram. 

Syrupi 2 ounces. 

Aq. rosae cone 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 16 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



CHRONIC RHEUMATISM AND 
GOUT. 



478. Typical Prescription. 

Potassae bicarb 2 drams. 

Potass, iodidi 1 dram. 

Sodae salicylatis 1 dram. 

Vin. colchici V/ 2 drams. 

Inf. buchu ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce 4tis horis in plenty of water. 



The secret of compounding a good mixture 
for rheumatism consists in having the various 
ingredients well balanced. Alone, or in un- 
suitable combination, they might not prove 
satisfactory. 

Many doctors object to the use of colchicum. 
They do not deny its efficacy in relieving 
symptoms, but they assert that the disorder 
returns more readily after its use. 



479. 



Sodii salicylat 2 drams. 

Pot iodid 2 scruples. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Dose for adult: Cap. one ounce 4tis horis. 

480. 

Potas. bicarb.. 2 drams. 

Potas. iodidi 1 dram. 

Sp. aeth. nit 80 minims. 

Mag. sulph 1 ounce. 

Vin. colchic 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One ounce ter die sumend. 

481. 

Pot. iodid iy 2 drams. 

Vin. sem. colchici iy 2 drams. 

Tr. zingib 1 dram, 

Sp. chlorof r 1 dram. 

Syrupi % dram. 

Inf. quassiae ad 6 ounces. 

Dose: One-half ounce ter die. 

483. 

Potass, iodid 15 grains. 

Potass, nitrat % dram. 

Potass, bicarb % dram. 

Sp. am. arom 3 drams. 

Aquae ad. 6 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce 4tis horis. 

483. 

Salicin 2 drams. 

Pot. iod 1 dram. 

Mag. sulph % ounce. 

Syr. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 12 ounces. 

M. 

One ounce bis die. 

484. 

Sodii salicylat 3 drams. 

Potass, bicarb 2 drams. 

Ess. menth. pip 10 minims. 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Capiat one-half ounce quaque quarta hora 
ex aquae. 



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485. 

Sodii salicylates 10-15 grains. 

Tinct. zingiberis 10 minims. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

Misce. Ft. mist. 

Cujus capiat, one ounce ter quaterve in die. 

486. 

Acid salicylic 3 drams. 

Soda borat 15 grains. 

Aqua mentb pip, add i ounces. 

Sig. : One-fourth, to be taken three hours 
apart. 

487. 

Soda salicylate 2 drams. 

Potash iodide 2 drams. 

Potash carb 2 drams. 

Fluid cascara 4 ounces. 

Formula 57. 

Dose : Two teaspoonsful after meals. 

488. 

Soda bicarb jounce. 

Acid salicylic Y z ounce. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Water 2 ounces. 

S. : Teaspoonful every 3 hours. 

489. 

Soda salicylate K ounce. 

Potash iodide K ounce. 

Ferri pyrophosphate 2 drams. 

Water 6 ounces. 

Sig. : One teaspoonful every 3 hours. 

490. 

Tr. guaiaci am 6 drams. 

Mucilaginis 12 drams. 

Lithii cit 1 dram. 

Potass, iod 1 scruple. 

Yin. cok-hic 40 minims. 

Tr. cinch, rub 3 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. m. 
One ounce bis in die. 

This is based on an old formula of Sir. A. 
Garrod. It will cure in many cases when all 
known remedies fail. 



EMBROCATIONS. 



491. Typical Prescription. 

Chloroform 5 drams. 

Tinct. opii 4 drains. 

Acid, salicylic 4 drams. 

Spt. vini rect. ad 12 ounces. 

Label "Poison," etc., in blue bottle. 



This group is a very weak one. Chloroform, 
ol. succini rect., ol. cajuput, ol. gaultheriae, 
etc., might be suggested. 



492. 

01. sinapis express 1 ounce. 

Lin. tereb. acet 2 ounces. 

M. 

493. 

Vitell. ovi 1 

Sp. terebinthae 3 ounces. 

Aq. destill 3 ounces. 

Acid, acetic, fort % ounce. 

M. Ft. linimentum. 

Also for sprains. The parts affected to be 
well rubbed, night and morning. 



494. 

Lin. ammoniae 2 ounces. 

Lin. opii 2 ounces. 

01. terebinth 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. lin. 

Sig.: To be well rubbed in night and morn- 
ing. 



495. 

01. terebinth 1 ounce. 

Lin. camph 1 ounce. 

Liquor, ammon 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. liniment. 

Sig.: Rub well the affected parts and bind 
with flannel. 



496. 

Ext. belladonnae alcohol ... % ounce. 

Menthol 1 dram. 

Acidi oleici % ounce. 

Lanolin % ounce. 

Adipis benz % ounce. 

Misce. Ft. unguentum. 
Nocte maneque partibus affectis applican- 
dum. 



497. DIURETIC MIXTURE. 

Potas. acet 2 drams. 

Sp. ether, nit 3 drams. 

Sp. junip 3 drams. 

Acet. scillae 2 drams. 

Sue. scoparii G drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

One-half ounce ter in die. 
This would be a typical diuretic mixture if 
tinct. digitalis one dram to two drams, or 
tinct. strophanthus one-half dram to one dram 
were added thereto. 



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FOR BACKACHE, THICK URINE AND KID- 
NEY DISORDERS. 

498. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

Tinct. hyoscyarni 4 drams. 

Pot. nit 1 dram. 

Syrupi 1 ounce. 

Inf. buchu ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Cap. one-half ounce om. qts. horis. 



499. EARACHE. 

Glycerini acidi carbolici. .. . % ounce. 

Signetur.: Guttae nocte maneque utendae. 

This seldom fails to give relief, and is well 
recommended by several aurists. A little spt. 
vini rect. would increase its efficacy if any 
discharge be present. 



DIARRHCEA. 



500. (FERMENTATIVE.) 

Olei cassiae 8 minims. 

Sacchr. alb 1 dram. 1 scruple. 

Cretae prep 1 dram. 1 scruple. 

Tr. opii 1 dram. 1 scruple. 

Sp. ammon. co 1 dram. 1 scruple. 

Tr. catechu 2 drams. 

Sp. camph 12 minims. 

Aq. camphorae ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Sig. : One-half ounce to one dram when re- 
quired. 

When, as is sometimes the case, diarrhoea 
does not yield to mineral acids and opium, 
such mixtures as the foregoing are good. 



501. 

Sodii bicarb 2 drams. 

Mucil. acaciae 1 ounce. 

Creta prep 2 drams. 

Pulv. conf. aromat. P.L V/ 2 drams. 

01. cassiae 6 minims. 

Ol. menth. pip 9 minims. 

Syr. simplic % ounce. 

Spt. ammon. arom 3 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 3 drams. 

Tinct. opii 2 drams. 

Aq. ad ; 6 ounces. 

M. 
Adult dose: One-half ounce. 



503. 



Tr. opii 2% drams. 

Aether, chlor 1 dram. 

Spt. cinnam 2 drams. 



Spt. camphor 1 dram. 

Tr. catechu 1 dram. 

P. conf. arom 3 drams. 

P. sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

P. gum. acac 2 drams. 

Aquae ad 10 ounces. 

M. 
One ounce every two or three hours if re- 
quired. 



503. 

Liq. bismuthi 1 dram. 

Tr. nucis vom 8 minims. 

Spt. chlorof 10 minims. 

Acid, hydrocy. dil 2 minims. 

Morphinae mur 1/24 grain. 

Pepsin, porci 2 grains. 

Tinct. croci q. s. 

Aquae % ounce. 

The last I keep prepared as a stock-mix- 
ture, and the quantity named is for one dose — 
to be given every 3 or 4 hours. 



504. 

Tinct. catechu % ounce. 

Ol. menth. pip 6 minims. 

Pulv. cret. aromat 90 grains. 

Mist, cretae ad 8 ounces. 

Sig.: One-eighth part after each loose mo- 
tion. 

Eight drops tr. opii may be added to each 
dose. 



505. 

Tr. catechu 10 minims. 

Tr. opii 10 minims. 

Mist, cretae ad 1 ounce. 

Ft. mist. 8 ounces. 
One ounce every two hours till relieved. 



506. 

Bismuth, carb 2 drams. 

Tr. opii 40 minims. 

Tr. catechu 3 drams. 

Mist, cretae ad 4 ounces. 

Dose: One-half ounce every three hours. 

507. 

Liq. opii sed 20 minims. 

Spt. chlorof IV2 drams. 

Tr. cinnamom 2 drams. 

Tr. zingiber 1% drams. 

Tr. catechu 1 dram. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
A fourth part to be taken every three hours. 



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GONORRHCEA MIXTURES. 



508. 

01. santal. flav 2 drams. 

Pot. bicarb 2 drams. 

P. acaciae q. s. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad.. 8 ounces. 

One ounce t. d. s. p. c. 

509. 

Olei santali flav. ang % ounce. 

Olei cubebae 1 dram. 

Ole^ juniperi 6 minims 

Syrupi aurantii 1% ounces. 

Extracti Byni fluidi 2% ounces. 

Mucilaginis tragacantb. 

quantum sufficiat ad 6 ounces. 

M. Fiat mistura. 

Cap. one-half ounce ter in die cum aquae 
cyatho vinoso decocti bordei. 

Tbese are excellently-combiHed mixtures, 
but I would prefer to bave tbe ol. santal. 
given separately in capsule form, on account 
of taste, etc. 



510. IN THE FIRST STAGES. 

Sp. aeth. nit % ounce. 

Tinct. byoscy % ounce. 

Potass, bicarb % ounce. 

Inf. bucbu. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : One-half ounce three times daily, 
after food. 

Giving the usual directions about food, etc. 



RINGWORM. 



511. 



ITCH, 



Hydrarg. subchlor 20 grains. 

Tinct. iodi y 2 ounce. 

M. 

Sig.: Paint the clear liquid to the part 
night and morning. 

Don't shake the bottle. This remedy is un- 
failing. 

A very good remedy. 



513. 

Liq. arsen 1 dram. 

Mist, albae 4 ounces. 

Aquae menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

One-half ounce t. d. s. p. c. 
Why use a mixture for a purely local affair 
(unless for the purpose of amusing the suf- 
ferer, and keeping his mind off the skin). 

514. 

Pot. carb % dram. 

Ess. limonis 10 minims. 

Ung. sulph 2 ounces. 

Ft. ung. 

Circumfrico n. m. que. 

This is a very effective ointment. 



515. FOR SLEEPLESSNESS. 

Potass, bromid 20 grains. 

Sodii bromid 10 grains. 

Tinct. chloroform, co 30 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 
Hora somni. 

Some inf. valerian, would improve this mix- 
ture if trouble or worry is the cause of the in- 
somnia. 



TENDER FEET. 



516. 

Pulv. acid, boracic 8 ounces. 

Carmini 5 grains. 

Otto de rosae 2 minims. 

Misce bene. 

Signe. : The powder to be dusted with 
puff on the feet every morning. 
A usual formula. 



REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN'S 
AILMENTS. 



513. 



Thymol 10 grains. 

Sulph. praecip 30 grains. 

Hydrarg. ammon 20 grains. 

Vaselini 1 dram. 

Lanolini ad 1 ounce. 



517. SOOTHING SYRUP. 

Ammon. bromid % dram. 

Syr. rhei 4 drams. 

Ess. anisi (1-10) 10 minims. 

Syrupi 4 drams, 

Aq. anethi ad 1% ounces. 

M. 
One dram 2dis hor. 



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FOR TEETHING, FEVERISHNESS AND FLAT- 
ULENCE IN CHILDREN. 

518. (Up to 6 months.) 

Potass, bicarb 1 grain. 

Potass, bromid 1 grain. 

Tinct. chlorof ormi co 2 minims. 

Syr. simplicis 20 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 dram. 

519. (Up to 1 year.) 

Potass, bicarb 1% grains. 

Potass. bromFd iy 2 grains. 

Tinct. chloroformi co 3 minims. 

Syr. simplicis 30 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 dram. 

520. (Up to 2 years.) 

Potass, bicarb 2 grains. 

Potass, bromid 2 grains. 

Tinct. chloroformi co 4 minims. 

Syr. simplicis 30 minims. 

Aquae ad 2 drams. 



GRIPE MIXTURE. 

521. Typical Prescription. 

Sodae bicarb 15 grains. 

Pulv. rbei 15 grains. 

Spt. myrist 15 minims. 

Tinct. zingib 5 minims. 

Syrupi 4 drams. 

Aquae ad 1% ounces. 

One dram p. r. n. sum. 

522. 

Pulv. rbei * . . 8 grains. 

Mag. carb 40 grains. 

Syr. zingib 40 minims. 

Glycerini 2 drams. 

Aq. anethi ad 2 ounces. 

One-half dram vel. one dram when re- 
quired. 

523. THRUSH. 

Glyc. ac. borac. 
Undoubtedly the best application for thrush. 



FOR BED WETTING IN CHILDREN. 



524. 



Tinct. belladon 1 dram. 

Syr. ferri phosph. comp. ... 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: A teaspoonful night and morning. 
If not caused by worms, this is a very good 
mixture. 



FOR A CHILD WHO IS FEVERISH AND HAS 
525. A LITTLE RASH. 

Sod. bicarb 1 scruple. 

Spt. aeth. nit 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 3 drams. 

Vin. ipecac l dram. 

Aq. ad 3 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Two drams quartis horis sumend. 

526. 

Hyd. subchlor 2 grains. 

Pulv. jalapae 8 grains. 

Sacch. lactis 10 grains. 

M. Divid. in pulv. four. 
Capt. one omni nocte. 

An excellent cooling mixture; but aperients 
are unadvisable in cases of infectious disease, 
especially so in measles. 



527. FOR THREADWORMS. 

Sodii chloridi 2 ounces. 

From a teaspoon to a tablespoonful to be 
dissolved in a small quantity of warm water, 
and injected into the rectum every or every 
other night. 

Injections perseveringly used almost invari- 
ably cure, but they must not be discontinued 
too soon. 



528. (Child 12 years.) 

Hyd. subchlor iy 2 grains. 

Santonin 3 grains. 

H. s. s. 

Scam, res 2 grains. 

Pulv. rhei 8 grains. 

Santonin only expels round worms. If used 
for threadworms, its action would probably 
be but temporary. 



DIARRHOEA. 

All these remedies will prove excellent in 
cases of diarrhoea. 

Diarrhoea is one of the few diseases which, 
distinctly call for the use of opium. 



529. 

Acid, sulph. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. cardam. co % ounce. 

Tr. opii 1 dram. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Tr. capsici 20 minims. 

Aq. ad 4 ounces. 

Sig.: One-half ounce every two hours ex 
aq. till relieved. 



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530. 

Tinct. opii 1 dram. 

Acid, sulph. dil 1% drams. 

Tr. lavand. co VA drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Oue ounce every 2 hours. 



531 

Acid, sulph. dil 10 minims. 

Tinct. opii 5 minims. 

Tinct. card, co 1 dram. 

Ess. menth. pip 10 minims. 

Aquae ad IV2 ounces. 

Pro. dos. 

Preceded by a dose of ol. ricini. 



533. 

Acidi sulph. dil 2 drams. 

Tr. opii 1 dram. 

Syr. gurnmi rubra 1 ounce. 

Syr. zingiberis 1 ounce. 

Aq. cinnam. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce every three hours, or after 
each liquid motion. 



533. 



Acid, sulph. aromat. 15 minims. 

Tinct. chloroformi et morph 10 minims. 

Aquae chloroform ad 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. haust. 

4tis horis si opus sit. 



534. 

Tinct. opii 10 minims. 

Ac. sulph. dil 10 minims. 

Aether chlor. (1-10) 10 minims. 

Aq. ad 1 ounce. 

Misce. 

Every 4 hours. 



535. 

Ac. sulph. arom 2 drams. 

Tinct. opii 1% drams. 

Aquae chlorof . ad 6 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Cap. one-half ounce 3 vel 4tis horis ex 
aquae. 



536. 

Acid, sulph. dil 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof 2 drams. 

Tinct. opii 1% drams. 

Syr. aurant. flor 1 ounce. 

Inf. rosae acid, ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

Sig.: A tablespoonful every 3 hours in a 

little water. 

4 



537. 

Tinct. opii 10 minims. 

Ac. sulph. dil 10 minims. 

Aq. chlorof. ad l ounce. 

M. 

Ter die sumend. 



538 

Tinct. opii ±y 2 drams. 

Tinct. kino 1 ounce. 

Tinct. catechu ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: One dram after every loose motion. 

APERIENT REMEDIES. 

Aperients are indicated when indigestible 
food or some irritant is causing disturbance 
and requires removal. 



539. 

Tinct. opii 25 minims. 

Ol. ricini 3 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad iy 2 ounces. 

Fc. haust. 

Much used in the Tropics. 



540. 

Hyd. c. creta 1 grain. 

P. ipec. co 4 grains. 

P. zingib 3 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. Mitte six. 

Sig.: One every 3 or 4 hours. 

Olei ricini y 2 ounce. 

Statim sumendus cum lacti. 

541. 

Bismuthi carbonatis 2 drams. 

Mucilaginis tragacanth 1 ounce. 

Tinct. chloi'oformi et mor- 

phinae 1 dram. 

Aquae q. s. ad 6 ounces. 

Misce. Fiat mistura. 

Cujus capiat cochleare amplum una hora 
post oleum, et repetatur dosis post singulus 
sedes liquidus. 



542. INFANTILE BRONCHITIS. 

Tr. campb. co 1 dram. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Sp. aeth. nit 1 dram. 

Sp. ammon. co 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet G drains. 

Aquae chlorof. ad 2 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One dram tertia hors, if necessary. 



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543. 

Tr. camph. co 4 minims. 

Vin. ipecac 4 minims. 

Glycerini 10 minims. 

Liq. amm. acet 10. minims. 

Aq. m. pip. ad 1 dram. 

O. 4tis nor. 

544. 

Liq. ammon. acet 4 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

01. amygd. dulc 2 ounces. 

Syrup, rhoeados ad 4 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One dram sv. 4 hor. 

545. 

Vin. ipecac 

01. amygd. dulc 

Syr. papav 

Syr. tolut 

Syr. scillae_ aa. part. aeq. 

M. 

Dose: One-half dram to one and one-half 
dram 3 or 4 times a day. 
Opium in any form is objectionable. 



FEVERISHNESS AND COLD IN CHILDREN 
546. OVER 1 AND UNDER 4 YEARS. 

Potass, chlor 32 grains. 

Acid. nit. mur. dil 40 minims. 

Tr. aconit 20 minims. 

Sp. aeth. nit 80 minims. 

Tr. hyoscyami 80 minims. 

Glycerin % ounce. 

Syrup % ounce. 

Aq. ad 4 ounces. 

Two drams 2nd horis. 

All the formulae here printed will well 
answer their purpose. 

547. 

Vin. ipecac 1 dram. 

Ammon. carb 10 grains. 

Syr. scillae 2 drams. 

Glycerini 2 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrh. liq 20 minims. 

Aq. anisi ad 2 ounces. 

One dram every 3 or 4 hours for child over 
1 year old. 



548. 



Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Glycerini 4 drams. 

Syr. scillae 3 drams. 

Inf. senegae ad 4 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : One dram 3 or 4 times a day. 



549. 

Pot. nit 24 grains. 

Oxym. scill 3 drams. 

Syr. papar 1 dram. 

Vin. antim 40 minims. 

Aq. ad 3 ounces. 

Two drams ter die. 

550. DIARRHOEA. (Fermentative.) 

Bismuth, salicyl 2 drams. 

Salol 2 drams. 

P. tragac. co q. s. 

Sodii bicarb 1% drams. 

Chlorodyni 80 minims. 

Aq. cinnam. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Sig.: One-eighth every two hours till re- 
lieved. 

This is a good prescription for fermentative 
changes in the intestines, although liq. 
hydrarg. perchlor. in ordinary doses usually 
srives better results. 



551. 

Tinct. chlorof. et morph. . 2 drams. 

Tinct. rhei comp 2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Sig.: A teaspoonful in three of water 
when required. 

553. 

Pulv. gum acaciae 2 drams. 

Creta preparat 2 drams. 

Confect. aromat 2 drams. 

Tinct. opii 2 drams. 

Tinct. catechu y 2 ounce. 

Spt. ammon. arom 2 drams. 

Aquae cinnamom. ad 8 ounces. 

One-half ounce tertiisve quaternis horis. 

553. 

Pulv. conf . aromat V/ 2 drams. 

Pulv. pro. mist, cretae 2 drams. 

Potass, bicarb iy 2 drams. 

Sp. ammon. ar V/ 2 drams. 

Liq. opii sed. (Battley) 40 minims. 

Tr. cinnam. co., L. P 6 drams. 

Aether, chlor V/ 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce p. r. n. 

554. 

Pulv. cret. arom y 2 ounce. 

Tinct. opii 2 drams. 

Tinct. catechu 1 dram. 

Sp. chlorof 3 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 
One-half ounce ad one ounce tertis horis 
until relieved. 



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555. 

Confect. aromat 4 drams. 

Tr. catechu 2 drams. 

Tr. krameria 2 drams. 

Tr. zingib 2 drams. 

Aq. campli. ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

St.: One ounce bis vel ter die. 

556. 

Sodii bicarb 3 drams. 

Pulv. conf . arom 4 drams. 

Tr. rhei t 1% ounces. 

Tr. card. Co 1% ounces. 

Sp. ammon. co y 2 ounce. 

Chlorodyni 3 drams. 

Tr. krameriae 3 drams. 

Tr. catechu 6 drams. 

Ol. menth. pip 10 minims. 

Aquae ad 16 ounces. 

Adult dose: One-half ounce to one ounce 
ter die. 

This is for stock bottle. Supply six ounces 
bottles when required. 

557. 

P. cret. aromat 2 drams. 

P. cret. praep 2 drams. 

Chlorodyni V/ 2 drams. 

Tr. catechu 2y 2 drams. 

Sp. ammon. co - 2% drams. 

Sp. chloroformi 1 dram. 

Glycerini % ounce. 

Aq. meth. pip. ad 8 ounces. 

One ounce om. 3 vel 4tis hor. vel p. r. n. 

558. WHOOPING COUGH. 

Pot. broinid 1 dram. 

Acid, carbolic 16 minims. 

Tr. belladon 1 dram. 

Yin. ipecac 1% drams. 

Syr. tolu 6 drams. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

Cor-h. one med. 3tis horis. 

(For children from 2-5 years of age.) 

559. 

Ac. carbol 15 grains. 

Tr. bellad 40 minims. 

Yin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Glycerini 4 drams. 

Aquae ad 3 ounces. 

Ft. mist. 

Cap. one dram 4tis horis. 

560. 

Syrup, rhoeados 2 ounces. 

Syrup, simplicis 2 ounces. 

Yin. ipecac 6 drams, 24 minims. 

Tr. belladonnae . . 3 drams, 12 minims. 

Tr. lobeliae 6 drams, 24 minims. 

Ammon. bromid. . 3 drams, 12 grains. 
Aquae ad 8 ounces. 



Dose: One-half dram to two drams, ac- 
cording to age. 

These formulae are excellent for whooping- 
cough, the first being, to my idea, the best. 

The value of these remedies would be en- 
hanced by frequent chest-frictions of Roche's 
embrocation and the burning of cresolene in 
the sick-room. 



561. Teething Powder for Child 1 year. 

Mag. carb. pond 4 grains. 

Pot. brom. pulv 1 grain. 

Hyd. subchlor ■ 1/3 grain. 

Sacch. lact 5 grains. 

Ft. pulv. one. 

562. (Under 6 months.) 

Hyd. c. creta % grain. 

Mag. carb. pond 1 grain. 

Pulv. sacchar. alb % grain. 

563. (6 months to 1 year.) 

Hyd. c. creta % grain. 

Mag. carb. pond 1% grains. 

Pulv. sacchar. alb 1 grain. 

564. (1 to 2 years.) 

Hyd. c. creta 1 grain. 

Mag. carb. pond 2 grains. 

Pulv. sacchar. alb 1 grain. 

The usual form of teething-powder. 
Mothers should be warned not to give them 
too frequently, as the free dosing of children 
with mercurials tends to impair the vitality 
of their teeth. 



565. Soothing Syrup. 

Potass, bromid 6 grains. 

Sodae bicarb 1 dram. 

Glycerini 2 dram. 

Sacch. ust q. s. 

Aq. anethi ad V/ 2 ounces. 

Average dose one dram. 
Rather more bromide would be better here, 
and more glycerine and flavouring added to 
disguise its saline taste. 



566. Diarrhoea Mixture for Children. 

Bismuth, subnitrat Y-2 dram. 

Tr. camph. comp 1 dram. 

Liq. hydrarg. perchlor 15 minims. 

Syrupi Y2 ounce. 

Aq. ad 2 ounces. 

Triturate the bismuth for three minutes be- 
fore adding the water and other ingredients. 

Doses: For children of one to two years, 
half a teaspoonful; two to five, a small tea- 
spoonful; above five, a whole teaspoonful 
every three hours. 



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CHILDREN'S MEDICINES. 



The staff of the Evelina Hospital for Sick 
Children, Southwark, London, have recently 
published a second edition of the Pharma- 
copoeia of the hospital, through Messrs. J. & 
A. Churchill, 7 Great Marlborough Street, W. 
The little book contains a large number of 
good prescriptions for children, and as this 
is a department of knowledge which it takes 
the general practitioner a long time to mas- 
ter, we are not surprised to hear that the 
first edition of the work was quickly ex- 
hausted. Perhaps the best way to convey an 
idea of the Pharmacopoeia is to quote a few 
of the prescriptions, which we accordingly 
subjoin. — "Chemist and Druggist, London." 



567. Linctus Infantilis. 

Take of— 

Compound tincture of camph. 2% minims. 

Ipecacuanha wine 2% minims. 

Glycerine 20 minims. 

Peppermint-water to 1 fl. dram. 

Mix. 

Dose: One fluid dram. 



568. Mistura Bismuthi Sedativa. 

Take of— 

Carbonate of bismuth 3 grains. 

Carbonate of sodium 3 grains. 

Solution of hydrochlorate 

of morphine 1% minims. 

Compound powder of traga- 

canth 1% grains. 

Dill-water to 1 A. dram. 

Mix. 

Dose: One fluid dram. 



569. Mistura Carminativa. 

Take of— 

Aromatic spirit of ammonia 2 minims. 

Tincture of ginger 1 minim. 

Compound tincture of carda- 
moms 3 minims. 

Dill-water to 1 fl. dram. 

Mix. 

Dose: One fluid dram. 

570. Mistura Stomachica. 

Take of— 

Carbonate of sodium 2 grains. 

Syrup of ginger 2% minims. 

Aromatic spirit of ammonia 4 minims. 

Infusion of rhubarb 30 minims. 

Compound infusion of gen- 
tian to 1 A- dram. 

Mix. 

Dose: One fluid dram. 



571. Pulvis Acidi Borici Compositus. 

Take of— 

Powdered boric acid •, 

Powdered starch > equal parts. 

Powdered oxide of zinc . . . . ' 
Mix. 
For local application. 



572. Pulvis Santonini Coinpositus. 

Take of— 

Santonin t 1 grain. 

Compound powder of scam- 

mony 2% grains. 

Calomel , y 2 grain. 

Mix. 

Dose: Four grains. 

The dose in each case is for a child six 
months old. It is a pity that brief notes on 
the uses of the preparations are not added. 



573. Cough Mixture for Children. 

Ammon. carb 15 grains. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Syr. scillae 3 drams. 

Syr. limonis 1 ounce. 

Tr. croci 10 minims. 

Aq. ad s 3 ounces. 

M. 

Sig. : For children of one year and up- 
wards a teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful, ac- 
cording to age, thrice daily. 



574. Whooping Cough Mixture. 

Codeinae , 1 grain. 

Acid, phosphoric, dil % dram. 

Dissolve and add — 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil A 8 minims. 

Syr. tolutan 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad • 4 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: A teaspoonful every four hours. 



COUGHS, COLDS, ETC. 



575. Adam's Cough Cure. 

Syrup wild cherry 24 ounces. 

Syrup tar 16 ounces. 

Syrup squills 12 ounces. 

Syrup ipecac 4 ounces. 

Tinct. opium camphorated.. 4 ounces. 

Tinct. sanouinaria 2 ounces. 

Chloroform % ounce. 

Arom. spts. ammonia 1 ounce. 

Caramel , V2 ounce. 



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576. Standard Cough Syrup. 

Syrup squills 1 gallon. 

Syrup tolu 1 gallon. 

Syrup ipecac 1 gallon. 

Paregoric 1 gallon. 

Chlorodyne 8 ounces. 

Muriate ammonia 32 ounces. 

Add the chlorodyne to the syrups. Dis- 
solve the muriate of ammonia in as little 
water as possible and mix altogether. 



577. Brompton Hospital Cough Specific. 

Brompton Hospital Cough-specific, copied 
from the original recipe of the late Charles 
Hardy, Fulham Road, London: 

Treacle 64 pounds. 

Water 3% gallons. 

Chloroform 2 ounces. 

Essence of lemon 2% ounces. 

Laudanum 40 ounces. 

Dilute sulphuric acid 40 ounces. 

Mix. 



578. Bronchelixir. 

Tinct. opium camphorated. 4 ounces. 

Spirits nitrous ether 2% ounces. 

Spirits am. arom 1% ounces. 

Tinct. senega IY2 ounces. 

Wine of antimony 1 ounce. 

Spirits of chloroform 1 ounce. 

Spirits of camphor % ounce. 

Glycerine 3% ounces. 

Mix the above in order printed; let stand for 
48 hours, then filter. Dose: Adults one tea- 
spoonful to be taken in a wineglass of water 
two or three times a day. 

Children from V± to y 2 a teaspoonful, ac- 
cording to age. 



579. Balsam of Honey and Aniseed. 

Tincture balsam, tolu, sol- 
uble 16 ounces. 

Honey 32 ounces. 

Syrup simple 24 ounces. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Oil anise Vt ounce. 

Muriate of ammonia 4 ounces. 

Tartar emetic 48 grains. 

Sulphate of morphia 48 grains. 

Caramel % ounce. 

M. S. A. 
Adult dose: One teaspoonful. 



580. Rock Candy, Hoarhound and Tolu. 

Rock candy syrup 8 gallons. 

Hoarhound y 2 pound. 

Tincture balsam, tolu, sol- 
uble i/ 2 gallon. 

Chloroform 4 ounces. 

Muriate of ammonia 8 ounces. 

Tartar emetic 320 grains. 

Sulphate of morphia 320 grains. 

Oil bitter almonds 320 minims. 

Alcohol 1 gallon. 

Caramel to color 4 ounces. 

Water q. s. to make 10 gallons. 

Make an infusion of the hoarhound with 3 
pints of the water, and add to the syrup then 
add the soluble tolu. 

Dissolve the muriate of ammonia, tartar 
emetic and sulphate of morphia in another 
portion of the water. Dissolve the oil of 
bitter almonds and chloroform in the alcohol. 
Mix and add enough water to measure ten 
gallons. Color with caramel. 
Adult 'dose one teaspoonful. 



581. Tar, Tolu and Wild Cherry. 

Syrup simple 6 gallons. 

Syrup of wild cherry 1 gallon. 

Pine tar 1 ounce. 

Carb. magnesia 2 ounces. 

Sweet spirits nitre 16 ounces. 

Tinct. balsam tolu, solu- 
ble % gallon. 

Muriate of ammonia 8 ounces. 

Tartar emetic 320 grains. 

Sulphate of morphia 320 grains. 

Oil of bitter almonds 160 minims. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 1 gallon. 

Caramel 4 ounces. 

Vinegar of squills 32 ounces. 

Water q. s. to make 10 gallons. 

Rub the pine tar with carb. magnesia in 
mortar; add one quart of boiling water; agi- 
tate well and let stand for twelve hours; 
filter and add to the syrups. Add vinegar of 
squills, tinct. balsam tolu and caramel, sepa- 
rately. Add the sweet spirits nitre and oil 
of bitter almonds to the alcohol and mix with 
the syrups. 

Dissolve the muriate of ammonia, morphine 

and tartar emetic in the remainder of the 

water and add; stir well and strain. Let 

stand for twenty-four hours before bottling. 

Adult dose one teaspoonful. 



582. Tar and Wild Cherry. 

Sugar house syrup 6 gallons. 

Syrup of wild cherry 1 gallon. 

Pine tar 1 ounce. 

Carb. magnesia 2 ounces. 

Laudanum V2 gallon. 

Tartar emetic 480 grains. 



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Muriate of ammonia 8 ounces. 

Oil of bitter almonds 160 minims. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent % gallon. 

Vinegar of squills 32 ounces. 

Caramel 10 ounces. 

Water, q. s. to make 10 gallons. 

Rub the pine tar with carb. magnesia in 
mortar, add one quart of boiling water, agitate 
well and let stand for twelve hours; filter 
and add to syrup, then add laudanum, cara- 
mel and vinegar of squills, separately; dis- 
solve the oil of bitter almond in the alcohol 
and mix with the syrups. Dissolve the mur- 
iate of ammonia and tartar emetic in the re- 
mainder of the water and strain. 

Adult dose one teaspoonful. 



583. White Pine Expectorant. 

First make tinct. white pine and balm of 
Gilead. 

Liquor potassa 2 ounces. 

Oil of turpentine 2 ounces. 

Liquid styrax 2 ounces. 

Balsam tolu 2 ounces. 

Carb. magnesia 6 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 9 ounces. 

Boiling water 1 quart. 

Mix the liquor potassa and oil of turpen- 
tine with the liquid styrax; dissolve the 
balsam tolu in the alcohol by the aid of a 
water bath. Place the carbonate of magnesia 
in a mortar and pour on the styrax, turpentine 
and liquor potassa, rub the solution thor- 
oughly with the carbonate of magnesia, add 
the tolu dissolved in the alcohol. After rub- 
bing to a smooth consistency, gradually add 
to the mixture the boiling water, stirring 
them well together, set aside for twelve 
hours, then filter; adding through the filter 
sufficient water to make the product measure 
a quart. 



584. White Pine Expectorant. 

Tinct. white pine and balm 

of gilead 2 

Rock candy syrup 7 

Syrup of wild cherry 1 

Chloroform 514 

Acetate of morphia 320 

Tincture of bloodroot ,. 10 

Oil of sassafras t 30 

Oil of bitter almonds 60 

Oil of cloves 60 

Alcohol, 188 per cent ., 1 

Tartar emetic 320 

Muriate of ammonia , 8 

Caramel 8 

Water, q. s. to measure. ... 10 



pints, 
gallons, 
gallon, 
fl. ounces, 
grains, 
ounces, 
minims, 
minims, 
minims, 
gallon, 
grains, 
ounces, 
ounces, 
gallons. 



Add the tinct. white pine, tinct of blood 
root and caramel to the syrups and mix well, 
dissolve the oils and chloroform in the alcohol 
and add. Dissolve the morphia, tartar emetic 
and muriate of ammonia in the remainder of 
the water, and mix thoroughly and strain. 

Adult dose one teaspoonful. 



585. Vegetable Cough Syrup. 

Simple syrup 7 gallons. 

Syrup of squills % gallon. 

Wine of ipecac 16 ounces. 

Wine of antimony 16 ounces. 

Tinct. of bloodroot 10 ounces. 

Alcohol. 188 p. c 1 gallon. 

Oil bitter almonds 60 minims. 

Sulphate of morphia 320 grains. 

Sweet spirits of nitre 16 ounces. 

Caramel 4 ounces. 

Water, q. s. to make 10 gallons. 

Mix the syrups, wines and tincture of blood 
root together. Mix the oil of bitter almonds 
and sweet spirits of nitre with the alcohol and 
add. Dissolve the sulphate of morphia and 
caramel in the water and mix all thoroughly 
— strain. 



586. Balsam of Aniseed. 

Oil of aniseed 30 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon 10 minims. 

Oil of coriander 5 minims. 

Paregoric 1 ounce. 

Tinct. benzoni co 1 ounce. 

Syrup of squills 4 ounces. 

Wine of antimony 1 ounce. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Simple syrup to measure. . 16 ounces. 
Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add the 
tinct. benzoni co. and paregoric; add the wine 
of antimony to the syrups and mix well with 
the other ingredients. 
Adult dose one teaspoonful. 



587. Compound Syrup of Flaxseed. 

Mistura chloroformi et opii 

N. F 640 minims. 

Tincture of tolu soluble ... 1 ounce. 

Oil of anise 15 minims. 

Fl. extract senega 192 minims. 

Syrup of squills 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Infusion of linseed to meas- 
ure 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil of aniseed in the alcohol, 
add the mistura chloroformi et. opii, tincture 
of tolu soluble and fl. extract senega to the 
syrup of squills, and mix all the ingredients 
together thoroughly. 

Adult dose, one teaspoonful. 



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588. Bronchitis Mixture. 

Chloral hydrate > 12S grains. 

Ammon. carb , 128 grains. 

Tinct. digitalis 128 minims. 

Syrup of orange 4 ounces. 

Water, q. s. to measure. .. 16 ounces. 
Dose: A tablespoonful every four hours. 



589. Codeine Cough Syrup. 

Codeine 16 grains. 

Powd. ammonium chloride. 1 ounce. 

Ipecac wine 10 drams. 

Spirit of nitrous ether 10 drams. 

Syrup of squill 10 drams. 

Syrup of wild cherry to. .. 16 ounces. 
Dissolve the codeine in about two drams of 
water with the aid of a small quantity of 
dilute hydrochloric acid; then dissolve the 
ammonium chloride in the syrup of wild 
cherry, and add the other ingredients, finally 
the codeine solution, and mix well. 

Dose: A teaspoonful every three or four 
hours. 



590. Pectoral Elixir. 

Pulv. glycyrrhiz y 2 ounce. 

Pulv. acaciae % ounce. 

Tinct. camph. co 2 ounces. 

Vin. antimon 1 ounce. 

Spt. aether, nitros 2 ounces. 

Aquae 4 ounces. 

Ext. pruni virg 1 ounce. 

Elixir, aromatic, ad 16 ounces. 

Rub the liquorice and acacia with the water, 
add the other ingredients gradually, and strain 
through absorbent cotton. 
Dose: A teaspoonful. 



591. Cough Balsam. 

Ammon. mur 128 grains. 

Chlorodyne 128 drops. 

Syr. ipecac 1 ounce. 

Syr. squills 1 ounce. 

Tinct. opium camph 1 ounce. 

Syr. wild cherry 1 ounce. 

592. Cherry and Hoarhound. 

Syr. marrubii 1 ounce. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Spt. aether, nit 2 drams. 

Oxy. scillae 4 drams. 

Tr. pruni virg iy 2 drams. 

Tr. lobel 2 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhiz. liq 4 drams. 

Molasses (thinned with 

water) ad 6 ounces. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls. 



593. Cherry Cough Cure. 

Syrup squills 20 ounces. 

Syrup of wild cherry -20 ounces. 

Acetate of morphia 20 grains. 

Wine of antimony 3 ounces. 

Paregoric 3 ounces. 

Sweet spirits of nitre 2 ounces. 

M. S. A. 
Adult dose, one teaspoonful. 

594. Influenza Syrup. 

Spirits of chloroform 1 ounce. 

Tinct. of aconite 1 dram. 

Paregoric 1 ounce. 

Spirits of nitrous ether.... % ounce. 

Liq. ammon. acet. fort 1% ounces. 

Bicarb, potassa % ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Syrup of orange, enough to 

measure 16 ounces. 

Adult dose, one tablespoonful three times 



595. Cough Remedy without Opium. 

Bromide of potassium 1 ounce. 

Tincture of sanguinaria 

(blood root) 3 fl. drams. 

Tincture of hyoscyamus. . . 2 fl. ounces. 

Ether (sulphuric) % fl. ounce. 

Syrup of ipecac 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of tolu , 7 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

W ater 3 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the bromide of potassium in the 
water and mix the solution with the syrups. 
Mix the alcohol with the ether and tinctures, 
then add the mixture to the syrups and mix. 
Dose, the same as other cough remedies, 
but may be given freely without injury. — The 
Formulary. 

596. Cough Mixture fpr Adults. 

Succ. solazzi 2 drams. 

Gum. acaciae 2 drams. 

Aq. bullient 4 ounces. 

Strain and add — 

Vini ipecac 2 drams. 

Tinct. camph. comp 2 drams. 

M. 
A tablespoonful to be taken occasionally in 
catarrhal affections. 

597. North of England Cough Syrup. 

Bromide ammon 320 grains. 

Paregoric 2% ounces. 

Fl. ext. licorice 1 ounce. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 drams. 

Syrup squills 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup 4 ounces. 

Water, q. s. to measure... 16 ounces. 
Adult dose, one to two teaspoonfuls. 



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COUGH MIXTURES FOR 
CHILDREN. 



The following formulas are found in the 
Hospital Formulary, of the Department of 
Public Charities and Correction of New York 
City. They are the prescriptions of good 
physicians, and may be used without hesita- 
tion in the doses named. 



598. Cough Mixture for Infants. 

R. Tinct. opii camph 

Spts. amnion, arom aa fl. 1 ounce. 

Ext. ipecac fl fl. y 2 dram. 

Syr. pruni virgin fl. 1 ounce. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 ounces. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



599. Mistura Ammonii Carbonatis. 

(Dr. Bosley.) 

R. Ammonii carbonat y 2 dram. 

Syr. senegae fl. 4 drams. 

Syr. ipecac fl. 2 drams. 

Syr. tolut fl. 4 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae y 2 dram. 

Aquae cinnamom. .q. s. ad fl. 4 ounces. 
Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful for children. 



600. Mistura Amnionii Chloridi. 

(Dr. Bosley.) 

R. Ammonii chloridi % dram. 

Potassii chlorat 40 grains. 

Syr. senegae fl. 4 drams. 

Syr. ipecac fl. 3 drams. 

Syr. tolu fl. 5 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 1 dram. 

Aquae cinnamomi. .q. s. ad fl. 4 ounces. 
Mix Dose: a teaspoonful for children. 



601. Cough Mixture for Children. 

(Without Opium.) 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Oxymel scillae 6 drams. 

Tr. belladon 1 dram. 

Spt. aether, nit 1V 2 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

Dose: Under one year, one teaspoonful; 
under four years, two teaspoonfuls; under 
eight years, three teaspoonfuls; under four- 
teen years, one tablespoonful — every three or 
four hours in each instance. 



603. Palatable Cough Mixture. 

The following is good for general use: 

Sodii benzoat y 2 dram. 

Tr. chlorof. et morphinae.. 1% drams. 

Vin. ipecacuanhae 2y 2 drams. 

Syrupi limonis 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad G ounces. 

M. 
A dessertspoonful for a dose. 
The following is an efficient remedy for the 
distressing cough which follows a recent 
cold: 



603. 

Vin. ipecac % ounce. 

Tr. camph. co % ounce. 

Spt. chlorof ormi 2 drams. 

Syrup, scillae ad 2 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: A teaspoonful every four hours. 
For children above four years the prescrip- 
tion should be modified as follows: 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Tr. camph. co 2 drams. 

Spt. chlorof ormi 1 dram. 

Syrup, tolutan y 2 ounce. 

Syrupi ad 2 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: A half to a whole teaspoonful every 
three or four hours. 

The mixture can in each case be given to 
stop a severe paroxysm of coughing. The 
dose is followed in a few minutes by a most 
grateful feeling of warmth in the chest. If 
there is much secretion the ipecacuanha 
should be omitted and ammonium bromide be 
given instead. 



604. Pleasant Cough Syrup. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Oxymel of squills 6 ounces. 

Wine of ipecac 1 ounce. 

Fl. ext. licorice 2 ounces. 

Essence of peppermint.... 1 ounce. 
Water q. s. to make up to 16 ounces. 

Adult dose: One or two teaspoonfuls three 
times a day. 



605. Dr. Wheelock's Cough Mixture. (Era.) 

Sulphuric ether 3 fl. drams. 

Tincture of hyoscyamus ... 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup of wild cherry 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup of tolu 1 fl. ounce. 

Water to make 4 fl. ounces. 

Mix. 



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606. Cough Syrup. (Old Times.) 

Fl. extract licorice 1 ounce. 

Liq. inorph. acet 6 fl. drams. 

Tinct. quassia 3 fl. drams. 

Fl. ext. senega 1 fl. ounce. 

Oil of anise 20 drqps. 

Chloroform 1 fl. dram. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Molasses 4 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of squills q. s. to 

make up to 16 fl. ounces. 

Dose: Two to four teaspoonfuls. 



607, Compound Lobelia Mixture. 

(Edinburg Infirmary.) 

Iodide potassium 2 drams. 

Carbonate ammonium .... 1 dram. 
Ethereal tincture lobelia. . 4 drams. 

Spirit chloroform 4 drams. 

Ipecacuanha wine 1 dram. 

Infusion senega up to 6 ounces. 

Dissolve and mix. 

A tablespoonful iu a wine-glassful of water 
every four hours. 

Useful in bronchitic asthma. 



608. ExpectoraHt Mixture. (Era ) 

Tartar emetic 8 grains. 

Fl. ext. ipecac 8 minims. 

Tincture opium 4 fl. drams. 

Tincture lobelia 2 fl. drams. 

Tincture digitalis 2 fl. drams. 

Syrup tolu 3 fl. ounces. 

Syrup squill, enough to 

make 8 fl. ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful. 

609. Essence of Linseed. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Chlorodyne 45 minims. 

Oil of anise 4 minims. 

Tincture tolu % ounce. 

Tincture senega % ounce. 

Vinegar squills iy 2 ounces. 

Infusion linseed, enough to 

make 3 ounces. 

Add the oil of anise in the tincture of tolu, 
to the vinegar of squills and mix the other 
ingredients by shaking. Dose: One to two 
drams. 



610. Excelsior Cough Syrup. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Morphine sulphate 8 grains. 

Tartar emetic 4 grains. 

Fluid extract ipecac 90 minims. 

Tincture bloodroot 1 ounce. 

Water G ounces. 

Syrup, enough to make 2 pints. 



Heat the water, add the morphine sulphate 
and tartar emetic; stir until dissolved and 
add the syrup cold; shake, and to this mixture 
add fluid extract ipecac, and the tincture of 
bloodroot; shake and fill into bottles of size 
to suit. Dose for adults, one teaspoonful 
three times daily and after each severe fit of 
coughing; for children, in proportion to age. 



611. Inhalant for Cough of Consumptives. 

Joseph Adolphus (Amer. Med. Jour.) rec- 
ommends the following as a good inhalation 
that will allay cough, procure rest and often 
lower temperature in pulmonary consumption, 
chronic bronchitis, etc. : 

Oil of turpentine 2 fl. ounces. 

Oil of eucalyptus 4 fl. drams. 

Iodoform 1% fl. drams. 

Creosote 3 fl. drams. 

Ether 1 fl. ounce. 

Direct the patient to put ten or twelve 
drops on a piece of fine sponge and drop in a 
wide-mouthed tin vessel containing a little 
boiling water; cover his head with a cloth 
large enough to enclose the vessel and inhale 
the fumes. The effect is often magical. 



613. Shiloh's Consumption Cure. 

(Fenner's Formulary.) 

Muriate of morphine 3 grains. 

Muriatic acid 3 minims. 

Fluid extract henbane 2 drams. 

Fluid extract ginger 3 drams. 

Fluid extract wild cherry.. 3 drams. 

Diluted alcohol 3 drams. 

Chloroform 1 dram. 

Essence peppermint 30 minims. 

Syrup of tar 3 ounces. 

Simple syrup to make 8 ounces. 

Mix. 

613. Piso's Consumption Cure. (Era.) 

Tincture of tolu % ounce. 

Fluid extract of lobelia... 2 drops. 

Fluid extract of cannabis 

indica 2 drops. 

Chloroform 1 dram. 

Morphine sulphate 4 grains. 

Tartar emetic 4 grains. 

Essence spearmint 10 drops. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Sugar 14 ounces. 

Mix the fluid extracts, tincture of tolu, 
chloroform, and essence spearmint, and shake 
with some sugar in a bottle. Dissolve the 
morphine sulphate and tartar emetic in hot 
water, and add to the sugar, shake until dis- 
solved and filter if necessary. 



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614. Children's Cougli Mixture. 

For selling to small shopkeepers, (Ch. and Dr.) 

Acet. ipecac 1 ounce. 

Acet. scillae 1 ounce. 

Spt. amnion, arom 1% ounces. 

01. anisi 6 drops. 

Theriac 10 ounces. 

Aq. chloroformi ad 1 pint. 

Dissolve the oil in the spirit, and add to 
the vinegars; then mix with the treacle, make 
up to a pint, set aside for three days, and 
decant. 

Dose: Half to a whole teaspoonful thrice 
daily. 



615. Sedative Cough Syrup. 

Tr. opii co 4 ounces. 

Syrup, scillae 4 ounces. 

Tr. cimicifugae 3 ounces. 

Tr. sanguinariae V-k ounces. 

Tr. benzoin, simp 1% ounces. 

Vin. ipecac 2 ounces. 

Syr. tolutan 16 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: A half to a whole teaspoonful, ac- 
cording to age. 



616. Cubeb Cough Syrup. 

Tinct. cubebs 2 ounces. 

Tinct. tolu soluble 1 ounce. 

Tinct. opium co 1 ounce. 

Tartar emetic 8 grains. 

Peppermint water 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup q. s. to 

measure 16 ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful. 



617 Coltsfoot Rock Candy. (Nat. Druggist.) 

The following is an English recipe: One 
pound Spanish licorice dissolved in three- 
fourths pint of water, two ounces gum traga- 
canth dissolved in one and one-half pints 
water, twenty-eight pounds finest confection- 
er's sugar, one ounce essence of lemon, two 
ounces extract of poppies. Color with Span- 
ish brown — a kind of prepared brown ochre. 
Make into a paste. By means of a piston and 
screw, force through a metal tube having 
star-shaped holes at the bottom. Cut into 
lengths and dry. 



618. Cough L,ozenges. 

The following recipe makes a good cough 
lozenge: 

Pulv. scillae 1 ounce. 

Pulv. ipecac 6 drains. 

Morph. acet 1 dram. 

Acid, benzoic 1 dram. 

Ext. papav. alb 2 ounces. 



Ext. hyoscy 2 ounces. 

Ol. amygd. ess 10 drops. 

Ext. glycyrrh. (mol) 1 vel. q. s. lb. 

Pulv. gum acaciae 1 pound. 

Antim. tart 1 scruple. 

M. S. A. and form into troches. 
COUGH DROP FORMULAS. 

The following, appearing in the Confection- 
ers' Union, have been found satisfactory: 



619. Montpelier Cough Drops. 

Brown sugar - 10 pounds. 

Tartaric acid 2 ounces. 

Cream of tartar % ounce. 

"Water 1% quarts. 

Anise seed flavoring q. s. 

Melt the sugar in the water, and when at a 
sharp boil add the cream of tartar. Cover the 
pan for five minutes. Remove the lid and 
let the sugar boil' up to crack degree. Turn 
out the batch on an oiled slab, and when cool 
enough to handle mold in the acid and flavor- 
ing. Pass it through the acid drop rollers, 
and when the drops are chipped up, and be- 
fore sifting, rub some icing with them. 



630. Medicated Cough Drops. 

Light brown sugar 14 pounds. 

Tartaric acid 1% ounces. 

Cream of tartar % ounce. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Anise seed, cayenne, clove 
and peppermint flavor- 
ings 

A few drops of each. 
Proceed as before prescribed, but when suf- 
ficiently cool, pass the batch through the acid 
tablet rollers and dust with sugar. 



621. Hoarhound Candy 

Dutch crushed sugar 10 pounds. 

Dried hoarhound leaves ... 2 ounces. 

Cream of tartar — % ounce. 

"Water 2 quarts. 

Anise seed flavoring q. s. 

Pour the water on the leaves and let it 
gently simmer till reduced to three pints; 
then strain the infusion through muslin, and 
add the liquid to the sugar. Put the pan con- 
taining the syrup on the fire, and when at a 
sharp boil add the cream of tartar. Put the 
lid on the pan for five minutes; then remove 
it, and let the sugar boil to stiff boil degree. 
Take the pan off the fire and rub portions of 
the sugar against the side until it produces 
a creamy appearance; then add the flavoring. 
Etir all well, and pour into square tin frames, 
previously well oiled. 



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INFLUENZA TRADE. (Ch. & Dr.) 
The influenza has violated tradition in one 
respect only. It was clearly understood last 
year that, in sympathy with what is said of 
it in history, it had worn itself out by its 
attacks upon long suffering man, and had 
retired. It was not expected to return again 
until towards the middle of the twentieth 
century; but here it is once more, vigorous 
and fatal. The mild cases of a fortnight ago 
are succeeded by others of a more severe 
type, as in past times, this phenomenon being 
characteristic of epidemic diseases due to 
bacillary influence. Given man or woman 
just now with aching limbs, intense headache, 
occasional sickness, bloodshot eyes, haggard 
appearance, shivering, pulse 90 to 100 and 
feeble, and temperature from 100° to 104°, 
that man or woman should be told to go home 
to bed. This is a measure of precaution 
which must not be avoided. The treatment 
may take the following course: 

633. To Relieve the Headache. 

Phenacetin 6 grains. 

To be taken every four hours in warm 
water. 

633. To Produce Diaphoresis. 

Potassae bicarb 15 grains. 

Ammon. carb 6 grains. 

Tr. aconiti 2 minims. 

Spt. aether nit 1 dram. 

Vin. ipecac i/ 2 dram. 

Aq. chloroformi ad 2 ounces 

M. 

Acid citric 20 grains. 

Div. in pulv. two. 
Half of the mixture to be taken with a 
powder on going to bed, and to be followed 
by hot tea or coffee, hot gruel, or hot spirits 
and water. The second half of the mixture 
to be taken two hours later. 

This mixture is excellent at the onset of the 
complaint and it generally suffices to produce 
sufficient diaphoresis, so that the next morn- 
ing the more severe symptoms, such as head- 
ache and aching limbs, have subsided. If 
not, it should be repeated and the phenacetin 
powders continued. By giving 6 ounce bot- 
tles of the mixture the circumstances of the 
majority of cases will be met: but after the 
second dose, the mixture should not be taken 
oftener than every four hours. It is quite 
essential to maintain the patient's strength 
from the first— a not altogether easy thing to 
do for food is repugnant. However, occa- 
sional spoonfuls of beef-tea made from meat- 
extract, chicken-broth, port wine (coca and 
cinchona wines are particularly serviceable), 



and soda and milk are refused by few, and 
suffice for the purpose. "When the feverish 
symptoms subside — and that happens from 
two to four days after .the onset — the follow- 
ing mixture should be given: 



634. 

Quininae sulph 6 grains. 

Acid, hydrobrom. dil 1 dram. 

Tr. nucis vom 20 minims. 

Tr. cardam. co 2 drams. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

A sixth part thrice a day immediately be- 
fore food. 

Of course any good tonic will suit the pur- 
pose equally well, but the tendency is to 
overdose — for example, teaspoonful doses of 
Easton's syrup, and corresponding quantities 
of hypophosphite and hypobromate syrups, 
may really do as much harm as good. 
Twenty-minim doses are quite sufficient in 
most cases. In the weakness following in- 
fluenza the use of mild stimulants is of great 
benefit, and this is specially true of medicated 
wines. If cough and other bronchial symp- 
toms supervene, the greatest care must be 
exercised by the patient, as pneumonia rs 
responsible for many, if not most of the 
deaths. 

Children affected by the disease should be 
treated in the same manner as adults, and 
the diaphoretic mixture mentioned above may 
bo given in half-doses for those between 14 
and 18. For children under 14 the following 
is a reliable mixture: 



635. 

Potass, chlorat % dram. 

Potass, bicarb 1 dram. 

Liq. ammon. acet 6 drams. 

Vin. ipecac 2 drams. 

Syr. aurantii V 2 ounce. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
A teaspoonful to a tablespoonful (according 
to age) every three hours. 



636. Bronchitis. (Potter.) 

Antimony and potassium 

tartrate 2 grains. 

Solution acetate ammonium 4 ounces. 

Spirit nitrous ether 1 ounce. 

Tincture aconite V 2 dram. 

Syrup, enough to make.... 6 ounces. 
A teaspoonful every two or three hours. 



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637. 

Solution acetate ammonium 4 drams. 

Spirit nitrous ether 

Syrup ipecac. ... of each 1% drams. 

Syrup senega 1 dram. 

Syrup lemon 1 ounce. 

A teaspoonful every three hours for chil- 
dren. 



638. Pills for Chronic Bronchitis. 

Ammonii chloridi 15 grains. 

Ammon. carb 15 grains. 

Pulv. ipecac 3 grains. 

Morph. hydrochloratis .... 1 grain. 

Glycer. tragacanth q. s. 

Pulv. glycyrrhiz q. s. 

Mass, and divide into ten pills. One to be 
taken night and morning. — Medical Press. 



629. Dick's Asthma Cure. 

Tinct. valerian 12 ounces. 

Iodide of potash % ounce. 

Water 1 ounce. 

Tinct. hyosciamus 6 drains. 

Tinct. tolu 6 drams. 

Tinct. opium co 1 dram. 

Simple syrup 1 ounce. 

Mix. 
Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day 
half an hour after meals. 



630. Asthma Syrup. 

Hydrate of chloral 64 grains. 

Iodide of potash 64 grains. 

Syrup of orange 2 ounces. 

Distilled water 14 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three to four 
times a day. 



631. Asthma Mixture. (Potter.) 

Fluid extract grindelia ... % ounce. 

Fluid extract lobelia 2 drams. 

Fluid extract belladonna. . 1 dram. 

Potassium iodide 3 drams. 

Glycerin 3 ounces. 

A dessertspoonful as required. 



632. Asthma Mixture. 

Tinct. lobelia 40 minims. 

Tinct. squills 96 minims. 

Iodide of potash 32 grains. 

Glycerine % ounce. 

Camphor water q. s. to 

make up to 8 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three to four 
times a day. 



633. Asthma Inhalant. 

Asthma. — The most popular remedies for 
this disorder are those used by inhalation, 
and experience demonstrates them the most 
effective. The following formula has no 
superior: 

Grindelia 8 drams. 

Jaborandi 8 drams. 

Eucalyptus 4 drams. 

Digitalis 4 drams. 

Cubebs 4 drams. 

Stramonium 16 drams. 

Nitrate of potash 12 drams. 

Cascarilla bark 1 dram. 

The ingredients should be in fine powder, 
and thoroughly dry before mixing. The com- 
position is used by burning from one-fourth 
to one-half teaspoonful, and inhaling the 
smoke. The nitrate of potash is dissolved in 
water, and the powder moistened with it and 
dried. 

634. Asthma Cigarettes. 

Tobacco 90 drams. 

Extract of stramonium ... 5 drams. 

Iodide of potassium 5 drams. 

Nitrate of potassium 5 drams. 

Alcohol 45 drams. 

Mix, dry, and make a hundred cigarettes. 

635. Asthma Powder. A 

Lobelia herb 1 ounce. 

Black tea 1 ounce. 

Stramonium 1 ounce. 

Potassium nitrate 1 ounce. 

Powdered anise 1 dram. 

Powdered fennel 1 dram. 

Mix. 

636. Asthma Powder. B 

Grindelia 8 drams. 

Jaborandi 8 drams. 

Eucalyptus 4 drams. 

Digitalis 4 drams. 

Cubebs 4 drams. 

Stramonium 16 drams. 

Potassium nitrate 12 drams. 

Cascarilla bark 1 dram. 

Mix. 

637. Asthma Powder. C 

Pulv. stramonii 1 ounce. 

Pulv. pot. nitrat % ounce. 

Pulv. lobeliae % ounce. 

Pulv. sem. anisi 2 drams_. 

M, 
The ingredients should be in fine powder, 
and thoroughly dry before mixing. The com- 
position is used by burning one-fourth to one- 
half teaspoonful and inhaling the smoke, 
which is most conveniently done by using 
the cover of a tin box. 



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CATARRH CURES. 



638. Catarrh Cure. (For use with Atomizer.) 

Sulph. carbolate of ziuc... 4S0 grains. 

Sulphate of hydrastia 4S0 grains. 

Sulphate of zinc 240 grains. 

Sulphate of morphia 120 grains. 

Antisepticina 32 ounces. 

Distilled ext. of witch hazel 1 gallon. 

Distilled water 1 gallon. 

Filter; use the solution warmed; spray with 
an atomizer four times a day and for internal 
use take Catarrh Cure, Formula No. 639. 

639. Catarrh Cure. (For interual use.) 

Iodide of potash 3S4 grains. 

Syrup of orange 2 ounces. 

Tincture of cardarnon co.. . 2 drams. 

Tincture of quassia 2 drams. 

Dilute alcohol 3 x /£ ounces. 

Water to make .' 16 ounces. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls three times 
a day in a little water. While taking this 
mixture internally, the Catarrh Mixture for 
atomizer or douche, Formula No. 638 should 
also be used. 



640. Bergoline Oil Spray. 

Acid camphoric 8 grains. 

Menthol 20 grains. 

Oil eucalytol 3 drams. . 

Bergoline, albolene, glymol 
or any other inodorous 
liquid-petrolatum enough 

to make 4 fl. ounces. 

Directions: Spray the throat and nose with 
the above, using a Devilbis No. 9 atomizer 
for oil or any other good oil atomizer will do. 

641. Catarrh Cure. (For use with Douche.) 

Carbolic acid crystals 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 pint. 

Fl. ext. stramonium 2 pints. 

1 Antisepticina .... 2 pints. 

Rose water q. s. to make. . 2 gallons. 
Filter. 

Use the solution warmed; spray with an 
atomizer three to four times a day. 

642. Catarrh Snuff. 

Bismuth carbonate 10 grains. 

Orris root, powdered 3 grains. 

Thymol, powd 1 grain. 

Cocaine hydrochlor 4 grains. 

Sugar of milk 20 grains. 

Gum arabic, powdered 10 grains. 

Soda bicarb 2 grains. 

Quinine sulphate 10 grains. 

M. 

Sniff up the nostrils several times a day. 



643. Sage's Catarrh Snuff. 

(Druggist's Circular.) 
Dr. Sage of "catarrh snuff" notoriety prac- 
ticed in this neighborhood. Let your readers, 
report if they can detect any difference be- 
tween this and the advertised snuff: 

Quinia sulph. . 

Ferri per. sulph aa 6 grains. 

Pulv. opii 4 grains. 

Potassae chloras 8 grains. 

Lycopodium 3 drams. 

M. 
Sig. : L*se as a snuff 3 or 4 times dailv. 



644. Cream Anodyne for Catarrh. 

Bismuth carbonate 15 grains. 

Thymol 2 grains 

Cocaine 2 grains! 

Quinine sulphate 5 grains 

Bergoline or albolene oil.. 2 drams. 

White vaseline 6 drams' 

Mix. 



645. Cream Balsam for Catarrh. 

Bismuth carbonate 30 grains. 

Iodide of potash 10 grains. 

Morphine sulphate 2 grains! 

Water q. s. or 1 dram. 

Benzoic acid 30 grains. 

Lanoline q. s. to make 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the iodide of potash and the 
morphine in the water and mix thoroughly 
with the ol her ingredients. 



646. Fluid Lightning for Inhalation. 

Essential oil of mustard. .. 30 minims. 

Chloroform 4 drams. 

Tincture of iodine 2 drams. 

Carbolic acid crystals 2 drams. 

Spirits ammon. arom 4 drams. 

Glycerine q. s. to make 4 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the oil of mustard in the chloro- 
form. Mix the tincture of iodine with one 
ounce of the glycerine and add the spirits 
ammonia aromatic. 

Dissolve the carbolic acid in another ounce 
of glycerine, and mix altogether. 

Directions: Saturate pieces of sponge with 
the mixture and place in two ounce wide- 
mouth vials, and inhale. Keep well stop- 
pered. 

Label Fluid Electricity for Catarrh, Ner- 
vous Headache, Colds in the Head, etc. 



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DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGES- 
TION REMEDIES. 



647. Digestive Syrup. 

Cascara sag. formula No. 

57 2 pints. 

Tinct. cardamom co 4 ounces. 

Tinct. rhubarb arom 4 ounces. 

Tinct. ginger U. S. P 4 ounces. 

Glycerine 16 ounces. 

Simple syrup 20 ounces. 

Dose: One to two dessertspoonfuls. 

648. Digestive Tonic. 

Liquor bismuth 2 ounces. 

Glycerite of pepsin N. F. . . 2 ounces. 
Cascara sag. formula No. 

57 2 ounces. 

Tinct. of rhubarb arom. . . 1 ounce. 

Tinct. of cardamom 1 ounce. 

Water q. s. to make 16 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful after meals. 



649. Dyspepsia Tonic. 

Rhubarb 6 ounces. 

Golden seal 1% ounces. 

Cape aloes % ounce. 

Sal. tartar 2 ounces. 

Capsicum 30 grains. 

Ess. peppermint 3 drams. 

Alcohol 2 pints. 

Sugar house syrup 2 pints. 

Water 4 pints. 

650. Dyspepsia Remedy. 

Soda carbonate 2 ounces. 

Soda phosphate 2 ounces. 

Hot water 1 pint. 

Sugar house syrup y 2 pint. 

Essence peppermint 1 ounce. 

Tinct. ginger U. S. P 2 ounces. 

Chloroform 1 dram. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 7 drams. 

Caramel i/ 2 ounce. 

Water q. s. to make 32 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: One tablespoonful three times a day 
after meals. 



651. Pepsin Mixture for Dypepsia and 
digestion. (Ch. &Dr.) 

Pepsin, B. P 1 dram. 

Acid, hydrochlor. dil 2 drams. 

Glycerini 6 drams. 

Tr. card, co 4 drams. 

Inf. gent, ad 8 ounces. 



In- 



Put the pepsin in a mortar, add the acid 
and triturate well, then add the glycerine and 
other ingredients in their order. 

Label "Shake the bottle." 

Should a stock remedy be required, macer- 
ate for a fortnight and strain, or filter, when 
a clear mixture will be obtained. 

Dose: A tablespoonful. 



653. FlatuleDt Dyspepsia. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Magnes. sulph 2 drams. 

Potass, bicarb 1% drams. 

Spt. chlorof 1 dram. 

Tinct. nucis vom 1 dram. 

Tinct. capsici 14 minims. 

Inf. gent. co. ad 6 ounces. 

Capt. sext. part ter die ante cibos. 

653. Indigestion Mixture. 

Liquor bismuth 640 minims. 

Cascara sag. formula No. 

57 640 minims. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Syrup of orange 2 ounces. 

Water q. s. to make 16 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: One tablespoonful. 



654. For Indigestion, accompanied by 
Vomiting. 

Acid, carbolic 4 drops. 

Subnitrate of bismuth .... 150 grains. 

Powdered pepsin 60 grains. 

Powdered acacia q. s 

Tinct. ginger 3 drams. 

Simple syrup 2 drams. 

Cinnamon water q. s. to 

make 2 ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful three times a day; 
put a shake well label on the bottle. 



655. Mixture for Flatulency. 

Spirits nitrous ether 2% ounces. 

Spirits camphor % ounce. 

Dose: One teaspoonful in a little warm 
water. 



656. Flatulence Mixture. 

Sodii bicarb 1 dram. 

Spt. ammon. arom 1 dram. 

Tr. gent, co 3 drams. 

Tr. card, co 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 2 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: One tablespoonful. 



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65 7. Digestive Powder. 

Pulv. sacch. lact 14 drams. 

Pulv. pepsin 140 grains. 

Pancreatini 124 grains. 

Yeg. diastase 30 grains. 

Acid. lact. cone 15 minims. 

Acid, hydrochlor 13 minims. 

Dose: One teaspoonful in a wineglass of 
wine or water between meals. 



658. Laxative Digestive Powder. 

Pulv. rliei 2y 2 drams. 

Sodii bicarb 6 drams, 15 grains. 

Pulv. calumba 1 dram, 40 grains. 

Pulv. cinnam 1 dram, 15 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. 
Dose: One teaspoonful in a wineglass of 
wine or water between meals. 



659. Stomachic Powder. 

Bismuth, subnit 5 ounces. 

Potassae bicarbonat 6 ounces. 

Mag. carb. levis 4 ounces. 

Pulv. cinnam. co 3 ounces. 

Mix and sift three times. 
From half to a whole teaspoonful an hour 
after food. > 

This is a very good preparation for heart- 
burn, flatulence, and other symptoms of 
dyspepsia. To be put up in 2-ounce W. M. 
bottles which will admit a teaspoon. 



RHEUMATISM, GOUT, ETC. 



660. Thomas' Rheumatic and Gout Cure. A 

Potash bicarb 5 ounces. 

Potash iodide 2% ounces. 

Soda salicylate 2y 2 ounces. 

Wine of colchicum 3% ounces. 

Infusion of buchu q. s. to 

make 1 gallon. 

Dose: One tablespoonful four times a day. 



661. Rheumatic and Gout Cure. 

Potash iodide 3 drams. 

Fl. ext. hemlock 3 drams. 

Fl. ext. senna 8 drams. 

Tinct. colch. root 3 drams. 

Tinct. guiac. am 4 drams. 

Syrup of sarsaparilla co. q. 

s. to make up to 16 ounces. 



663. Gout and Rheumatic Mixture. 

Lith. benz 4 scruples. 

p ot. iod y 2 drain. 

Tinct. serpent 2 drams. 

Vin. colch i dram. 

Ext. manacae liq 114 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad s ounces. 

Adult dose: Two tablespoonfuls twice a 
day. 

663. Gout and Rheumatic Mixture. 

Sodii salicyl iy 2 drams. 

Pot. cit 1 dram. 

Vin. colch iy 2 drams. 

Tr. gent, co 2 drams. 

Aq. chlorof. ad 2 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: One tablespoonful. 

664. Mixture for Rheumatism. 

Mixture for Rheumatism recommended by 
the late Sir Andrew Clark. 

Potassii iodidi y 2 dram. 

Potassii bicarb 2 drams. 

Liq. arsenicalis 1 dram. 

Inf. gentianae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: A tablespoonful three times a day. 

665. Salicylic Acid Compound. 

Salicylic acid 640 grains. 

Iodide of potash 320 grains. 

Potash bicarb y 2 ounce. 

Fl. ext. buchu 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. gelsemium 2 drams. 

Fl. ext. cimcifuga 4 drams. 

Fl. ext. pareira brava 2 drams. 

Alcohol 2 ounces. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Syrup of orange q. s. to 

make up to 16 fl. ounces. 

666. Rheumatic Mixture. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Quinine sulphate 30 grams. 

Potassium iodide 2 drams. 

Colchicum wine 1 ounce. 

Tincture orange y 2 ounce. 

Chloroform water to 8 ounces. 

Rub the quinine with the wine, adding a 
few drops of dilute sulphuric acid to assist 
solution; then add the tincture, water, and 
finally the iodide of potassium. 

667. Rheumatism. 

Pot. Bromide 2 drams. 

Ferri quinia cit 2 drams. 

Spts. Chloroform 3 drams. 

Tinct. senna co 1 ounce. 

Aqua ad 8 ounces. 

Ft. mist. Take a tablespoonful in water 
twice a day and at bed time. 



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668. Rheumatic Powders. 

Lac. sulphur 1 dram. 

Resin guiae powd 1 dram. 

Nitrate of potash 40 grains. 

Make into four powders. 

Dose: One to be taken at bedtime. 



669. 

A safe and efficient pill for gout and 
rheumatism. 

Ext. colchici 1 dram. 

Pulv. ipecac, co 2 drams. 

Pil. hydrarg 1 dram. 

Sodae carb. exsic 2 drams. 

Mix and mass with extract of gentian, make 
into 3-grain pills, and direct one or two to be 
given as a dose, night and morning, according 
to the urgency of the symptoms. 

A laxative should be taken once or twice a 
week to prevent accumulation of colchicum. 



670. Gout Pills. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Extract colchicum acet. . . 3 grains. 

Aloes socotrine 3 grains. 

Calomel 3 grains. 

Pow'd ipecac 3 grains. 

Make into twelve pills. 

Dose: Two pills three times a day. 



671. Rheumatic Liniments. 

Aq. ammoniae 2 ounces. 

01. olivae 2 ounces. 

Tinct. opii 2 ounces. 

Ol. cinnamom. . . . < 3 drams. 

Ol. sassafras 3 drams. 

M. 



673 



Tr. capsici 1 ounce. 

01. origani 1 dram. 

Ol. conii r 2 drams. 

Lin. saponis 6 ounces. 

M. 



673. Rheumatic liniment. 

Turpentine 1 gallon. 

Nitrate potash 4 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 2 ounces. 

Make the above in a stone crock and in the 
open air. Put the nitrate of potash in the 
turpentine and slowly add the sulphuric acid. 
Stir well and let stand 24 hours before bot- 
tling. 



674. Phenacetin in Rheumatism. 

The Journal de Medecine de Paris says that 
useful results are obtained in cases of acute 
rheumatism by applying phenacetin externally 
to the painful parts. The following prescrip- 
tion may be used: 

Phenacetin 75 grains. 

Lanolin 6 drams. 

Olive oil 

A sufficient quantity. 
To be rubbed about the inflamed part. 



675. For Sciatica. 

Tinct. aconiti rad 4 grammes. 

Tinct. colchici sem 4 grammes. 

Tinct. belladonnae 4 grammes. 

Tinct. cimicifugae 4 grammes. 

M. 
Sig: Twelve drops every four to eight 
hours. 



NEURALGIC REMEDIES. 



676. Magic Neuralgic Drops. 

Tincture gelsem. semp.... 3 drams. 
Liq. morph. hydroch. B. P. 3 drams. 

Vin. colchic 4 drams. 

Aqua chloroformi ad 3 ounces. 

Mix. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls every 3 or 
4 hours until relieved. Afterwards repeat 
the dose every six hours until three ounces 
are taken. 



677. Neuralgia Mixture. 

Exalgin 1 to 2 grains. 

Sp. chloroform 10 minims. 

Aquae ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Sig.: For one dose. Repeat every four 
hours. 

■ — Dr. G. G Younger's "prescription. 



678. Neuralgic Mixture. 

Chloral, hydrat 2 scruples. 

Potass, brom 160 grains. 

Glycerini 3 drams. 

Tr. valerian 6 drams. 

Aq. chlorof . ad 4 ounces. 

M.S. A. 
A dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful i 
water when in pain. 



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679. Neuralgia Mixture. 

Tinct. gelsem. sempervirens IY2 drams. 

Tr. quininae 1 ounce. 

Tr. quininae ammoniat. ... 1 ounce. 
M. 
Dose: One teaspoonful in water every 
second hour until relieved; then a dose twice 
or thrice daily, between meals, for a few 
days. 



680. For Neuralgia. 

Quinine valerianatis 10 grains. 

Tinct. sumbuli 2 drams. 

Extraeti taraxaci liq 6 drams. 

Infus. cascarillae ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Sig.: A dessertspoonful three times a day. 



686. 

Acetanilid 5 grains. 

Sodium salicylate 5 grains. 

Caffeine 1 grain. 

Make a powder. 
To be taken as above. 

The marvelous influence of antipyrin in 
abating neuralgic headache has led to con- 
siderable abuse of the remedy. Some people 
are peculiarly sxisceptible to its bad influ- 
ences. In view of this susceptibility, and of 
the uncertainty which to an extent exists as 
to the best moderate dose of antipyrin, we 
may conclude that 5 grains three times a day 
is quite sufficient as a beginning dose in the 
vast majority of cases, and that in a fair pro- 
portion of instances even smaller quantities 
will be equally beneficial. 



681. Neuralgia Mixture. 

Amnion, bromide 1% drams. 

Tinct. gelsemii 2 drams. 

Tinct. gentian co. 2 drams. 

Aquae chloroformi. «j* s. to 

measure _ 6 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful. 
The above mixture gives immense satisfac- 
tion. 



682. Neuralgia Mixture. (Br. & Col. Dr.) 

Quinine sulphate 12 grains. 

Potassium bromide 2 drams. 

Dilute sulphuric acid 20 minims. 

Tincture gelsemium 90 minims. 

Spirit chloroform 2 drams. 

Distilled water, up to 6 ounces. 

A tablespoonful every four hours as long 
as the pain continues. 



683. Neuralgic Powder. (Cli. & Dr.) 

Neuralgic powder ("not more than three to 
be taken in one day"): 

Acetanilidi 7 grains. 

Pulv. rhei 1 grain. 

Soda bicarb 2 grains. 

M. 

684. Neuralgia Powders. 

Antifebrin.' ' 5 grains. 

Ferri redacti 5 grains. 

M. Ft. pulv. 
Tor die sd. 



685. Neuralgic and Toothache Powders. 

Acetanilid 5 grains. 

Lupulin 5 grains. 

Powdered sugar 5 grains. 

Make a powder. 
Three powders to be taken at intervals of 
four hours. 



FOR NERVOUSNESS. 



687. Remedy for Neurasthenia. 

The following was a favorite prescription 
of Sir Andrew Clark's for various kinds of 
neurasthenic debility: 

Acid phosphate 1 dram. 

Ext. cocae liquid Vo dram. 

Ext. damian. liquid % dram. 

Tr. nucis vomic 10 minims. 

Syrup, zingib 1 dram. 

Aq. ad y 2 ounce. 

Ft. dosis. 
Sig: To be taken in water at 11 a. m. and 
6 p. m. 



688. Nerve Tonic. 

Tinct. cinehon. co 2 ounces. 

Tinct. lavand. co 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. coca leaves 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. damiana 2 ounces. 

Port wine 8 ounces. 

Dose: One tablespoonful three times 
day. 



689. Nervina. 

Coca, ground 16 ounces. 

Damiana, ground 1G ounces. 

Orange peel, ground 8 ounces. 

Quassia, ground Yz drain. 

Bromide of potash 4 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 32 ounces. 

Glycerine 16 ounces. 

Water 64 ounces. 

Sherry or port wine q. s. to 

measure 1 gallon. 



6G 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Macerate and percolate the drugs with 32 
ounces of alcohol aud 32 ounces of water 
mixed — afterwards run through the other 32 
ounces of water; in this dissolve the bromide 
of potash; mix with the glycerine and add 
to the percolate and enough wine to make up 
to 1 gallon. 



690. Nervo- Valeria. 
Valerianate of ammonium.. 256 grains. 
Aromatic spts. of ammonia. 640 minims. 

Fl. ext. valerian 1 ounce. 

Simple elixir red q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls. 

691. Nerve Pills. 

Phosphorus 1-50 grain. 

Valerianate zinc / . . . % grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

Quinine Yz & ain. 

Iron by hydrogen 1 grain. 

To make one pill. 

693. Female Tonic for Nervousness. 

Black haw, ground 30 ounces. 

Red clover, ground 30 ounces. 

Yarrow, ground 30 ounces. 

Coca, ground 10 ounces. 

Eucalyptus, ground 10 ounces. 

Jaborandi 2 ounces. 

Ergot 5 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 p. c 2 gallons. 

Distilled water 4 gallons. 

Simple syrup 1 gallon. 

Macerate for seven days — percolate and add 
the syrup. 



HEADACHE REMEDIES. 



693. Migraine Powders. 

Caffeine 30 grains. 

Phenacetine 30 grains. 

Soda bicarb 15 grains. 

Fill into 20 capsules, or cachets. 

Dose: Two every three hours until re- 
lieved. 



694. Headache Capsules. 

Caffeine 240 grains. 

Phenacetin 7000 grains. 

Soda bicarb 1750 grains. 

Willow charcoal 480 grains. 

Fill into No. 2 capsules. 



695. Headache Powders. A 

Acetanilid 30 grains. 

Caffeine 5 grains. 

Bicarb, soda 30 grains. 

q. s. for ten powders, or cachets. 

696. Headache Powders. B 

Acetanilid 30 grains. 

Salicylate of soda 20 grains. 

Bicarb, of soda 10 grains. 

Caffeine 5 grains. 

q. s. for ten powders, or cachets. 

697. Headache Powders. C 

Phenacetine 30 grains. 

Salicine 30 grains. 

Rhubarb powdered 5 grains. 

Caffeine 5 grains. 

q. s. for ten powders, or cachets. 

698. Digestive Pastilles. 

Bismuth subnitrate 20 parts. 

Calcium phosphate 30 parts. 

Sodium bicarbonate 10 parts. 

Magnesium carbonate 200 parts. 

Iron carbonate 50 parts. 

Sugar i,000 parts. 

Flavor with peppermint, make in pastilles; 
three to twelve may be taken daily. 



699. Digestive Pastilles of Borivent. 

Bismuth subnitrate 20 parts. 

Calcium phosphate 30 parts. 

Sodium bicarbonate 10 parts. 

Magnesium carbonate 200 parts. 

Iron carbonate 50 parts. 

Sugar 1,000 parts. 

Flavor with essence of peppermint, anise, or 
orange flowers. Make into pastilles of 1 gram 
each, of which 3 to 12 may be taken daily. 



700. For Chronic Headache. 

Arseniate of sodium % grain. 

Sulphate of atropine % grain. 

Extract of aconite 7y 2 grains. 

Powdered cinnamon q. s. 

Mix and make into thirty pills. 
Sig. : From one to four pills daily. 



701. Compound Bismuth Mixture for Indi- 
gestion. 

Liq. bismuthi 6 drams. 

Potassae bicarb 1*4 drams. 

Tr. nucis voin 2 drams. 

Tr. chlorof. co 2 drams. 

Tr. calumba y 2 ounce. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

One-half ounce, 11, 4 and 8. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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CREASOTE PREPARATIONS. 



702. Creasote Gargle. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Creasote 10 minims. 

Spirit of chloroform 1 dram. 

Glycerine y 2 ounce. 

Water to 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the creasote in the spirit, and add 
with brisk shaking to the glycerine and water 
previously mixed. 

If a stronger gargle (5 minims or 10 minims 
to 1 ounce) is required, the creasote should 
be mixed with fresh milk (10 minims to 1 
dram) and then diluted with water. The 
emulsion formed is perfect. 



703, Ringworm Application. (Cli. &Dr.) 

Creasoti 30 minims. 

Glycerini 2 drams. 

Acid, acetic, glacial 2y 2 drams. 

01. amygdal. ess 10 minims. 

Tr. lavand. co 1 dram. 

Dissolve creasote and ol. amygdal. in 2 
drams of alcohol; add other ingredients, mak- 
ing up to 1 ounce with alcohol. 



704. Creasote Pills. (Ch. & Dr.) 

I wish to give my experience of creasote 
pills, which have been discussed in the * -Dis- 
pensing Notes" for the last two weeks. I 
have had large quantities to make for a cus- 
tomer at regular periods for three or four 
years, and I tried all the folllowing excipients 
with unsatisfactory results: Curd soap, pulv. 
glycyrrhizae, pulv. althaeae, pulv. acaciae, 
pulv. tragac. co., ext. malt. All these exude 
oil. no matter how much powder is used. I 
then tried flour, with happy results. It 
leaves the mortar perfectly clean, without 
the slightest oiliness. Its only fault is a ut- 
ile elasticity; but this is nothing compared to 
the nasty crumbly oiliness of the. other exci- 
pients. The form I use is this: 

Guaiacol or creasote % ounce. 

Flour 3 ounce. 

Mass with inucil. acaciae and divide in ten 
lots of twenty-four pills each. 



906. Creasote Pills. 

The following formula for "creasote pills" , 
has been sent to us by Mr. A. Fetchner, j 
chemist, of Cairo, who claims the advantages 
over other excipients in being easy to mani- 
pulate, readily soluble in water, and no diffi- 
culty in coating: 

Creasoti 12 minims. 

Glycerini pur 3 minims. 

Pulv. succ. glycyrrhizae. . . 12 grains. 

Pulv. rad. do 24 grains. 

M. Ft. niassa. Divide in 12 pills. 



Mix the creasote with glycerine in a mor- 
tar, then add the pulv. succ. glycyrrh. and 
rub together for a minute or two (which 
forms an emulsion with the creasote); lastly 
add the pulv. rad. glyc. and mass. 

A little more powder may be added, if 
necessary, and by doubling the quantity of 
glycerine the mass will keep of a pilular con- 
sistence any length of time. Roll in finely- 
powdered cinnamon-bark. 



706. 

The second is a formula for creasote pills: 

Creasote 2 parts. 

Pulv. saponis 1 part. 

Pulv. benzoin 1 part. 

Mix and add— 
Pulv. glycyrrh q. s. 

These pills are small, of good consistence, 
do not get hard, and keep their shape. 

H. L. Grimes says (Merck's Rep.) that 
owing to the peculiar and persistently pun- 
gent taste of creasote, there is nothing short 
of the gelatin capsule that will completely 
mask it. However, as this form of adminis- 
tration is not always eligible, efforts were 
made to combine the drug with other agents 
calculated to modify the pungency of the 
drug to a greater or lesser extent, and make 
the medicament more acceptable to the palate 
and to the stomach. In all pharmaceutical 
preparations of creasote, intended for inter- 
nal use, none but the purest beech-wood cre- 
asote should be used. The three appended 
formulas have been deduced by experiments 
and the products have received the approval 
of many very promineqt physicians. 



707. Wine of Creasote. 

Creasote (Beech-wood) ... 96 minims. 

Alcohol 1 A- ounce. 

Oil cinnamon 24 drops. 

Oil cloves 12 drops. 

Oil anise 12 drops. 

Syrup orange-peel 4 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine 8 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 10 fl. ounce?. 

Dissolve the creasote and oils in the alco- 
hol, add the wine, syrup and elixir, arfd filter 
through purified talcum. 



Emulsion of Creasote. 

Creasote (Beech-wood) 768 minims. 

Powdered acacia 10S0 grains. 

Water, enough to make. . . 32 fl. ounces. 



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Triturate the creasote with the acacia in 
a dry mortar, and add, all at once, 27 fluid 
drams of water; stir briskly with the pestle 
until the nucleus of the emulsion is formed, 
and add enough water to make 2 pints; finally 
strain through a cloth. 

Perhaps the most admirable combination is: 

Creasoted Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with 
709. Hypophosphites. 

Cod-liver oil 32 fl. ounces. 

Creasote (Beech-wood) 6% fl. drams. 

Powdered acacia 8 ounces. 

Glycerin 4 fl. ounces. 

Syrup orange-peel 2 fl. ounces. 

Calcium hypophosphite. . . 555 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite. . . . 555 grains. 

Oil wintergreen 2 fl. drams. 

Oil sassafras 2 fl. drams. 

Oil. cinnamon 2 fl. drams. 

Distilled water," enough to 

make 4 pints. 

Mix the cod-liver oil, creasote, and essential 
oils, with the acacia, in a dry mortar; dis- 
solve the hypophosphites in 12 fluid ounces 
of warm water, pour the solution, all at once, 
into the mixture of oils, creasote and acacia, 
and stir briskly in one direction with the 
pestle until emulsification takes place; then 
add the glycerine, syrup, and enough water 
to make 4 pints, and strain through a cloth. 
Recently-distilled water should preferably be 
used in these emulsions; but if none is at 
hand, water that has been freshly boiled and 
filtered will serve the purpose. In cold 
weather the water should be slightly warmed, 
else the emulsion will be very slow in form- 
ing. The creasote in the latter emulsion 
temporarily obtunds 'the sense of taste to a 
considerable degree while the preparation is 
being swallowed, and helps to conceal, in a 
measure, the unpleasant taste of cod-liver oil. 



AGUE PREPARATIONS. 



710. Agueine. 

Cherry juice hi gallon. 

Proof spirits 3% gallons. 

Simple syrup % gallon. 

Water 1*4 gallons. 

Alcohol % gallon. 

Tinct. capsicum 10 ounces. 

Tinct. ginger 10 ounces. 

Aromatic sulphuric acid. . . 20 ounces. 

Quinine sulphate 10 ounces. 

Fl. est. mandrake 8 ounces. 

Citrate of iron and arnmon. 15 ounces. 



711. Baby Quinine. 

Tannin 30 grains. 

Quinine sulph 80 grains. 

Soda bicarb 2 drams. 

Peppermint water 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful. Shake well label. 



712. Baby Quinine. B 

Cinchonia alkaloid pow'd. . 80 grains. 

Sugar of milk 400 grains. 

Soda bicarb 100 grains. 

Cinnamon water 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 ounces. 

Rub the cinchonia alkaloid, sugar of milk 
and soda bicarb, together in a mortar, with 
a portion of the syrup, until smooth — add 
the other ingredients and mix well. 
Dose: One teaspoonful. 
Shake well label. 



713. Tasteless Chill Tonic. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Cinchonine sulphate 64 grains. 

Soda bicarb 120 grains. 

Saccharin 15 grains. 

Oil of wintergreen 30 minims. 

Fowler's solution 256 minims. 

alcohol 2 ounces. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Cascara arom. formula No. 57, 

q. s. to make up to 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the cinchona salts and oil of win- 
tergreen in the alcobol, using a gentle heat 
of water bath. Dissolve the saccharin and 
soda bicarb, in the water. 

Mix the solution of cinchona salts with the 
cascara aroin., and then add the solution of 
saccharin and soda; lastly add the Fowler's 
solution and mix well. 

Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls. 



714. Tasteless Chill Powders. 

Cinchonia alkaloid 25 grains. 

Phenacetine 25 grains. 

Sugar of milk 10 grains. 

Soda bicarb 5 grains. 

Mix. Make into ten powders. 
Dose: For an adult two powders, follow 
with a glassful of lemonade half an hour 
after taking the powders. 

Acetanilid, exalgin or antipyrin may be sub- 
stituted for phenacetine in the above. 



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69 



KIDNEY AND LITER 
MEDICINES. 



"Whayne's Buchu and Acetate of Potash. 
715. 

Buchu leaves, ground 50 pounds. 

Juniper berries, ground. . . 50 pounds. 

Oil of wintergreen 1 pound. 

Proof spirits q. s. 

Caustic potash 1 pound. 

Alcohol. 1 gallon. 

Acetic acid 10 galloas. 

Potash bicarb q. s. 

Water 9 gallons. 

Sugar house syrup 10 gallons. 

Percolate buchu and juniper berries with 
proof spirits until 30 gallons are obtained. 
Then run through the percolator the caustic 
potash dissolved in the 9 gallons of water. 

Dissolve the oil of wintergreen in the alco- 
hol and add the sugar house syrup, then 
neutralize the 10 gallons of acetic acid with 
potash bicarb, q. s. and mix with the other 
ingredients; color with caramel, q. s. 



718. Liver Invigorator. B 

Powdered senna 2 pounds. 

Powdered mandrake % pound. 

Powdered rhubarb % pound. 

Powdered jalap % pound. 

Powdered cloves 1/8 pound. 

Oil of peppermint y 2 ounce. 

Mix well, macerate and percolate with 2 gal- 
lons of alcohol and one gallon of water; run 
water through the percolator until the product 
measures 4 gallons; to this add 1 gallon of 
simple syrup. 



19. Kidney and Liver Cure. 

Fl. ext. uva ursi 1 pound. 

Fl. ext. buchu 1 pound. 

Fl. ext. pareira brava 1 pound. 

Fl. ext. dandelion 1 pound. 

Nitrate of potash % pouud. 

Oil of wintergreen % ounce. 

Alcohol. . 2 gallons. 

Simple syrup 6 pints. 

Caramel 6 ounces. 

Water 5 gallons. 

Mix. 



71<>. Diuretic Elixir of Buchu Co. 

Buchu leaves, ground 10 pounds. 

Juniper berries, ground. . . 10 pounds. 

Towdered cubebs % pound. 

Oil of peppermint y 2 ounce. 

Sugar house syrup 5 gallons. 

Water q. s. 

Proof spirits q. s. 

Liquor Potassa 2 pounds. 

Caramel 3 pints. 

Mix the oil well with the drugs and macer- 
ate with a portion of the proof spirits for 
«even days, then percolate with proof spirits 
until the product obtained is 14 gallons; dis- 
solve the liquor potassa in 2 gallons of water 
and run through the percolator. Add the 
syrup and caramel and enough water to 
measure 24 gallons. 



717. Liver Invigorator. 

Fl. ext. Colombo root 1 gallon. 

Fl. ext. dandelion 1 gallon. 

Fl. ext. Virginia snake root. 1 gallon. 

Fl. ext. senna 5 gallons. 

Fl. ext. mandrake 2 gallons. 

Proof spirits 10 gallons. 

Tinct. coriander seed (one 

pound to the gallon). ... 5 gallons. 

Simple syrup 5 gallons. 

Caramel % gallon. 

Water 11% gallons. 

Mix. 



i20. Liver Mixture. 

Acid nitro. hydrochlor. dil. % ounce. 

Magnesia sulphate 1 ounce. 

Tinct. capsicum 1 dram. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Cascara arom. formula No. 

57, q. s. to make up to 16 fl. ounces. 



'21. Hamburg Breast Tea. 

Marshmallow root cut 4 ounces. 

Licorice root cut 1% ounces. 

Orris root cut Y 2 ounce. 

Coltsfoot leaves bruised. . . 2 ounces. 

Mullein flowers bruised. ... 1 ounce. 
White poppy capsules, 

bruised % ounce. 

Star anise seed, bruised. . . 1 ounce. 
Mix. 



732. St. Germain Laxative Tea. (Ger. Ph.) 

Senna leaves cut 16 ounces. 

Elder flowers, bruised 10 ounces. 

Fennel seed, bruised 5 ounces. 

Anise seed, bruised 5 ounces. 

Cream of tartar 4 ounces. 

Moisten the senna with a small quantity of 
water; then sprinkle over it as evenly as pos- 
sible the cream of tartar; dry thoroughly with 
a gentle beat; add the other drugs and mix 
well. 



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XON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



723. Blood and Kidney Tea. 

Senna leaves bruised 16 ounces. 

Uva ursi bruised 2 ounces. 

Buchu, bruised 2 ounces. 

Sassafras bark, cut 10 ounces. 

Elder flowers, bruised. ... 10 ounces. 

Fennel seed, bruised. .* 5 ounces. 

Anise seed bruised 5 ounces. 

Coriander seed, bruised. . . 1 ounce. 

Culver's root cut 1 ounce. 

Mix well. 
Pack in cartons. 

Directions: One teaspoonful to a cup of 
boiling water, draw for 15 minutes. Sugar 
may be added if desired. Use twice daily. 



724. Kreuzthe— Cross Tea. 

Tbe Suddeutsche Apothekar Zeitung gives 
tbe following formula for this favorite Ger- 
man domestic remedy: 

Species pectoralis 20 parts. 

Herba pulmonariae 10 parts. 

Chamomile flowers 10 parts. 

Elder flowers 5 parts. 

Tilia flowers -1 parts. 

Senna flowers 4 parts. 

Mix. 

725. German Herb Tea. 

Senna, cut 17 grammes. 

Triticum. cut 17 grammes. 

Fennel seed, biuised. ... 3 grammes. 
Elder flowers 3 grammes. 



LAXATIVES and APERIENTS 



726. Syrup of Figs. 

Senna, ground 48 ounces. 

Licorice root, ground 4 ounces. 

Cloves, powdered % ounce. 

Granulated sugar 2 pounds. 

Rochelle salts 1 pound. 

Magnesia sulphate y 2 pound. 

Oil coriander 30 drops. 

Oil peppermint 15 drops. 

Oil cassia 60 drops. 

Glycerine 4 pints. 

Alcohol 4 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 2 drams. 

Saccharine 1 dram. 

Hot water q. s. 

Macerate the senna, licorice and cloves with 
three gallons of hot "nater for two hours, 
keeping well covered. Press out by the aid 
of a tincture press and evaporate down to 
1% gallons. Dissolve in this the sugar and 
salts and add the glycerine. 

Dissolve the oils, saccharine and salicylic 
acid in the alcohol, and add. 



727. Castroilina. 

Senna, ground 48 ounces. 

Wormseed, ground 4 ounces. 

.Licorice root, ground 4 ounces. 

Wintergreen leaves, ground 4 ounces. 

Fennel seed, ground 4 ounces. 

Anise seed, ground 4 ounces. 

Rochelle salts 24 ounces. 

Glycerine 4 pints. 

Oil of wintergreen y 2 ounce. 

Oil of peppermint 15 drops. 

Salicylic acid 2 drams. 

Alcohol 4 ounces. 

Sugar granulated 2 pounds. 

Hot water q s. 

Macerate the senna, licorice root, winter- 
green leaves, fennel, wormseed and anise 
with three gallons of hot water for two 
hours, keeping well covered. Press out by 
the aid of a tincture press and evaporate 
down to D4 gallons. Dissolve in this the 
sugar and salts and add the glycerine. Dis- 
solve the oil of wintergreen and salicylic acid 
in the alcohol and add to the other ingredi- 
ents. 



728. Purgative Tablets. 

Jalap, powdered 1 ounce. 

Senna, powdered 1 ounce. 

Ginger, powdered 1 dram. 

Sugar, powdered 1 ounce. 

Salicylic acid % dram. 

Tamarind pulp., q.s. to make mass. 
Cover with chocolate for laxative fruit pas- 
tilles. For compressed tablets, replace the 
tamarind pulp by mucilage of tragaeanth, 
q. s. 

Effervescent Purgative Salts. (Cli. & Dr.) 
729. 

Epsom salts, half dried. . . 1 ounce. 

Soda bicarb 90 grains. 

Tartaric acid 80 grains. 

Saccharin 3 grains. 

Oil of lemon 2 minims. 

Essence of cloves (1 to 10). 5 minims. 
Mix thoroughly. 

Dose: Two heaped up teaspoonfuls in 
three-fourths of a tumblerful of cold water. 

730. Harrogate Salts. 

Pulv. potass, sulph. c. 

sulph: 1% ounces. 

Pulv. ootass. bitart 5 ounces. 

Mag. sulph. dry 40 ounces. 

Put up in 2 ounce packets (first wrapper 
stearin or parchment paper) and label '"The 
contents of the packet to be put into a wine- 
bottleful of water, and a wineglassful of the 
solution taken every morning." 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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731. Fruit Saline. A 

Tartaric acid 13 ounces. 

Soda bicarb 14 ounces. 

Sugar powdered 40 ouuces. 

Dry the ingredients separately, then mix 
well together and sift through fine sieve 
twice. Preserve in well corked bottles. 

732. Fruit Saline. B 

Soda bicarb 10 ounces. 

Acid tartaric 14 ounces. 

Magnesia sulph. dried 2 ounces. 

Chlorate of potash 2 drams. 

Towdered sugar 10 ounces. 

Dry the ingredients separately. Mix well 
together and sift through fine sieve twice. 
Preserve in well corked bottles. 

733. Fruit Saline. C 

Soda bicarb 2 ounces. 

Acid, tartaric iy 2 ounces. 

Cream of tartar IVo ounces. 

Sulphate of soda, dried . . 1 ounce. 

Powdered sugar ounces. 

Carefully dry before mixing and preserve in 
a well corked dry bottle. 

734. Fruit Saline. D 

Rochelle salts 1 ounce. 

Cream of tartar % ounce. 

Tartaric acid 1 ounce. 

Soda bicarb 1 ounce. 

White sugar 2 ouuces. 

Carefully dry before mixing and preserve in 
a well corked dry bottle. 



737. Magnesian Orgeat Powders. 

Fine sugar 1 pound. 

Carbonate of magnesia ... 3 ounces. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds 3 drops. 

Vanilla flavoring q. s. 

Thoroughly amalgamate the dry ingre- 
dients. Rub in the oil of almonds and suffi- 
cient essence of vanilla to give a slight flavor. 
Work all well together, sift and bottle. 



738. Raspberryade Powder. 

Fine sugar 2 pounds. 

Carbonate of soda 2 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 2 ounces. 

Essence of raspberry 4 drams. 

Carmine coloring q. s. 

Rub the essence well into the sugar, and 
mix this with the soda and acid. Then work 
in sufficient liquid carmine to make the pow- 
der pale red, sift through a fine sieve, and 
pack in air tight bottles. 



739. Ambrosia Powder. 

Fine sugar 2 pounds. 

Carbonate of soda 12 drai~. . 

Citric acid ' 10 ' T n>ms. 

Essence of almonds 20 drops. 

Amalgamate the whole of the above, and 
afterwards sift and bottle in the usual man- 
ner. 



735. Sulpho Saline with Iron. 

Sulphate of soda, dried . . 1 ounce. 

Soda bicarb 2 ounces. 

Acid, tartaric 1% ounces. 

Rochelle salts % ounce. 

Sulphate of iron, dried ... 30 grains. 

Powdered sugar 4 ounces. 

Saccharin 10 grains. 

Dry the ingredients separately before mix- 
ing: sift and mix well. 
Preserve in well corked bottles. 

EFFERVESCENT POWDERS. 

The London Confectioner's Union (Nat. Dr.) 
gives the following formulae for effervescent 
powders: 



736. Magnesian Lemonade Powders. 

Fine white sugar 2 pounds. 

Magnesium carbonate .... <J ounces. 

Citric acid 4 ounces. 

Essence of lemon 2 drams. 

Rub the essence into the dry ingredients, 
work well together, sift and bottle. 



740. Noyeau Powder. 

Fine sugar 2 pounds. 

Carbonate of soda 12 drams. 

Tartaric acid 10 drams. 

, Essence of noyeau 6 drops. 

After the dry ingredients have been mixed 
and the essence rubbed into them, sift and 
bottle the powder. 



741. Lemon Sherbet (Best). 

Fine sugar pounds. 

Tartaric acid 40 ounces. 

Carbonate of soda 30 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 2 drams. 

Having thoroughly mixed the dry ingre- 
dients, add the lemon, rubbing it well in be- 
tween the hands; then sift the whole thrice 
through a fine sieve, and cork down tight. 

As oil of lemon is used in this recipe, the 
blending must be perfect, or when the powder 
is put in water the oil of lemon will float. 

Any other flavoring may be substituted for 
lemon, and the sherbet named accordingly. 



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C42. Cream Soda Powder. 

Fine sugar 30 parts. 

Tartaric acid 7 parts. 

Carbonate of soda 6 parts. 

Finely powd. guru arabic. . 1 part. 

Vanilla flavoring q s. 

Proceed exactly as for best lemon sherbet. 



743. Compound Mixture Taraxacum. 

(Rocky Mountain Drug.) 

Extract taraxacum 8 tr. ounces. 

Nitrohydrochloric acid, di- 
lute 4 fl. ounces. 

Elixir bismuth 8 fl. ounces. 

Syrup ginger 5% fl. ounces. 

Tincture mix vomica 260 minims. 

Spirits peppermint 15 minims. 

Water, enough to make. ... 32 fl. ounces. 

744. Aperient Lozenge. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Sulphur 5 grains. 

Cream tartar 1 grain. 

Extract ipecacuanha 1-100. 

Capsicine 1-1000. 

Calcium bisulphate % grain. 

Sugar 8 grains. 

Make one lozenge. 

This combination is a gentle, efficient aper- 
ient remedy for habitual constipation. One, 
two or three lozenges to be slowly dissolved 
in the mouth soon after meals, will be suffi- 
cient to produce a gentle and pleasant action. 
The patient, after the lozenge has dissolved, 
should drink a glass of water to increase the 
effect. 



LINIMENTS. 



747. Magic Arnica, Liniment. 

Refined petroleum 1 pint. 

Oil origanum 1 ounce. 

Oil terebinth 2 ounces. 

Oil cedar l ounce. 

Oil spruce l ounce. 

Spirits camphor 1% ounces. 

Oil sassafras 1 ounce. 

Color light red with aikanet root. 



Giles' Liniment of Iodide of Ammonia. 
748. 

Iodine 15 grains. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Camphor 2 drams. 

Oil lavender 1 dram. 

Oil rosemary 1 dram. 

Water of ammon. stronger 1 dram. 

Mix. 
See also formulas 671, 672, 673. 



749. Indian Liniment. 

Tincture capsicum 1 ounce. 

Oil camphor % ounce. 

Oil origanum % ounce. 

Oil pennyroyal % ounce:' 

Oil hemlock % ounce. 

Alcohol 32 ounces. 

Color with red sanders. 



750. Liniment for Sprains. 

Liquor plumbi acet 2 ounces. 

Ol. origanum 1 ounce. 

Acetum 2 ounces. 

Aqua 30 ounces. 

Make a lotion. 



r45. Arnica Liniment. 

Gum camphor 2y 2 ounces. 

Laudanum 8 ounces. 

Chloroform 2 ounces. 

Tinct. arnica flowers 1 gallon. 

M. S. A. 

146. German Oil Liniment. 

Gum camphor 2>/.± ounces. 

Chloroform 4 ounces. 

Sulphuric ether 4 ounces. 

Chloral hydrate 1 ounce. 

Oil origanum , 6 ounces. 

Oil sassafras 3 ounces. 

Turpentine 102 ounces. 

Aikanet' root q. s. to color red. 

M. S. A. 



rol. Britisli Oil. 

Oil of spike 1 pint. 

Oil of juniper wood 1 ounce. 

Oil of origanum % ounce. 

Mix. 



753. Britisli Oil. 

Oil of turpentine 8 fl. ounces. 

Oil of flaxseed 8 fl. ounces. 

Oil of amber 4 fl. ounces. 

Oil of juniper 4 fl. drams. 

Barbadoes petroleum 3 fl. ounces. 

Seneca oil 1 fl. ounce. 

Mix. 



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753. British Oil. C 

Oil of turpentine S fl. ounces 

Barbadoes petroleum 4 fl. ounces. 

Oil rosemary 4 fl. drams. 

Mix. 

754. "White Oils Liniment. A 

Camphor 3 ounces. 

Spirit of turpentine 4 pints. 

Soft soap 1 pound. 

Olive oil 2 pints. 

Solution of ammonia 1 pint. 

Dissolve the camphor in the turpentine, and 
to this add the olive oil. Dissolve the soap 
in 6 pints of water, add the ammonia, and in- 
corporate this mixture with the oils with the 
help of an emulsifler. Allow to stand for a 
day or two, agitating every day; then with 
water reduce the emulsion to the consistency 
desired. 



755. "White Oils Liniment. B 

Egg 1 

Acetic acid 2 ounces. 

Distilled water 2 ounces. 

Oil turpentine 4 ounces. 

Beat up the egg with the turpentine; then 
add the acetic acid and water. 



f56. Bed Nose Liniment. 

Corrosive sublimate 4 grains. 

Muriate of ammonia 8 grains. 

Alum 8 grains. 

Alcohol 4 ounces. 

Rose water 4 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



757. Liiniment for Colic. 

Which when warmed and rubbed over the 
surface of the abdomen very quickly allays 
the pains of flatulent colic. 

Lin. saponis comp 2y 2 ounces. 

Lin. camphorae co 2y 2 ounces. 

01. terebinth, rect 2 ounces. 

Sapo. hispan 2 drams. 

Ol. cajuput 1 dram. 

01. limon 1 dram. 

Mix, and make a liniment, to be rubbed as- 
siduously or applied warm over the surface 
of the abdomen. 



758. Boberts' Beady Belief. 

Alcohol 1 gallon. 

Cayenne pepper, powdered. 8 ounces. 

Ginger, powdered 8 ounces. 

Spirits of ammonia 8 ounces. 

Gum myrrh, powdered .... 1 ounce. 

Red saunders % ounce. 

Macerate 7 days and filter. 



759. Cream of Camphor Liniment. 

Gum camphor l ounce. 

.Spirits of turpentine 2 ounces. 

Aqua ammonia 2 ounces. 

Sweet oil 2 ounces. 

Dissolve the camphor in the turpentine; 
mix the ammonia and sweet oil, shaking well 
together. 



760. Bingworm Liniment. 

Aromatic sulph. acid 1 ounce. 

Spirits of nitrous ether ... 1 ounce. 

Creosote ". l ounce. 

Mix. 
Apply once a day with a feather until well. 



761. Stokes' Chest Liniment. 

Morphiae acet 6 grains. 

Chloroform, puri l ounce. 

Lin. saponis ad 3 ounces. 

M. Ft. lin. 
To be rubbed into the chest, back and front, 
every night. 



762. Stokes' Bheumatic Liniment. 

Ol. terebinthinae 1% ounces. 

Acid, acetic 1% ounces. 

Ovi vitelli unus 

Olei limonis 1 scruple. 

Aquae rosae ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. lin. 
To be rubbed into affected joints. 



763. Cyclists' Universal Oil. 

• Camphorated oil 1 ounce. 

Sperm oil . . . .v 3 ounces. 

Vaseline oil 4 ounces. 

Mix. 



764. Arnica Opodeldoc. 

Rad arnica aa. 

Rad aconite 2 ounces. 

Pulvis opii 6 drams. 

Alcohol • 35 ounces. 

Aqua distil 10 ounces. 

Macerate seven days and strain with pres- 
sure; then add 

White castile soap 3^ ounces. 

Gum camphor 3 ounces. 

Oil lavand 1 ounce. 

Oil origanum % ounce. 

Strong ammonia water ... V/^ ounces. 



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765. Neuralgic Liniment. 

Menthol x h ounce. 

S. V. It 1 ounce. 

Solve et adde — 

Lin. aconiti 3 drams. 

Ext. opii liq 3 drams. 

Aether, ad 3 ounces. 

M. 
Put up in %-ounce phials, with a brush. 
Directions: 'Taint the liniment over the af- 
fected part." 



766. "White Liniment. 

01. terehinthinae 8 ounces. 

Camphorae % ounce. 

Vitell. ovi 2 

Ac. acetic 1 ounce. 

Tr. arnicae 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 20 ounces. 

Dissolve the camphor in the turpentine con- 
tained in a 40-ounce bottle, add the yolk of 
esg and 10 ounces of water; shake briskly. 
Then add, 2 ounces at a time, the rest of the 
water containing the arnica and acetic acid, 
shaking well the while. 



767. Nerve and Bone Liniment. 

Turpentine oil 1 gallon. 

Linseed oil 1 gallon. 

Juniper wood oil % gallon. 

Engine oil, neutral 1 gallon. 

Origanum oil 8 ounces. 

Amber oil 8 ounces. 

Mix. 

768. Nerve and Bone Liniment. 

Turpentine oil 2 gallons. 

Linseed oil 2 gallons. 

Engine oil 2 gallons. 

Origanum oil 8 ounces. 

Camphor oil 8 ounces. 

Rosemary oil 8 ounces. 

Mix. 



?60. Hamlin's WizaTd Oil Liniment. 

Oil hemlock 2 ounces. 

Oil cedar * 2 ounces. 

Oil sassafras 3 ounces. 

Oil origanum 3 ounces. 

Oil turpentine 6 ounces. 

Oil linseed, raw Vi gallon. 

Sulph. ether 2 ounces. 

Tr. opium 2 ounces. 

Chloroform 2 ounces. 

Alcohol 1 gallon. 

Tr. capsicum 3 ounces. 

Spts. ammonia 2 ounces. 

Gum camphor 1 ounce. 



770. Liniment of Soap and Iod. Potash. 

Castile soap, powdered.... VA ounces. 

Rose geranium oil 5 drops. 

Almond oil 1% ounces. 

Iodide of potash 4 drams. 

Water 1% ounces. 

Rub the castile soap and oils together; dis- 
solve the iodide of potash in the water and 
mix well. 



771. Hydride of Amyl Liniment. 

Castor oil 1 ounce. 

Cocaine hydrochlorate .... 20 grains. 

Menthol 60 grains. 

Chloral hydrate 60 grains. 

Amyl hydride 120 minims. 

Alcohol, q. s. to make up to 2 ounces. 
Dissolve the cocaine, menthol, chloral hy- 
drate and hydride of amyl in the alcohol, and 
mix with the castor oil. 
Prescribed by Dr. Bennet. 



OINTMENTS. 



773. Itch Ointment. 

White wax 2V 2 pounds. 

Petrolatum, yellow 5 pounds. 

Lac. sulphur 1 pound. 

Powd. white helebore .... % pound. 

Carbolic acid, crystals % pound. 

Oil rosemary % ounce. 



773. Ointments for the Itch. 

(French Hospital.) 

Chloride of lime 1 dram. 

Rectified spirit 2 fl. drams. 

Rub together, add of 

Sweet oil % fl. dram. 

Soft soap 2 ounces. 

Oil of lemon % fl. dram. 

Mix perfectly, and then further add of 

Common salt 1 ounce. 

Sulphur 1 ounce. 

Cheap, very effective, and much less offen- 
sive than sulphur ointment. 



774. 

(Le Gros.) 

Iodide of potassium V-i dram. 

Lard 1 ounce. 

Mix. Cleanly, harmless and effective. 



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775. Kraemer's Pile Ointment. 

Beef suet 10 pounds. 

Lard 15 pounds. 

Solid extract stramon 1 pound. 

Tannic acid 1 pound. 

Calomel 2Vz pounds. 

Oil rose geranium 2 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 1 ounce. 

Melt the fats, and mix in the other ingre- 
dients, stirring constantly until cold; run 
through a paint mill to ensure thorough mix- 
ing. 



780. Boracic Acid Salve. 

Boracic acid, powdered.... 8 ounces. 

Yellow rosin 2 pounds. 

Yellow petrolatum 2 pounds. 

Fl. ext. witch hazel hark. . 2 ounces. 

Solid ext. arnica y 2 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 pint. 

Lanoline 1 pound. 

Melt the rosin and petrolatum together and 
strain. 

Mix the witch hazel, horacic acid, extract 
arnica and glycerine together and heat in a 
water bath until dissolved. Then add the 
lanoline and mix thoroughly with the other 
ingredients. 



776. Compound Pile Ointment. A 

White wax 1 pound. 

White petrolatum 2% pounds. 

Powdered opium 1 ounce. 

Powdered hydrastia sulph. 1 dram. 
Powdered catechu 1 ounce. 

Melt the wax and petrolatum and add the 
other ingredients; stir well and mix thor- 
oughly. 



777. Compound Pile Ointment. B 

Tannin 2 drams. 

Bismuth subnit 2% ounces. 

Aqueous extract opium.... 2 drams. 
Petrolatum, yellow 12 ounces. 



778. Arnica Salve. 

Yellow rosin 2 pounds. 

Yellow petrolatum 2 pounds. 

Solid extract arnica 2 ounces. 



779. Carbolic Ointment. 

Lard 12 pounds. 

Beef suet «... 12 pounds. 

"White wax 2 pounds. 

Gum camphor 2 ounces. 

Carbolic acid crystals 2% pounds. 

Calomel 2y 2 pounds. 

Melt the lard, suet, wax, and camphor to- 
gether. 

Melt the carbolic acid crystals and add; 
strain and stir well; when nearly cold add the 
calomel and mix thoroughly; when cold fill 
into containers. This is the best carbolic 
ointment on the market. 



781. Mercurial Ointment. 

Mercury 1 ounce. 

Lanoline 1 ounce. 

Olive oil % ounce. 

Kill the mercury by triturating with a few 
drops of balsam of sulphur, work in the lano- 
line then the olive oil. 



782. Glycerine Ointment. 

Starch 3 parts. 

Glycerine 10 parts. 

The starch, finely pulverized, is digested for 
about an hour with the glycerine, at the heat 
of a water bath. 



783. Ointment of Iodine. 

Ointment of iodine. — Iodine is very soluble 
in vaseline, and it is supposed enters partially 
into combination with the hydrocarbon, giv- 
ing rise to a considerable effervescence (prob- 
ble hydrogen being displaced). Iodine dis- 
solves slowly in vaseline if allowed to macer- 
ate in it or if rubbed up with it, but for oint- 
ment of iodine the following gives the best 
results: 

Iodine 20 grains. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Vaseline 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the iodine in the alcohol, and mix 
with the vaseline p'aced on a hot water bath. 
Very little iodine will be evaporated during 
the operation. 



r84. 



Iodide of Iron Ointment. 



Iodide of Iron Ointment. — If iron be added 
to a solution of iodine in vaseline and re- 
peatedly shaken (the whole kept liquid on a 
water bath), the almost black color of the 



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iodine disappears, and if an excess of iron 
be employed the color becomes green, and if 
it be then filtered the ointment will have a 
beautiful emerald green color through trans- 
mitted light and almost black by reflected 
light. 

Iodine 4 drams. 

Iron filings 12 drams. 

Vaseline 16 ounces. 

This iodide of iron ointment is stable and 
almost without taste. Prepare from it a jelly 
by adding an equal quantity of very fine 
sugar, in which manner it could be easily 
taken by children. Mr. B. Fougera, of Brook- 
lyn, has also prepared a bromide and chloride 
in like manner, and suggests its use in keep- 
ing the protosalts of iron by enveloping them 
in it. 



Ointment for Barber's Itch. 

Oreolin 1 dram. 

Oleate of mercury 4 drams. 

Oxide of zinc 4 drams. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Yellow petrolatum V/ 2 ounces. 



f86. Itch Salve. 

Bismuth subnitrate 2 drams. 

Creolin 3 drams. 

Sulphur 2 drams. 

Yellow petrolatum 1 ounce. 



787. Oleate of Mercury. 

Red oxide of mercury .... 1 ounce. 

Oleic acid 2% ounces. 

White petrolatum 114 ounces. 

Add the oxide to the acid at a steam-bath 
temperature, and, after combination, add the 
vaseline. 

Dilute with acid, oleic or paraffin, molle 
alb., according as an oleate or an ointment 
is ordered. 



788. Iodide of Potassium Ointment. 

Iodide of potassium 64 grains. 

Hyposulphite of sodium . . 1 grain. 

Glycerine 1 dram. 

Benzoated lard 1 ounce. 

Water 5 minims. 

Triturate the iodide with the glycerine, add 
the benz. lard, and lastly the hyposulphite 
dissolved in the water, and mix thoroughly. 



789. Witch Hazel Ointment. 

Lanolin 2 ounces. 

Glycerin 2 ounces. 

Fl. ext. witch hazel bark. . 2 ounces. 

Boracic acid 2 drams. 

Yellow petrolatum 10 ounces. 

Dissolve the boracic acid in the glycerine 
by heat; add the witch hazel and lanoline; 
and then the petrolatum. Stir well. 



790. Ointment for Blistering Horses. 

Croton oil 2 drams. 

Euphorbium powd 1 ounce. 

Cantharides powd 1 ounce. 

Turpentine oil 3 ounces. 

Petrolatum yellow 3 ounces. 

Mix. 



791. Healing Ointment. 

Petrolatum, white - 16 ounces. 

Oxide of zinc 2 ounces. 

Oleate of mercury 1 ounce. 

Boracic acid 2 drams. 

Carbolic acid 2 drams. 

793. Ointment for Chapped Hands. 

Menthol 15 grains. 

Salol 30 grains. 

Ol. olivae % dram. 

Lanolini 1% ounces. 

M. 
Apply night and morning, rubbing in well. 



793. Nit Ointment. 

The safest preparation on the whole is one 
made from stavesacre, such as: 

01. staphisag 1 ounce. 

Cerae flavae 1 ounce. 

Vaselini 6 ounces. 

Hyd. sulph. rub 10 grains. 

01. bergam 10 minims. 

01. cinnam 3 minims. 

01. citronell 2 minims. 

Ft. ung. 



794. Ointment for Boils. A 

Heitzmann is authority for the following: 

Salicylic acid 2 drams. 

Soap plaster 2 ounces. 

Lead plaster 1 ounce. 

795. Ointment for Boils. B 

Ichthyol 1 dram. 

Lead plaster 2 drams. 

Resin plaster 1 dram. 



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796. Stick Salve. 

Rosin 1 pound. 

Mutton tallow 1 ounce. 

Beeswax 

Burgundy pitch, of each. . y 2 ounce. 

Balsam fir 

Venice turpentine of eacn % ounce. 

Oil spike 

Oil hemlock 

Oil cedar 

Oil origanum 

Oil wormwood 

Laudanum 

Pulverized camphor gum 

of each 1 dram. 

Melt the rosin, tallow, beeswax and pitch 
together. When a little cool, add the oils, 
laudanum, etc.; stir in the pluverized 
camphor, and pour into cold water, then, by- 
greasing the hands, it can be pulled and 
worked until it becomes intimately mixed, 
when it can be rolled into suitable sized 
sticks. 



797. Eye Salve. A 

White petrolatum 1% pounds. 

Purified beef suet 1% pounds. 

White precipitate y 2 ounce. 

Oil of -sassafras 1 dram. 

798. Eye Salve. B 

Yellow oxide of mercury.. 96 grains. 

Oxide of zinc 60 grains. 

Morphine sulphate 30 grains. 

White petrolatum 16 ounces. 

799. Steer's Opodeldoc. 

White castile soap; cut small; 2 pounds; 
camphor, 5 ounces; oil of rosemary, 1 ounce; 
oil of origanum, 2 ounces; rectified spirit, 1 
gallon; dissolve in a corked bottle by the heat 
of a water bath, and when quite cool, strain; 
then add ammonium hydroxide, aqua am- 
monia, 11 ounces; immediately put it in bot- 
tles, cork close, and tie over with bladder. 
It will be very fine, solid, and transparent 
when cold. The liquid opodeldoc is prepared 
by taking 2 ounces castile soap shavings, and 
dissolving them in one quart alcohol, with 
gentle heat; then add 1 ounce camphor, % 
ounce oil rosemary, and 2 ounces spirits harts- 
horn (aqua ammonia). 

800. Camphor Ball. 

Cerae alb 5 ounces. 

Cetacei 2 ounces. 

Ol. amygdal 5 ounces. 

Ol. coc. nucis 8 ounces. 

Flor. camphor 1 ounce. 

Ol. amygd. essent 10 minims. 

01. eucalypti 15 minims. 



Melt the first four, transfer to the shop-pot, 
add the camphor and perfumes. Stir, and 
cover the pot. 

Camphor has very little action in healing 
skin-fissures; it is a mild antiseptic, but the 
reason that camphor-ball does good is that, 
being a cerate, it is a protective. 

801. Mayer's Ointment. 

Prof. J. U. Lloyd, in 1S90, contributed an 
article to the Era on the history of this pre- 

i paration, for Mhich he gave the following 

| formula from the Eclectic Dispensatory of 

| 1852, with these remarks: 

Formula for Mayer's Ointment. — To olive 
oil, two pounds and a half, add white tur- 
pentine, half a pound; beeswax, unsalted but- 
ter, of each, four ounces; melt them together 
and heat to nearly the boiling point. Then 
add gradually red lead, one pound, and stir 

I constantly until the mixture becomes black 
or brown; then remove from the fire, and 
when it has become somewhat cool, add to it 
a mixture of honey, twelve ounces, powdered 
camphor, half a pound. 

Uses. — "This forms a superior salve, and is 
useful for all ulcers, cuts, wounds, etc. It 
has been kept a great secret for a length of 
time among the foreign population of our 
country, and is highly prized by those who 
have used it." 

Remarks. — The mixture of olive oil, bees- 
wax and greases (lard will answer instead of 
butter), should be heated over direct fire until 
they will effervesce, when a little red lead i& 
added thereto. The vessel containing them 
should be iron and of four times the capacity 
of the batch. The red lead should be added 
cautiously, a tablespoonful at a time for a 
fifty-pound batch and well stirred after each 
addition, the red color changing to brown 
quickly if the temperature is high enough. 
After the reaction is completed, and the mix- 
ture is cool enough to receive the honey with- 
out violent effervescence, it should be added 
and stirred well to evaporate the water. 
Lastly, when the mixture is cool enough to 
dissolve the camphor without vaporization, it 
must be added and dissolved. This point 
must be determined nicely to prevent the loss 
of camphor ffom evaporation, or roughness of 
the ointment by reason of undissolved parti- 
cles of camphor. 

Mayer's ointment has a dark brown color 
(not red), and is about the consistence of 
simple cerate. The prominent odor of 
camphor overcomes the peculiar odor of the 
other ingredients, and even the familiar rank 
odor of olive oil that has been heated in con- 
tact with litharge or red lead is scarcely per- 
ceptible. Mayer's ointment should be per- 
fectly smooth and free from grit or rough- 
ness. 



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802. Screw Worm Ointment. 

Laundry soap, yellow .... GO pounds. 

Yellow rosin 5 pounds. 

Crude carbolic acid 9y 2 gallons. 

Shave the soap and break up the rosin into 
small pieces and dissolve by the aid of heat; 
add the acid. Pour into wide mouth bottles 
while warm. 



803. Neuralgic Ointment. 

Menthol 45 grains. 

Cocaine 15 grains. 

Chloral ~. . . 10 grains. 

Vaseline 5 drams. 

To be applied to the painful part. 



804. Simple Ointment. 

, Ointment, simple. — Olive oil, 5% fl- 
ounces; white wax, 2 ounces; melted together 
and stirred while cooling. 



805. 

Prepared lard, 4 pounds; white wax, 
pound; as the last. 



806. 

"White wax, 2; prepared lard, 3; almond 
oil, 8; melt together and stir until it becomes 
solid. The above are mild emollients, useful 
in healthy ulcers, excoriations, etc., but 
chiefly as forming the basis of other oint- 
ments. 



807. Sulphur Ointment. 

Sublimed sulphur 1 ounce. 

Lard 4 ounces. 

Mix thoroughly, by trituration. These are 
the proportions of the new Br. and the E. 
and D. Ph. In the last London Ph. a larger 
quantity of sulphur is ordered. 



808. 

The compound sulphur ointment of the 
London Ph. consists of — 
Nitrate of potassa (in fine 

powder) 40 grains. 

"White hellebore (in fine 

powder) 10 drams (troy). 

Sulphur 4 ounces (troy). 

Soft soap 4 ounces (troy). 

Lard 1 pound, (troy) 

It is said to be more efficacious than the 
simple ointment; but is apt to irritate a de- 
licate skin. 



809. Ointment of "White Wax. 

1. "White wax (pure) ... 2 ounces. 

Prepared lard 3 ounces. 

Almond oil 3 fl. ounces. 

Melt them together, and stir the mixture 
until it solidifies. This is the unguentum sim- 
plex of the new British Pharmacopoeia. 



810. 

2. White wax 2 ounces. 

Olive oil 5V 2 fl. ounces. 

As before. A mild emollient, in various ap- 
plications but chiefly as a basis for other 
ointments and medicated pommades. On the 
Continent it is regarded as more healing when 
made with yellow wax. 



811. Spermaceti Ointment. 

Spermaceti Ointment. — Simple ointment, 
emollient dressing, etc. 

1. Spermaceti 5 ounces. 

White wax (pure) 2 ounces. 

Almond oil 1 pint. 

Melt them together by a gentle heat, and 
stir constantly until the whole solidifies. 



813. Ointment of Creasote. 

Creasote 1 fl. dram. 

Spermaceti ointment 1 ounce. 

Triturate them together, in a slightly 
warmed mortar, until perfectly united, and 
subsequently until nearly cold. 



813. Indian Cerate. 

For burns, scalds, chapped hands, sore eyes, 
etc. 

Zinci oxidi 2 drams. 

Cerae japonicae iy 2 ounces. 

Adipis 4 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



814. Pile Ointment. (Era). 

(For itching piles.) 
Yellow oxide of mercury. . 5 grains. 

Petrolatum 1 ounce. 

Gallic acid 20 grains. 

Extract of opium 10 grains. 

Extract of belladonna .... 10 grains. 

Simple ointment 1 ounce. 

Apply night and morning. 



815. 



Ointment of galls with 

opium 20 grains. 

Bismuth subnitrate * 1 dram. 

Powdered opium 10 grains. 

Soft paraffin 1 ounce. 



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815 V Bleeding Piles. 

Tannic acid % dram. 

Morphine acetate 5 grains. 

Liniment subaeetate of 

lead % fl. ounce. 

Simple ointment 7 drams. 

Triturate the tannic acid with the liniment 
and then mix all together. 

816. Pile Salve. 

Tannic acid 10 grains. 

Bismuth subnitrate 20 grains. 

Carbolic acid 10 minims. 

Morphine sulphate 8 grains. 

Petrolatum, enough to 

make 1 ounce. 

Apply locally night and morning. 

817. Haemorrhoids. 

Extract hamamelis 3 grains. 

Milk of almonds 1% drams. 

Cacao butter 2Vi drams. 

818. Suppositories for Piles. A 

Ext. . ergot, (solid) 2 grains. 

Ext. opii M grains. 

Ext. nuc. vom % grains. 

Cocain. hydrochlor % grains. 

01. theobrom q. s. 

Ft. suppdsitoria. 
Mitte 12. 

i Hub down the extracts and cocaine on a 
warm slab, and gradually add the ol. theo- 
brom., which should be only just melted, re- 
turn to the suppository-bath, pouring into the 
mould as soon as liquefied, using the least 
possible heat.) 

819. Tor Painful Piles and Vaginitis. 

(Journ. Med. and Science.) 

Ext. aconite Vs grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Ext. hydrastis 1 grain. 

Ext. lobelia 3 grains. 

Cacao butter enough. 

Make one suppository. 

820. Pile Suppositories. B 

Iodoform 30 grains. 

Extract belladonna 3 grains. 

Morphine sulphate IVi grains. 

Cacao butter 180 grains. 

Mix, and make twelve suppositories. 

821 Pile Suppositories. C 

Extract witchhazel. powd.. GO grains. 

Tannin 12 grains. 

Opium 4 grains. 

Cacao butter ISO grains. 

Mix, and make twelve suppositories. 



ANTIPYRETICS AND 
ANTISEPTICS. 



Kaninafuga— A Substitution Product. 
822. 

Sir: I send you a formula for publication 
in The Chemist and Druggist which 1 think 
will prove acceptable to the pharmacists of 
the whole country. Yours respectfully, 

R. N. GIRLING. 
New Orleans, December 11. 

Acetanilide 50 grammes. 

Caffeine 2 grammes. 

Tartaric acid 3 grammes. 

Sodium bicarbonate 45 grammes. 

Mix thoroughly. 
Kamnafuga will be found an excellent anti- 
pyretic and analgesic. It should be brought 
to the notice of the physicians of the whole 
country, as it is eminently fitted to take the 
place of a certain high-priced proprietary arti- 
cle which is largely advertised. The low 
price at which kamnafuga can be sold to the 
public should bring it into favor with physi- 
cians. 



823. Analysis of Ammonol. 

Dr. R. J. Eccles has made an analysis of 
the proprietary article sold as ammonol, the 
result of which he publishes in the Druggists' 
Circular. He concludes his paper by saying 
that. '"The exact determination of the quan- 
tities of the various ingredients in a mixture 
like this is one of great difficulty, aud takes 
much time. The determination with suffi- 
: cient accuracy to be able to practically dupli- 
cate them is not quite so difficult. If the 
reader who is curious to experiment with 
such preparations will take 6 parts of ace- 
j tanilid, 3 parts of sodium bicarbonate and 1% 
parts of ammonium carbonate and mix them 
I together he will get a preparation giving all 
! the medicinal results that can be had from 
J ammonol. If he will add 20 centigrams of 
! methyl orange to every 1,000 grams of such 
j a mixture and then incorporate with this 
enough curcumin to give the whole the same 
yeHow tinge as is possessed by ammonol, he 
will practically be able to duplicate its va- 
rious chemical reactions as well as its medic- 
' inal. it will be well for druggists to call 
■ the attention of medical men who use am- 
! monol to these facts." 



824. Antikamnia. (Cli. & I>r.) 

Acetanilidi 65 grains. 

Sodii bicarb 30 grains. 

Caffeinae cit 5 grains. 



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825. Aristol. 

Iodi 9S grains. 

Potas. iodidi 129 grains. 

Thymol 212 grains. 

Sodae caustic 309 grains. 

Sol. calc. chlorinatae q. s. 

Dissolve the first two in 8 ounces aq., the 
next two in 8 ounces more; then mix both 
solutions in a %-gallon glass vessel, in which 
they can be stirred briskly while gradually 
adding solution chlorinated lime. Be careful 
towards end so as to leave it only in slight 
excess. Collect on a filter, and dry in warm 
place. 



826. Anti-Pain Powder. 

Phenacetin 50 grains. 

Caffeine 5 grains. 

Sodium bicarb 40 grains. 

Citric acid, powdered 5 grains. 



CARMINATIVES, ETC, 



830. Diarrhoea Cordial. 

Laudanum 8 ounces. 

PI. extract catechu aqueous 32 ounces. 

Spirits of camphor 8 ounces. 

Essence of peppermint.... 5 ounces. 

Tincture 6f ginger 10 ounces. 

Tincture of cloves 10 ounces. 

Tincture of cassia 10 ounces. 

California pert wine 96 ounces. 

Proof spirits 256 ounces. 

Simple syrup 128 ounces. 

Water 96 ounces. 

Caramel 4 ounces. 

831. Squibb's Diarrhoea Mixture. 

Tincture of opium 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of capsicum .... 1 fl. ounce. 

Spirit of camphor 1 fl. ounce. 

Purified chloroform 180 minims. 

Alcohol, enough to make.. 5 fl. ounces. 



827. Antiseptic Wound-Dressing. 

(Dr. J. Cornby.) 

Iodoform 10.0. 

Cinchona 10.0. 

Charcoal 10.0. 



Soothing Antiseptic Dressing for Contusions. 

(Southern Practitioner.) 
828. 

Cocaine hydrochlorate .... 30 grains. 

Camphor 40 grains. 

Carbolic acid 40 grains. 

Resorein 1 dram. 

Zinc oxide 4 drams. 

Lanolin 2 ounces. 

Petrolatum 2 ounces. 

Apply every three hours. Soothing, heal- 
ing and antiseptic. 



829. Antiseptic 3Iixture. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Thymol 00 grains. 

Menthol 10 grains. 

Oil eucalyptus U0 drops. 

Oil wintergreen 110 drops. 

Glycerine 8 ounces. 

Boric acid 5 drams. 

Aqua dist 128 ounces. 

Color q. s 

Filter. 



832. Thielemann's Diarrhoea Mixture. 

Wine of opium 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of valerian iy 2 A- ounces. 

Ether y 2 fi. ounce. 

Oil of peppermint 60 minims. 

Fl. ext. of ipecac 15 minims. 

Alcohol, enough to make. . 4 fl. ounces. 
This preparation is practically identical 
with the "Mixtura Thielemanni" of the 
Swedish Pharm. 



833. 



Telpeau's Diarrhoea Mixture. 



Tincture of opium, compound tincture of" 
catechu (U. S. P.), spirit of camphor, each- 
equal volumes. 



834. Anti-Cholera Mixture. 

Tr. rhei co iy 2 ounces. 

Tr. catechu y 2 ounce. 

Tr. zingib 2 drams. 

Ext. glycyrrhiz. liq y 2 ounce. 

Aq. camphorae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 



835. For Diarrhoea in Children. 

Paregoric 17 minims.. 

Bismuth, subnit 2 drams. 

Syr. limonis y 2 ounce. 

Mist, cretae iy 2 ounces. 

M. 
Shake well, and give one tea spoonful every - 
three or four hours to a child one year old. 



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836. Loomis' Diarrhoea Mixture. 

Tincture of opium % fl. ounce. 

Tincture of rhubarb % A. ounce. 

Co. tinct. catechu (U. S. P.) 1 fl. ounce. 

Oil of sassafras 20 minims. 

Compound tincture of lav- 
ender, enough to make.. 4 fl. ouuces. 

Carminative or Gripe Mixture for Infants. 
837. 

Sodii bromidi 1 scruple. 

Sodii bicarb % dram. 

Ol. pimentae 1 minim. 

01. carui 4 minims. 

Ol. anisi 2 minims. 

Spt. rectificat % ounce. 

Syrupi 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit, and add to 
6^ 2 ounces of water containing 1 dram of 
French chalk. Shake well, and filter. In 
the filtrate dissolve the salts, and add the 
syrup 
Dose: One to two teaspoonfuls. 

838. 

The cramps of cholera are treated by the 
celebrated Bartholow with the following com- 
bination: 

Chloral hydrate 3 drams. 

Sulphate of morphine 1 grain. 

Sulphate of atropine % grain. 

Chloroform water 4 fl. drams. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

A dose is twenty minims repeated every ten 
minutes as required. 



839. Diarrhoea Mixture. 

Tincture capsicum % fl. ounce. 

Spirit peppermint 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture opium 1% fl. ounces. 

Tincture catechu compound 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture kino 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture rhatany 2 fl. ounces. 

Spirit camphor 2 fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Mix. Dose one teaspoonful. 



Diarrhoea Mixture for Children and Adults. 
840. 

Tr. catechu % ounce. 

Bismuth, subsalicylat 3 drams. 

Pulv. r-retae aromat 3 drams. 

Aq. chloroformi ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: For an adult, half a wineglassful; 

from 14 to 18 years, a tablespoonful; from 

10 to 14 years, a dessertspoonful, and less for 

younger children. Repeat twice at intervals 

of three hours. 

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841. Thielmann's Cholera Drops. 

Oil of peppermint 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 8 fl. ounces 

Tincture opium and saffron 3 fl. ounces 

Tincture ipecac 8 fl. ounces 

Tincture valerian 13% fl. ounces 

Mix. Dose: One to two fluid drams. 

842. New York "Sun" Cholera Mixture. 

Tincture capsicum 1 part. 

Tincture opium 1 part. 

Tincture rhubarb 1 part. 

Spirit peppermint 1 part. 

Spirit camphor l part. 

Mix. Dose, 15 to 30 drops in a wine glass 
of water. 



Sir Andrew Clark's Prescription for 
843. Choleraic Diarrhoea. 

Acid, sulph aromat 4 drams. 

Spiritus aetheris 4 drams. 

Tinct. chloroformi co 1 ounce. 

Tinct. camph. comp 1% ounces. 

Spiritus menthae pip 3 drams. 

Ext. haematoxyli 4 drams. 

Aq. camphorae ad 12 ounces. 

Dose: Two tablespoonfuls for tne first 
dose, and one tablespoonful every two, three 
or four hours afterwards, according to the 
urgency of the diarrhoea. 

This medicine must be preceded by a full 
teaspoonful of castor oil, and given only if 
the diarrhoea continues after the action of 
the oil has ceased. 



GONORRHCEA, GLEET, ETC. 



844. Mist Gonorrhoea. 

Powdered gum tragacanth. 30 grains. 

Spirits nitrous ether 3 drams. 

Liquor potassa 3 drams. 

Balsam copaiba 6 drams. 

Tincture of cubebs 6 drams. 

Oil of cinnamon 6 drops. 

Syrup of orange 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon, water q. s. to 

make up to 8 ounces. 

Dose: One to two tablespoonsful two to 
three times a day. 

Triturate the gum tragacanth in a mortar 
with the spirits of nitrous ether, in which 
the oil of cinnamon has been dissolved; adl 
gradually four ounces of cinnamon water. 
Mix the liquor potassa with the balsam 
copaiba in a bottle; add the tincture of cubebs 
and syrup then add contents of mortar. 
Make up the product to eight ouiu-es witli 
cinnamon water and shake well. 



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845. Copaiba Mixture. 

Copaibae Y2 ounce. 

Liq. potassae 2 drains. 

Aq. ad 3 ounces. 

Shake well, and add to the following:- 

Tinct. cubebae 1 ounce. 

Tinct. opii. 1/2 dram. 

Mucil. acaciae V2 ounce. 

Aq. chlorofornii ad 5 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: A tablespoonful thrice daily. 



846. Liq. Copaibae Solubilis. 

Oil of copaiba Vi ounce. 

Balsam of copaiba 4 ounces. 

Or resin of copaiba 2% ounces. 

Freshly slaked lime 1% ounces. 

Water to 30 ounces. 

Carbonate of soda 2 ounces. 

Rectified spirit 2 ounces. 

Rub up the oil and balsam, or the resin, 
with the lime and 20 ounces of water, then 
transfer to a glass flask and boil gently for 
twenty minutes; then dissolve the soda in 
remainder of the water, and add to first solu- 
tion. When cold, stand for a week, with 
occasional shaking; then add the spirit in 
which a few drops of pimento or cinnamon 
oil may be dissolved; shake well, and filter 
through wetted filter-paper. 



847. Essence Copaiba, Cubebs and Buchu, 

Tinct. cubebs 8 ounces. 

Oil of copaiba 2 drams. 

Fl. extract buchu 4 ounces. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Mix. 



Essence of Santal with Buchu and Cubebs 
848. 

Tincture of cubebs 8 ounces. 

Fluid extract buchu 4 ounces. 

Essence of santal 8 ounces. 

1 to 15 

Spirits of nitre 4 ounces. 

Mix. 



849. Solidified Copaiba. 

Calcined magnesia 2 ounces. 

Rub well with water, 2 drams, until 
throughly mixed, then add: 

Balsam copaiba 2 pounds. 

Mix well together and expose in a suitable 
vessel, to heat of a water bath (212° F) for 
one half to one hour, stirring frequently. 
Set aside to solidify. The proportions may 
be changed to accommodate the heavy balsam 



850. Cubeb Paste. 

Copaiba balsam 10 parts. 

Yellow wax 10 parts. 

Mix by the aid of a gentle heat and add: 

Powdered cubebs 50 parts. 

The mass can be divided into boluses of 
any suitable size. 



851. Injection for Gleet. 

Acetate zinc 4 grains. 

Extract belladonna 4 grains. 

Colorless hydrastis 1 ounce. 

Camphor water 1 ounce. 

Glycerine % ounce. 

Water, q. s. ad 4 ounces. 

853. Injection Brou, 

Opium powdered 30 grains. 

Catechu powdered 30 grains. 

Spanish saffron 60 grains. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Water 7 ounces. 

Macerate seven days and filter. 
To this add 

Acetate of lead 20 grains. 

Sulphate of zinc 30 grains. 

853. Bed Wash Injection. 

Acetate lead 4 ounces. 

Sulphate zinc 8 ounces. 

Sulphate hydrastia 1 ounce. 

Fid. ext. Spanish saffron. .. 4 ounces. 
Fid. ext. catechu aqueous 8 ounces. 
Fid. ext. opium aqueous . . 4 ounces. 

Glycerine 128 ounces. 

Aquae dist 500 ounces. 

854. Gonorrhoea Injection. 

Sulphate of hydrastia % ounce. 

Sulphate of zinc 128 grains. 

Acetate of lead 320 grains. 

Sulphate of morphia 30 grains. 

Boracic acid 1% ounces. 

Dissolved in 

Glycerine 16 fl. ounces. 

Carbolic acid 15 drops. 

Water, distilled...'. 128 ounces. 

Mix. 

855. Emulsion of Sandalwood. 

Santal wood oil 2 ounces. 

Cubebs oil 2 ounces. 

Copaiba oil 20 ounces. 

Wintergreen oil 2 ounces. 

Castor oil 32 ounces. 

Gum tragacanth powd 8 ounces. 

Gum arabic, powd 32 ounces. 

Camphor water 96 ounces. 

Glycerine 32 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Chloride of sodium 1 ounce. 



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EYE WATERS. 



856. Rose Eye Water. 

Acetate of zinc 480 grains. 

Acetate of lead 480 grains. 

Acetate of morphia ... 30 grains. 

Acetic acid dil 1 dram. 

Rose water 192 ounces. 

Mix. 

Sol Alum Eye Water. 

Alum 8 grains. 

Rose water 8 ounces. 

Drop night and morning into the eye with 
a pipette. 

S5S. Witch Hazel Eye Water. 

Distilled ext. of witch hazel 2 ounces. 

Rose water 2 ounces. 

Zinc sulphate 4 grains. 

Morphia sulphate 1 grain. 

See formula 797 and 79S for eye salves. 



859. The Care of the Eyes. 

At the sanitary convention held at Ann 
Arbor, Mich., not long ago, Dr. C. J. Lundy, 
of Detroit, read a paper on "Hygiene in Re- 
lation to the Eye," which should have the 
widest circulation, especially among teachers 
and school officers. A fruitful source of eye 
troubles is shown to be the excessive strain 
upon the mtscles and nerves of the eyes due 
to faulty educational methods, the ill-planned 
and insufficient lighting of school rooms, poor 
ink and fine print in school books, and other 
causes which education might correct. In 
conclusior, Dr. Lundy laid down the follow- 
ing rules for the better care of the eyes: 

1. Avoid reading and study by poor light. 

2. Light should come from the side, and 
not from the back or front. 

3. Do not read or study while suffering 
great bodily fatigue or during recovery from 
illness. 

4. Do not read while lying down. 

5. Do not use the eyes too long at a time 
for near work, but give them occasional 
periods of rest. 

6. Reading and study should be done syste- 
matically. 

7. During study, avoid the stooping po- 
sition, or whatever tends to produce conges- 
tion of the head and face. 

8. Select well printed books. 

9. Correct errors of refraction with proper 
glasses. 

10. Avoid bad hygienic conditions and the 
use of alcohol and tobacco. 

11. Take sufficient exercise in the open air. 



12. Let the physical keep pace with the 
mental culture, for asthenopia is most usually 
observed in those who are lacking in physical 
development. 

Another set of rules which gives additional 
information on the care of the eyes are drawn 
up to serve as a guide to students and others 
working by artificial light: 

1. If the work be carried on at a table, the 
cover should be green. 

2. If the light be given from a lamp or 
candle, it should be so covered with a shade 
as to prevent the glare from falling on the 
eye. 

3. It will, in addition, be advantageous to 
have the candle or lamp covered with a globe 
or chimney of tinted glass; which may be 
green, blue, or opaline. 

4. If gas is used it may be brought down 
by means of an india-rubber pipe to a. iamp 
placed on the table, which may be arranged 
as before recommended. 

5. If this cannot well be done, the gas 
globes may be of tinted glass, and the person 
should wear a shade over the eyes, or should 
sit with his back to the light. 

6. If there is any defect of vision, compen- 
sating glasses should be worn, and they may 
be made of tinted glass. 

Reading by firelight is also injurious on ac- 
count of the glare, the quickly repeated dila- 
tations and contractions of the iris, due to the 
changes in the intensity of the light, and the 
frequent alteration of the accommodation of 
the eye which the latter necessitates. Per- 
sons as cooks, compelled to work before a 
strong fire, should, if they experience any 
ocular inconvenience from the practice, wear 
smoked glasses. 



CHILBLAINS. 



860. Chilblain Einiment. A 

Lin. terebinth co 6 ounces. 

Lin. saponis 6 ounces. 

Tinct. opii 2 ounces. 

Lin. camphoras 2 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



861. Chilblain Einiment. B 

Chloroform 1 ounce. 

Camphor 1 ounce 

Liq. ammon. fort 1 ounce. 

Lin. opii jounce. 

Tr. lavand. co % ounce. 

Glycerini 2 ounces. 

Spt. rectificat. ad 10 ounces. 

M. S. A. 
To be gently rubbed on the unbroken skin 
night and morning. 



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862. Chilblain Liniment. C 

Tinct. iodi 3 drams. 

Tinct. cantharidis 1 ounce. 

Spt. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Spt. aetheris nitrosi 1% drams. 

Aquae ammoniae 2 drams. 

Acid, boracici 20 grains. 

Zinci acetatis 10 grains. 

Plumbi acetatis 6 grains. 

Sap. mollis 1 ounce. 

M. 
One application every night after bathing 
feet well. 



863. Chilblain Liniments (Unbroken). D 

a. Potassii iodidi V/ 2 ounces. 

b. Sapo mollis, P. B 3 ounces. 

c. Tr. cantharidis 1 ounce. 

d. Glycerini 6 drams. 

Aquae 6 ounces. 

Dissolve a and b separately in q. s. of 
water, and add c and d and ol. geranium to 
perfume and liq. cocci to color. 



864. E 

Bals. peru 1 dram. 

S. V. R 4 drams. 

Acid, hydrochlor 1 dram. 

Tr. benz. co 1 ounce. 



865. A Remedy for Chilblains. 

Professor Boeck, of Christiana, suggests 
the following inelegant but most effectual 
remedy for children's chilblains: 

Ichthyoli 1 dram. 

Resorcini 1 dram. 

Tannini 1 dram. 

Aquae 5 drams. 

M. 
To be painted on each evening. 
When thus applied, the fluid in a few min- 
utes forms a varnish on the skin, and causes 
the chilblain and swelling to disappear. The 
objection to the remedy is that for a week or 
a fortnight the parts look black and dirty, 
and some persons cannot stand the appli- 
cation of resorcin to their skin. 



Chilblain Liniment. F 

Chloroform y 2 fl. ounce. 

Belladonna liniment y 2 fl. ounce. 

Water of ammonia strong. . y 2 fl. ounce. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Soap liniment q. s. to 

make up to G ounces. 

Mix. 



867. Chilblain Ointment. A 
Lanolin l ounce. 

Vaselin 2 drams. 

01. cajuput 2 drams. 

Ac. boric 2 drams. 

Ac. carbolic .\ . . . 20 grains. 

Pulv. camphor 40 grains. 

Ft. ung. 

868. Chilblain Ointment. B 

Resin flav 1 dram. 

Cerae flav 1% drams. 

Ol. olivae 3 drams. 

Vaselini 12 drams. 

P. zinci oxidi 1% drams. 

Hyd. ox. rub 45 grains. 

Ol. eucalyDti 10 minims. 

Mix. Ft. ung. 
Apply daily to affected parts. 



869. Chilblain Ointment. C 

Adipis benzoat 4 ounces. 

Ceresinae 1 ounce. 

Ol. terebinth 1 ounce. 

Camphor 2 drams. 

Ol. rosmarinae 15 minims. 

Melt the lard and wax. and add the rest of 
the ingredients, previously^ mixed together. 
Stir well. 

To be rubbed on the parts affected night 
and morning. 



Chilblain Ointment for Broken Chilblains. 
870. 

Zinci oxidi 1 dram. 

Hydrarg. ox. flav 2 grains. 

Lanolini y 2 ounce. 

Vaselini y 2 ounce. 

M. 



871. Borosalicylat. 

This is the name given to a compound 
made by bringing together two molecules 
(676 parts) of sodium salicylate and four mole- 
cules (124 parts) of boric acid. They are 
rubbed together, and the damp mass then 
dried. It is an antiseptic, and in the follow- 
ing combination is an excellent application for 
chilblains: 

Borosalicylat 5 drams. 

Arnica glycerine 1 ounce. 

Lanoline or lard 4% drams. 

Vaseline 5% drams. 

Mix. 
The arnica glycerine is made by macerat- 
ing 1 ounce of arnica flowers in 9 ounces (by 
weight) of glycerine for eight days. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



873. Vance's Chilblain Cream. 
Ointment of nitrate of mer- 
cury 1 ounce. 

Camphor, powdered 1 dram. 

Oil of turpentine 2 drams. 

Olive oil 5 drams. 

Mix, witn a gentle heat, in a wedgewood 
ware mortar and triturate until cold. 

873. Ointments for Chilblains. A 

Made mustard, (best, very- 
thick) 2 drams. 

Glycerine (Price's) 1 dram. 

Spermaceti cerate 1% drams. 

Mix in a slightly warmed mortar, and trit- 
urate until cold. For unbroken chilblains, to 
be applied night and morning. 

874. Ointments for Chilblains. B 

Gall nuts, (in very fine 
powder) 1 dram. 

Spermaceti cerate 7 drams. 

Glycerine (Price's) 2 drams. 

Mix. and rub the whole to a uniform mass. 
An excellent application to obstinate broken 
chilblains, particularly when used as a dress- 
ing. When the parts are very painful, 1 oz. 
of compound ointment of galls ("unguentum 
gallae compositum," L. Ph.) may be advanta- 
geously substituted for the galls and cerate 
ordered above. 

875. Cottereau. 

Acetate of lead 1 dram. 

Camphor (in powder) 1 dram. 

Cherry laurel water 1 dram. 

Tar IV2 drams. 

Lard 1 ounce. 

Mix as before. 

876. Devergie. 

Creasote 12 drops. 

Goulard's extract 12 drops. 

Extract of opium 2 grains. 

Lard 1 ounce. 

Mix. 

877. Giacomini's. 

Lead acetate 2 drams. 

Cherry laurel water (dis- 
tilled) 2 fi. drams. 

Lard (hard) 1 ounce. 

Mix. 

878. Linnaeus. 

Spermaceti ointment 2% ounces. 

Balsam of Peru 1 dram. 

Mix. with a gentle heat; when cooled a 
little, add of hydrochloric acid, 2 fluid drams, 
and triturate until cold. For unbroken chil- 
blains. 



CORN CURES, ETC. 



879. Corn Cure. A 

Collodion 16 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 960 grains. 

Ext. cannabis indicus 90 grains. 

Sulphuric ether 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

M. S. A. 



880. Corn Cure. B 

Collodion 4 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 240 grains. 

Cocaine 40 grains. 

M. S. A. Color with chlorophyll. 



881. Corn Solvent. 

Solution of potassa 1 dram. 

Tincture of iodine 1 dram. 

Glycerine 4 drams. 

Water, enough to complete 1 ounce. 



882. Application for Soft Corns. 

Acid, salicylic 30 grains. 

Sapo. moll 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. ungt. 
Apply a small piece on lint each morning. 



883. Corn Salve. 

Lard 2Y 2 pounds. 

Beef suet 3% pounds. 

Wax 1^4 pounds. 

Salicylic acid. 15 ounces. 

Mix. 



884. Corn and Wart Eradicator. 

Gam sandarach picked 7 drams. 

Gum mastic 1 dram. 

Acid salicylic 80 grains. 

Extract cannabis indicus. . 40 grains. 

Iodine resublimed 6 grains. 

Sulphuric ether 2 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the gums in the ether; strain and 

add the salicylic acid, iodine and extract of 

cannabis indicus — shaking well until dis- 
solved. 

Directions: Paint a little on the corn or 
wart with a camel's hair brush, allow it to 
dry on, repeat the application three times, 
let it remain on a week, when the corn or 
wart may be removed by the finger nails or 
blunt instrument. It is advisable to soak 
the feet before using. 



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885. Dusting Powder for Sweating Feet. A 

(Kaposi.) 

Sodium salicylate 1 dram. 

Potassium permanganate. . 2 drams. 

Bismuth subnitrate 3 ounces. 

Talcum, enough to make.. 6 ounces. 
Dust freely on feet and into stockings and 
shoes every morning. Wash feet before re- 
tiring, dry well and apply some of the pow- 
der. 



886. Foot Powder. (Ch. & Dr.) B 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Boric acid 2 drams. 

French chalk 6 drams. 

Mix and perfume with a drop of an essen- 
tial oil. 



887. Foot Powder. 

Powdered orris 14 ounce. 

Powdered boric acid 1 ounce. 

Powdered starch 2 ounces. 

Powdered Fuller's earth. .. 2 ounces. 
M. 



Zinc Cream for Bromidrosis. (Ch. & Dr.) 
888. 

Zinc oxide 1 ounce. 

Starch powder 4 drams. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Glycerin 4 drams. 

Saturated solution boric 

acid in rose water 4 ounces. 

Useful for painful sweaty feet. 



889. For Acne or Pimples. 

(Monats. Prakt. Dermat.) 

Camphor 0.5 grammes. 

Salicylic acid 0.5 grammes. 

Soap (medicinal) 1.0 grammes. 

Zinc oxide 2.0 grammes. 

Sulphur, precipitated 10.0 grammes. 

Whale oil 12.0 grammes. 

Apply to the affected parts on going to bed 
and wash off in- the morning. 



890. For Acne. (Bernard Wolff.) 

Mercuric chloride, (gr. 1 to) 2 grains. 

Resorcin, (gr. 30 to) 1 dram. 

Cherry-laurel water 2 fl. drams. 

Wheat flour 2 drams. 

Lanolin, enough to make.. 1 ounce. 



For Acne of the Face. 

(Bull. Gen. Therap.) 
Ointment betanaphthol. ... 15 grains. 

Ointment storax 15 grains. 

Lard, benzoinated 375 grains. 



Application of this mixture should be made 
with strong friction every night for a week, 
then interrupted for six days, when it may 
be repeated if necessary, although it is often 
useless to do so. If there is an appearance 
of small acute clusters, which generally show 
themselves toward the second day, the acne 
is ordinarily cured or very much ameliorated 
at the end of a week. 



SOOTHING SYRUPS, TEETH- 
ING POWDERS, ETC. 



892. Soothing Syrup Without Opiuni. 

Simple syrup 64 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 16 ounces. 

Oil of anise 1 dram.. 

Oil of caraway y 2 dram. 

Bromide of potash 2 ounces. 

Water distilled 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits. Dissolve 
the bromide of potash in the water and add 
all to the syrup. 



893. Soothing Syrup With Morphine. 

Oil of anise 1 dram. 

Oil of caraway % dram. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 16 ounces. 

Morphia sulphate 40 grains. 

Simple syrup q. s. to meas- 
ure in all 80 ounces. 

Dose: 1 teaspoonful or less according to 
age; each teaspoonful contains 1/16 grain of 
morphine. 



894. Soothing Syrup (Non-Poisonous). 

Sodae bicarb % dram. 

Sodae brom % dram. 

01. anethi 8 minims. 

01. anisi 8 minims. 

Spt. rectiflcat 3 drams. 

Aq. chloroformi V/ 2 ounces. 

Syr. simplicis ad 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit and the soda 
salts in the water. Mix and filter through 
magnesia into the syrup. Color slightly with 
tr. croci. 

Dose: Half to a whole teaspoonful alone, 
or in a little warm water. 



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87 



895. Soothing Syrup. 

01. carui 10 drops. 

01. menth. pip 4 drops. 

Spt. chlorof orrui 3 drams. 

Syrupi rhoeados y 2 ounce. 

Syrupi simplicis .... 19 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit, and pour 
upon this hot simple syrup. Shake well and 
occasionally until cold; then add the syrup 
of red poppy. 
Dose: A teaspoonful. 



896. Teething Powder. 

G. sent to the C. & D., 1874, p. 148, the 
subjoined formula, which makes what he has 
found to be a good teething powder. 

Calomel 13 drams, 1 scruple. 

White sugar ... 26 drams, 2 scruples. 
Powdert.'d opium 2 scruples. 
Dose: 3 to 6 grains. Each 6-grain powder 
contains 1-10 g. of opium. 
C. contributed the following: 

Calomel % grain. 

Pulv. antim. comp 2 grains. 

P. ipecac, co 1 grain. 

Dose: For a child under six months old 
half a powder, above that age a whole pow- 
der. 



Children's Soothing Syrup (Without Poison) 
897. 



Syr. hyoscyami . . . 

Syr. anisi 

Potass, bromid. . . 

Syrup, ad 

M. 
One teaspoonful for 



z ounces. 

4 ounces. 

. . . . .20 grains. 
1 pint. 

a child a year old. 



898. Syr. Hyoscyami. 

Sit. hyoscyami 30 grains. 

Aq. bullientis 4 ouaces. 

Rub in mortar, filter, make up to 4 
ounces, and dissolve therein — 

Saccharum 8 ounces. 

899. Syr. Anisi. 

01. anisi 4 minims. 

Simple syrup, hot 5 ounces. 

Shake well together. 



900. Teething Powders. 

Chlorate of potash, pow- 
dered 6 grains. 

Bicarbonate of soda 6 grains. 

Powdered antimony 1 grain. 

Powdered sugar 6 grains. 

Mix well, and make into 6 powders. 
Dose: One to two powders according to 
aye. 



901. Cooling and Teething Powders. 

Potass, chlorat 2 grains. 

Pulv. glycyrrhiz 2 grains. 

Pulv. sacch. alb 4 grains. 

M. 

The above represents the contents of one 
packet, and from a quarter to a half of a 
powder is sufficient for children between two 
and twelve months old. 



902. Children's Soothing Powders. 

Calomel 60 grains. 

Morphine 4 grains. 

Sugar of milk 180 grains. 

Mix well and sift twice. 
Doses: 2 to 6 months, 2 grains; 6 to 9 
months, 3 grains; 9 to 15 months, 4 grains; 
and y 2 grain more for each additional three 
months. 



Children's Soothing Powders (Without 
Poison). 
903. 

P. potass, bromid 1 ounce. 

P. ipecac 1 dram. 

Sacch. lactis 1 ounce. 

M. 
Two grains for a child a year old. 



904. Cooling Powder for Children. 

Hydrarg. subchlor 2 drams. 

Antim. tart 2% grains. 

Pulv. amyli 4 drams. 

M. 
Doses: 6 months to 1 year, 2 grains; 1 to 
2 years, 3 grains; 2 years and upwards, 4 
grains. 

905. Powder for Children when Relaxed. 

Compound! aromatic pow- 
der of chalk 5 grains. 

Salicylate of soda 1 grain. 

M. 

906. Whooping Cough Powders. 

Powdered senega 3 grains. 

Lac sulphur 12 grains. 

Powdered licorice 10 grains. 

Powdered sugar 16 grains. 

Mix. 
Make into 12 powders. 



907. Baby Dusting Powder. 

Boric acid 2y 2 ounces. 

Starch 5 ounces. 

French chalk 3 pounds. 

Oil of rose-geranium 2 drams. 

Mix. 



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VERMIFUGES. 



90S. Oil Vermifuge. (Old Style.) 

Olive oil 32 ounces. 

( 'astor oil : 10 ounces. 

Oil of wormseed 1 ounce. 

Oil of peppermint 1 dram. 

Mix. Fill into 1 ounce long round vials; 
put two teaspoonfuls of fluid extract of pink 
root in each bottle before filling with the 
above. 



909. Worm Syrup. A 

PI. ext. pink root and 

senna -. 04 ounces. 

Essence of peppermint ... 10 ounces. 

Distilled water 60 ounces. 

Simple syrup 250 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 32 ounces. 

Oil of wormseed 5 drams. 

Dissolve the oil in the alcohol and add to 
the other ingredients'; mix well. 



910. Worm Syrup. B 

Santonin % dram. 

Liq. potassae 2 drams. 

Aquae 2 ounces. 

Sacch. cryst 2 ounces. 

01. anisi 1 minim. 

Spt. chlorof ormi % dram. 

Put the santonin in a flask and pour upon 
it the liq. potassae, then the water, and boil 
until dissolved (from five to ten minutes). 
Then add the sugar, dissolve, and strain. 
When cold add the oil dissolved in the spirit, 
and make up to 4 fluid ounces with simple 
syrup. 



911. Worm Syrup. C 

Santonin 4 grains. 

Liq. sennae dulc \>/% dram. 

Glycerini 1 dram.. 

Syr. anisi ad 1 ounce. 

Rub the santonin to fine powder, and mix 
with the glycerine; then add the syrups. 

•Label: Shake the bottle. "Worm-syrup for 
children. Under one year old, half teaspoon- 
ful; one year old, three-quarter teaspoonful; 
two years old, one teaspoonful; three years 
old, one and a half teaspoonful; four years 
old two teaspoonfuls; six years old, two and 
a half teaspoonfuls; eight years old, three 
teaspoonfuls., To be given first thing in the 
morning, fasting. 



912. Worm Syrup. I> 

Fluid extract of spigelia. . 5 ounces. 

Fluid extract of senna 3 ounces. 

Oil anise 10 minims. 

Oil caraway 10 minims. 

Syrup 8 ounces. 

Dose: One or more teaspoonfuls at in- 
tervals until purging commences. 



913. Remedy for Worms. (J. G. P.) 

Santonin 10 grains. 

Calomel 3 grains. 

Resin jalap 1 grain. 

For 3 or 6 powders. 

914. Worm Powders. (C. W. Moister.) A 

Santonin 10 grains. 

Calomel 15 grains. 

Scammony, resin, pow- 
dered ." 15 grains. 

Powdered sugar 30 grains. 

Mix, and divide into 15 powders. Give one 
3 times daily (on an empty stomach) for one 
day and repeat in 3 days if necessary. 



915. Worm Powders. B 

Santonin 10 grains. 

Podophyllin 4 grains. 

Powdered rhubarb ....... 15 grains. 

Sugar of milk 30 grains. 

Mix, and divide into 15 powders. Give 
powders 5 hours apart (on an empty stom- 
ach), until 3 have been given. 

Omit a day, repeating the dose if necessary. 

916. Tasteless Worm Powder. 

Santonin 1 ounce. 

Pulv. sacch. alb 2. ounces. 

M. 

Doses: 2 to 5 years, 6 grains; 5 to 10 
years, 9 grains. 

917. Worm Lozenges (Plain). 

Powdered santonine 4 pounds. 

Essence of peppermint.... q. s. 
Confectioners' sugar q. s. to 

Make into 100 pounds of lozenges; 280 loz- 
enges to the pound; each lozenge contains 1 
grain of santonine. 

If lozenges containing % grain of santonine 
are desired; have the above amount of san- 
tonine put into 200 pounds of lozenges, 280 
lozenges to the pound, color with carmine 
if a pink color is desired. 



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918. Worm Lozenges (Compound). 

Powdered santonine 4 pounds. 

Calomel 2 pounds. 

Podophyllin 1400 grains. 

Carmine q. s. to color pink. 

Make into 100 pounds of lozenges, 280 loz- 
enges to the pound, each lozenge contains 1 
grain of santonine, % grain of calomel and 
1/20 grain of podophyllin. 

919. Worm Cakes. 

White sugar powdered .... 5820 grains. 

Powdered scarninony 480 grains. 

Powdered jalap 480 grains. 

Calomel 960 grains. 

Powdered acacia 960 grains. 

Towdered curcuma 240 grains. 

Powdered starch 720 grains. 

Oil of cinnamon 10 drops. 

Water q. s. to make a 
mass cut into 960 cakes. 

920. Tapeworm Emulsion. 
Emulsion pumpkin seeds . . 4 ounces. 
Ethereal ext. male fern .... % ounce. 

Make an emulsion. 

Take half at bedtime after fasting 12 hours. 
In the morning take a bottle of eff. citrate of 
magnesia. If the worm is not expelled repeat 
the dose next evening. 

Should any symptoms of vomiting be mani- 
fested apply a mustard plaster to the pit 
of the stomach. 



TOOTHACHE REMEDIES. 

921. Slagic Toothache Drops. 

Camphor 8 ounces. 

Chloral hydrate 8 ounces. 

Cocaine 240 grains. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Mix. 

922. Windsor Toothache Drops. A 

Oil cloves 2 ounces. 

Oil peppermint Vi ounce. 

Creasote 1 ounce. 

Tinct. aconite V 2 ounce. 

Chloroform 2 ounces. 

Alcohol 2 ounces. 

Mix. 

923. Windsor Toothache Drops. B 

Oil of cajeput 4 ounces. 

Oil of black pepper 6 drams. 

Laudanum 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 16 ounces. 

Oil of cloves 1*4 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol and add the 
laudanum. 



924. Toothache Balsam. 

Tinct. benzoin co 2^4 ounces. 

Chloroform 6 fl. drams. 

Cocaine hyd 12 grains. 

Oil peppermint 12 drops. 

Oil cloves 12 drops. 

Oil sassafras 12 drops. 

Acid, carbolic l dram. 

Dissolve the cocaine, oils and acid in the 
chloroform and add to the tincture of ben- 
zoin CO. 



925. Toothache Anodyne. 

Cocaine hyd 12 grains. 

Sulphuric ether 1 ounce. 

Oil of peppermint 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the cocaine in the ether and add 
the oil. 



926. Toothache Paint. 

Tincture of iodine % ounce. 

Tincture of aconite % ounce. 

Laudanum % ounce. 

Carbolic acid y 2 dram. 

Mix. 
Paint the gums about the affected teeth 
every two hours (not oftener) until relieved. 



927. Toothache Drops (Nat. Drug.) 

A writer in the Journal des Practiciens re- 
commends the following as a quick and ex- 
cellent remedy for toothache, due to carious 

teeth: 

Crystallized carbolic acid. 1 part. 

Cocaine hydrochlorate .... 1 part. 

Menthol 1 part. 

Glycerin 20 parts. 

Mix and dissolve. 

The directions to go with the above are: 
Remove, if possible, any foreign matter that 
may be in the cavity, and syringe the latter 
out with a little warm carbolized water (2 
per cent), then saturate a little pledget of 
cotton with the above solution and place it 
in the cavity. If necessary, drop on it a 
little tincture of benzoin, sandarac or collo- 
dion to keep it in place. 



928. Toothache Tincture. 

Tincture of opium 1 ounce. 

Tincture of hyosciamus ... 1 ounce. 
Tincture of chloroform and 

morphine 1 ounce. 



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929. Toothache Gum. 

Beeswax or hard paraffin 

wax 2 ounces. 

Lard % ounce. 

Oil of cloves 1 ounce. 

Creasote 1 ounce. 

Powdered sugar 1 dram. 

Melt the beeswax and lard, when cool add 
the oil of cloves and the creasote; pick ab- 
sorbent cotton into lint; q. s. to saturate thor- 
oughly with the above mixture and sprinkle 
with the sugar, then roll into pipes, wrap 
with waxed paper and place in vials. 



930. Painless Tooth Extraction. 

H. O. Collier, D. D. S., of Forney, Texas, 
explains in the Medical World that he uses 
the following local anesthetic for the painless 
extraction of teeth. 

Cocaine hydrochloride .... 20 grains. 

Chloral hydrate 10 grains. 

Cafl&Olic acid 5 grains. 

Oil clove 5 minims. 

Glycerin 4 fl. drams. 

Water 4 fl. drams. 

k 

931. Toothache Tincture. B 

Camphor 1 dram. 

Sang, draconis 1 dram. 

Mastic „ iy 2 dram. 

01. caryoph 1 dram. 

Chloroformi 2 ounces. 

Spt. rectificat 2 ounces. 

Macerate several days, and filter. 
After the toothache is relieved the customer 
should be recommended to insert a stopping 
of guttapercha. 



932. Toothache Tincture. C 

Sp. ainmon. co 3 drams. 

Ol. caryoph 3 drams. 

Tannin % ounce. 

Mastich % ounce. 

Tr. opii 3 ounces. 

»33. For Toothache. 

Menthol 1 dram. 

Chloroform 1 dram. 

Dissolve. 

Dry out the tooth with absorbent cotton 
and insert in the hollow a piece of cotton 
upon which 5 drops of the solution have been 
placed. 



934. Toothache Ball and Stopping:. 

Resin, flav 1 ounce, 6 drams. 

Gum. juniper 1 ounce. 6 drams. 

S. V. R 1 ounce. 

Spt. aetheris 6 drams. 

Acid, carbol 1 ounce. 

935. For Toothache. 

Tannin 40 grains. 

Creasoti 15 drops. 

Aether, sulph 1 ounce. 

M. 



936. Odontodol for Toothache. 

Hydrochlorate of cocaine. 15 grains. 

Elder-flower water ....... 15 minims. 

Tincture of arnica 2% drams. 

Mindererus spirit 5 drams. 

Mix. 



937. Toothache Essence. A 

Dr. L. Cyrus Allen states that the follow- 
ing seldom fails to give temporary relief: 

01. caryophylli 15 minims. 

Menthol 2 drams. 

Chloroformi 1 dram. 

Tr. aconiti 3 drams. 

Spt. rectificat V/ 2 ounces. 

M. 
Directions: Cleanse out the cavity thor- 
oughly (preferably by syringing) and apply 
on cotton. Also rub a little on gums. 



938. Toothache Essence. B 

Menthol 1 ounce. 

Methylated chloroform ... 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves y 2 ounce. 

Spirits 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the menthol in the spirit, add the 
chloroform and oil of cloves. 

This may be rubbed into the face vv^th the 
fingers, or a few drops may be placed on 
cotton wool and inserted in the tooth. 



939. Rohack's Toothache Cordial. 

Oil peppermint 15 drops. 

Cocaine 6 grains. 

Chloroform 1 ounce. 

Alcohol jounce. 

M. 



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BEVERAGES, ETC. 



940. Beverage Preservative. 

Acid, salicylic 1 ounce. 

Potass, carb. 2 drams. 

Aq. bullien 25 ounces. 

Glycerin 10 ounces. 

Dissolve the acid and potass, carb. in the 
water, and add the glycerine. 

941. 

Hop-bitter Beer as now sold is a fermented 
beer containing 2 per cent, or less, of proof 
spirit. To make it, dissolve 4 pounds of 
sugar in 10 gallons of hot water, and add 
the following mixture: 

Tincture of lupuline (1 in 

20 of S. V. R.) 2 ounces. 

Oil of cassia 6 minims. 

Oil of citronella 3 minims. 

Tincture of capsicum 20 minims. 

Dissolve, and add 

Tincture of chiretta 1 ounce. 

Cone, compound infusion 

of orange r k ounce. 

Caramel to 4 ounces. 

When the temperature of the syrupy fluid 
is reduced to 80° F., add % ounce of com- 
pressed yeast; ferment for twelve hours, skim 
off the yeast, strain through a felt bag, and 
bottle. 

942. Ginger Wine. (Ch. & Dr.) 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Water 5 pints. 

Dissolve by the aid of heat, strain, and 
add the following mixture: 

Soluble essence of ginger. 6 drams. 

Tincture of orange 2 ounces. 

Essence of raspberry 15 drops. 

Essence of peppermint.... 3 drops. 

943. Curacao Liqueur. 

Tincture of fresh orange- 
peel 1 ounce. 

Tincture of tangerine orange 1 ounce. 

Oil of orange 2 drams. 

Rectified spirit 12 ounces. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Syrup 8 ounces. 

Mix, anr] at the end of a few days filter. 

944. 

Orange-wine is made by boiling together 
2.'^ pounds of sugar and 10 gallons of water. 
Clarify with the whites of six eggs, and pour 
upon the peels of 100 Seville oranges. To 
the syrup add the juice of the oranges, and 



when the whole is sufficiently cool add 6 
ounces of fresh yeast, and ferment for three 
or four days. Then strain into a barrel, al- 
low to stand for a month, add half a gallon 
of brandy, and mature for at least three 
months longer. 



945. Beef and Malt Wine. 

Extract of beef 4 ounces. 

Extract of malt . 8 ounces. 

New port wine 1 gallon. 

Rub down the extracts with sufficient wine 
to make a thin syrup, add to the bulk, shake, 
and set aside for a few weeks; then decant 
the clear portion and filter the sediment. 



946. Raspberry Vinegar. 

Red raspberries % gallon. 

Malt vinegar M gallon. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Macerate 48 hours; press out the juice, and 
boil with sugar twelve ounces; skim and bot- 
tle. 



947. Jersey Brandy. 

Proof spirits 1 gallon. 

Sweet spirits of nitre 1 ounce. 

Orris root crushed % ounce. 

Prunes with pits broken. . 4 ounces. 

Sherry wine 16 ounces. 

Macerate for two weeks and filter. 



948. Hop Stout. 

To a solution of brown sugar 1 pound and 
licorice-juice 4 ounces in 2 gallons of water, 
add the following mixture, and ferment with 
yeast in the usual way: 

Tincture of hops % ounce. 

Oil of cinnamon 5 minims. 

Ess. of jargonelle pear ... 10 minims. 

Tincture of capsicum % dram. 

Cone, infusion of quassia to 1 ounce. 

949. 

(Non-Alcoholic Hop Stout.) 

Hops 1 pound. 

Boiling water 10 gallons. 

Infuse for six hours, and strain 8 gallons of 
the clear liquor. In this dissolve — 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Caramel 4 ounces. 

Licorice-juice 4 ounces. 

Again strain, and when the temperature is 
at 75° F., add a quart of ext. malt, and 6 
ounces of fresh unwashed brewers' yeast. 
Ferment for thirty hours, strain through 
twill, and bottle. 



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950. Raspberry "Wine Essence. 

Tartaric acid 2 ounces. 

Essence of raspberry ..... 1% ounces. 

Tincture of orris 1 ounce. 

Cochineal coloring 5 ounces. 

Caramel % ounce. 

Salicylic acid % dram. 

Water to 20 ounces. 

M. 
To be put up in 4-ounce bottles, the con- 
tents being sufficient to make "wine" with 
• 4 pounds of sugar and three wine-bottlefuls 
of water. Strawberry and other fruit es- 
sences may take the place of the raspberry, 
but to the extent of 2% ounces, as the orris 
must be omitted. 



951. Herb Beer Extract. 

Extract of licorice % ounce. 

Gentian-root % ounce. 

Hoarhound 1 ounce. 

Hops 1 ounce. 

Ginger 2 ounces. 

Water 1 pint. 

Boil the first three ingredients in the water, 
then add the others, and infuse for two hours; 
strain and wash with warm water to 15 
ounces. In this dissolve 4 ounces of glucose, 
and add the following solution: 

Oil of cassia 10 minims. 

Oil of wintergreen 6 minims. 

Salicylic acid % dram. 

Rectified spirit 1 ounce. 

Mix thoroughly. 



For Putting a Foam Upon Aerated Waters. 
953. 

Quillaia-bark, in coarse 

powder 4 ounces. 

Boiling water 15 ounces. 

Simmer gently for fifteen minutes; when al- 
most cool add spt. vini rect. 5 ounces; rnacer- 
rate for a couple of days, strain and filter. 



953. "" Lemon Squash. 

Sugar 32 ounces. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Water 24 ounces. 

Dissolve and add the following, previously 
mixed and filtered: 

Salicylic acid % dram. 

Oil of lemon y 2 dram. 

Tincture of lemon-peel ... 1 ounce. 

Tincture of turmeric y 2 dram. 

Caramel 20 minims. 

Shake up the tincture of lemon with the oil 
now and then during four hours; allow the oil 
to separate, decant the tincture from it, mix 
the tincture with the other ingredients, and 
filter. 



954. Aromatic Ginger Ale Essence. 

Cort. cinnamoni 1 ounce. 

Caryophyllae 3 drams. 

Sem. cardamom % ounce. 

Fruct. capsici 1 dram. 

Ess. zingib. sol 2 pints. 

Macerate four days and filter. Color with 
caramel. 

955. Ginger Ale Essence. 

Ol. ros. geranii 5 minims. 

Otto rosae 10 minims. 

Ol. caryoph 10 drops. 

Ol. cinnamom % dram. 

Tr. capsici 6 drams. 

Sacch. ust q. s. 

Ess. zingib. sol. ad 1 pint. 

M. 
Use 1% ounces of essence to the gallon of 
syrup. 

956. Kola Champagne Essence. 

Fluid extract of kola 4 ounces. 

Tincture of canella % ounce. 

Tincture of orange 2 ounces. 

Essence of cherry 3 drams. 

Essence of cloves 2 drams. 

Proof spirit to 20 ounces. 

Mix. 

Two ounces to the gallon of syrup, and 
color with cochineal. 

957. Kola Elixir. 

Powdered kola 2 ounces. 

Glycerine 14 drams. 

Rectified spirit 10 drams. 

Cinnamon water 6 ounces. 

Essence of vanilla 1 dram. 

Tincture of orange 1 ounce. 

Macerate for a week, and filter. More es- 
sence of vanilla may be added if desired. 

958. Punch. 

An excellent winter cordial. 

Citric acid 2 drams. 

Benzoic acid % dram. 

Brandy 5 ounces. 

Rum IY2 ounces. 

Sugar 3 ounces. 

Boiling water 1 pound. 

Mix. 

959. Chartreuse. 

Oil of melissa 6 minims. 

Oil of angelica % dram. 

Oil of cloves 6 minims. 

Oil of peppermint 40 minims. 

Oil of hyssop 6 minims. 

Oil of nutmeg ... 6 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon 6 minims. 

Rectified spirit 1 gallon. 

Sugar 8 pounds. 

Water to 2y 2 gallons. 

Mix, and color yellow or green as desired. 



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960. Ginger Beer. A 

Jamaica ginger 2% ounces. 

Moist sugar 2 pounds. 

Cream tartar 1 ounce. 

Lemons, juice and peel 2 

Brandy % pint. 

Good ale yeast % pint. 

Water 3% gallons. 

This will produce 4y 2 dozen bottles of ex- 
cellent ginger beer, which will keep twelve 
months. Boil the ginger and sugar for 20 
minutes in the water, slice the lemons, and 
put them and the cream of tartar in a large 
pan; pour the boiling liquor over them and 
stir well; when milk warm, add the yeast; 
cover and let it remain 2 or 3 days, skimming 
frequently; strain through a cloth into a cask, 
and add the brandy. Bung down very close; 
at the end of two weeks draw off and bottle; 
cork very tightly. If it does not work well, 
add a very little more yeast. 



961. Ginger Beer. B 

Brown sugar 2 pounds. 

Boiling water 2 gallons. 

Cream tartar 1 ounce. 

Bruised ginger root 2 ounces. 

Infuse the ginger in the boiling water, add 
the sugar and cream of tartar; when luke- 
warm strain; then add % pint good yeast. 
Let it stand all night, then bottle; if you de- 
sire you can add one lemon and the white 
of an egg to fine it. 



963. English Ginger Beer. 

Water 3 gallons. 

Pulverized ginger 6 ounces. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Cream tartar 4 ounces. 

Boil, and when cold add 2 tablespoonfuls 
of yeast. Allow it to stand over night, then 
filter and bottle. 



963. Ginger Beer Powder. 

Jamaica ginger, powdered. 1 ounce. 

Sodium bicarbonate, 7 ounces. 

Sugar 1% pounds. 

Oil of lemon 1 fl. dram. 

Make into powders. 



964. Ginger Beer Powder. 

The London Chemist and Druggist says 
that a powder may be prepared thus: 

Ginger, bruised Vi ounce. 

Cream of tartar % ounce. 

Essence of lemon 4 drops. 

Mix. 



Some sugar may be added if it be thought 
desirable to make the packet look bigger. For 
use this powder is to be added to a gallon of 
boiling water, in which dissolve 1 pound of 
lump sugar, and when the mixture is nearly 
cool two or three tablespoonfuls of yeast are 
to be added. The mixture should be set aside 
to work for four days, when it may be 
strained and bottled. 



965. Hop Beer. 

Water 5 quarts. 

Hops 6 ounces. 

Boil three hours, strain the liquor, add: 

Water 5 quarts. 

Bruised ginger 4 ounces. 

Boil a little longer, strain, and add: 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

When milk warm, 

Yeast ! P int - 

Let it ferment; in 24 hours it is ready for 
bottling. 



966. Lemon Beer. A. 

Boiling water 1 gallon. 

Lemon, sliced 1 

Bruised ginger 1 ounce. 

Yeast 1 teacupful. 

Sugar 1 pound. 

Let it stand 12 to 20 hours, and it is ready 
to be bottled. 



967. Lemon Beer. B 

Put in a keg, 

Water 1 gallon. 

Sliced lemon 1 

Ginger 1 tablespoonful. 

Syrup 1 Pint. 

Yeast % Pint. 

Ready for use in 24 hours. If bottled, tie 
down the corks. 



968. Maple. A 

Boiling water 4 gallons. 

Maple syrup 1 quart. 

Essence of vanilla % ounce. 

Add 

Yeast 1 pint. 

Proceed as with ginger pop. 

969. Maple. B 

Boiling water 4 gallons. 

Maple syrup 1 quart. 

Essence of spruce % ounce. 

Add 

Yeast 1 pint. 

Let it ferment for 24 hours, and then strain 
and bottle it. In a week or more it will be 
ready for use. 



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970. Maple. C 

Boiling water 6 gallons. 

Maple syrup 1% quarts. 

Essence of spruce % ounce. 

Add 

Yeast 1% pints. 

971. Molasses Beer. 

Molasses 14 pounds. 

Hops 1% pounds. 

Water 36 gallons. 

Yeast 1 pound. 

Boil the hops in the water, add the mo- 
lasses and ferment. 



972. Ottawa Beer. 

Sassafras 1 ounce. 

Allspice 1 ounce. 

Yellow dock 1 ounce. 

Wintergreen 1 ounce. 

Wild cherry bark % ounce. 

Coriander % ounce. 

Hops y± ounce. 

Molasses 3 quarts. 

Put boiling water on the ingredients, and 
let them stand 24 hours. Filter, and add 

Brewer's yeast y 2 pint. 

Leave again 24 hours, then put it in an ice 
cooler, and it is ready for use. It is a whole- 
some drink, if it is used in moderation. 



973. Peruvian Beer, Carbonated. 

Syrup y 2 gallon. 

Add 
Extract of cinchona or 

Peruvian bark 1 dunce. 

This may be flavored with 1 ounce of es- 
sence sarsaparilla or root beer. 



974. Root Beer. A 

Boiling water 5 gallons. 

Add 

Molasses 1% gallons. 

Allow it to stand for 3 hours, then add: 

Bruised sassafras bark.... % pound. 

Wintergreen bark 7.. % pound. 

Sarsaparilla root % pound. 

Fresh yeast y 2 pint. 

Water, enough to make 15 to 17 gallons. 
After this has fermented for 12 hours it 
can be drawn off and bottled. 



975. Root Beer. 

Pour boiling water on 

Sassafras 2% ounces. 

Wild cherry bark iy 2 ounce. 

Allspice 2y 2 ounces. 

Wintergreen bark 2y 2 ounces. 



Hops y 2 ounce. 

Coriander seed y 2 ounce. 

Molasses 2 gallons. 

Let the mixture stand 1 day. Strain, add — 

Yeast 1 pint. 

Enough water to make... 15 gallons. 
This beer may be bottled the following day. 



976. Root Beer. C 

Sarsaparilla 1 pound. 

Spice wood % pound. 

Guaiacum chips % pound. 

Birch bark % pound. 

Ginger % ounce. 

Sassarras 2 ounces. 

Prickly ash bark % ounce. 

Hops y 2 ounce. 

Boil for 12 hours over a moderate fire with 
sufficient water, so that the remainder shall 
measure 3 gallons, to which add — 

Tincture of ginger 4 ounces. 

Oil Of wintergreen % ounce. 

Alcohol 1 pint. 

This prevents fermentation. 



977. Root Beer. D 

To make root beer, take of this decoction 
1 quart. 

Molasses 8 ounces. 

Water 2y 2 gallons. 

Yeast 4 ounces. 

This will soon ferment and produce a good, 
drinkable beverage. The root beer should be 
mixed, in warm weather, the evening before 
it is used, and can be kept for use either bot- 
tled or drawn by a common beer pump. Most 
people prefer a small addition of wild cherry 
bitters or hot drops to the above beer. 



978. Spruce Beer. A 

Hops 2 ounces. 

Chip sassafras 2 ounces. 

Water 10 gallons. 

Boil half an hour, strain, add — 

Brown sugar 7 pounds. 

Essence of spruce 1 ounce. 

Essence of vanilla 1 ounce. 

Ground pimento % ounce. 

Put in a cask and cool, add — 

Yeast iy 2 pints. 

Let it stand 24 hours, fine, draw it off to 
bottle. 



979. Spruce Beer. 

Hops 8 ounces. 

Chip sassafras 2 ounces. 

Water 10 gallons. 

Boil half an hour, strain, and add — 
Brown sugar 7 pounds. 



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Essence of spruce 1 ounce. 

Essence of ginger 1 ounce. 

Ground pimento jounce. 

Put into a cask, and cool, add — 

Yeast 1% pints. 

Let it stand 24 hours, fine, draAV it off to 
bottle. 



980. Spruce Beer. C 

Water 6 gallons. 

Essence of spruce 1 pint. 

Pimento 10 ounces. 

Ginger 10 ounces. 

Hops 1 pound. 

After boiling about 10 minutes, add — 

Moist sugar 24 pounds 

Warm Water 22 gallons. 

When the ingredients are well mixed, and 
luke-warm, add — 

Yeast 1 quart. 

Let it ferment 24 hours. Strain, and bottle. 



981. Spruce Beer. X> 

Sugar 1 pound. 

Essence of spruce % ounce. 

Boiling water 1 gallon. 

Mix well and when nearly cold add % a 

wineglass of yeast, and the next day bottle. 



982. Spruce Beer. E 

Essence of spruce % pint. 

Pimento 5 ounces. 

Ginger, bruised 5 ounces. 

Hops y 2 pound. 

Water 3 gallons. 

Boil the whole for 10 minutes, then add — 

Moist sugar 12 pounds. 

Warm water 11 gallons. 

Mix well and when luke-warm add 1 pint 
of yeast. After the liquor has fermented for 
about 24 hours, bottle it. 



983. Spruce Beer. F 

Water, 16 gallons; boil half, put the 
water thus boiled to the reserved cold half, 
which should be previously put into a barrel 
or other vessel; then add 16 pounds molasses, 
with a few spoonfuls of the essence of spruce, 
stirring the whole together; add half pint 
of yeast, and keep it in a temperate situa- 
tion with the bung hole open for two days, 
or till fermentation subsides; then close it 
up or bottle it off, and it will be fit to drink 
in a few days. 



984. White Spruce Beer. 

5 pounds loaf sugar are dissolved in 5 
gallons of boiling water, then 2 fl. ounces of 
spruce are added. When almost cold add 
a gill of yeast. Place in warm place and 
after 24 hours strain through a piece of 
flannel and bottle. 



985. Table Beer. 

"Table beer of a superior quality may be 
brewed in the following manner, a process 
well worth the attention of the gentleman, 
the mechanic, and the farmer, whereby the 
beer is altogether prevented from working 
out of the cask, and the fermentation con- 
ducted without any apparent admission of the 
external air. I have made the scale for one 
barrel in order to make it more generally use- 
ful to the community at large; however, the 
same proportions will answer for a greater or 
less quantity, only proportioning the mater- 
ials and utensils. Take one peck of good 
malt, ground, 1 pound of hops, put them in 
twenty-gallons of water, and boil them for 
half an hour; then run them into a hair cloth 
bag or sieve, so as to keep back the hops 
and malt from the wort, which, when cooled 
down to 60° by Fahrenheit's thermometer, 
add to it 2 gallons of molasses, with 1 pint, or 
a little less, of good yeast. Mix these with 
your wort, and put the whole into a clean 
barrel, and fill it up with cold water to within 
six inches of the bung hole (this space is 
requisite to leave room for fermentation), 
bung down tight. If brewed for family use. 
would recommend putting in the cock at the 
same time, as it will prevent the necessity of 
disturbing the cask afterward. In one fort- 
night this beer may be drawn and will be 
found to improve." — Eng. Mech. 



986. Beer Touic. 

Syrup of Baume, 22° 5 gallons. 

Oil of wintergreen 2 drams. 

Oil of sassafras 2 drams. 

Oil of allspice . '. % dram. 

Oil of sweet orange 2 drams. 

Mix the oil with 12 ounces of alcohol and 
add to the plain syrup. Then add 35 gallons 
of water at blood heat, and ferment with suf- 
ficient yeast. To this add 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Dissolved in conjunction with 1 dram of 
baking soda in a small glass of water. After 
it has ceased effervescing, add to the ferment- 
ing beer. The object of using this minute 
quantity is to prevent putrefactive fermenta- 
tion. The natural vinous ferments will not 
be obstructed by it. — American Bottler. 



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987. Root Beer Extract. 

Tincture of ginger 12 ounces. 

Extract of vanilla 12 ounces. 

Oil of sassafras 4 ounces. 

Oil of wintergreen 2 ounces. 

Oil of anise 1 ounce. 

Oil of orange % ounce. 

Oil of cloves % ounce. 

Alcohol V 2 gallon. 

Simple syrup 3% gallons. 

Tinct. soap bark 4 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Caramel VA gallons. 

Water q. s. to make up to. 6 gallons. 
Dissolve the oils and salicylic acid in the 
alcohol; mix the syrup, water and caramel 
and add the other ingredients. 

988. Acid Solution of Phosphates. 

Potassium phosphate 1 part. 

Magnesium phospha+e 2 parts. 

Sodium phospate 1 part. 

Calcium phosphate 3 parts. 

Ortho-phosphoric acid. ... 48 parts. 
Water sufficient to make 768 parts. 
Mix and dissolve. 

Acid phosphate fruit syrup contains 8 
ounces of this solution to the finished gallon, 
the latter consisting of from 6% to 7 pints 
(usually the latter) of simple syrup, the re- 
mainder being the material which go to make 
up the fruit flavor. 



LIQUEURS, ETC. 



The following formulas for bitters, cor- 
dials, German and French liqueurs, are taken 
from Finchett's Cordial and Liqueur Makers' 
Guide. Where spirits of wine is prescribed, 
use cologne spirits 188 per cent. 

989. Ten Gallons of Peppermint. 

Mix half an ounce of best oil of pepper- 
mint with a pint of strong spirits of wine, 
shaking it about well; put this into your 
cask. Next put in three gallons of clean 
rectified spirit proof. Dissolve thirty pounds 
of good lump sugar in three gallons of hot 
water; put this to your other ingredients, and 
fill the cask up to within an inch of the top 
with water. Fine* it with one ounce of alum, 
dissolved in boiling water; put it into the 
cask hot, and stir it about well; then put in 
half an ounce of salts of tartar, and rouse it 
up again; in a day or two it should be per- 
fectly bright. 
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990. Ten Gallons of Cloves. 

Mix one ounce of oil of cloves with a pint 
of strong spirits of wine, put it in your cask; 
theu add three gallons of clean rectified spirit 



proof, and stir the whole well together. Dis- 
solve twenty-eight pounds of lump sugar in 
three gallons of boiling water; put this to the 
other ingredients, and fill the cask to within 
an inch of the top with water. Fine it 'down 
with one ounce of alum, dissolved in boiling 
water, and put into the cask hot; afterwards 
put in half an ounce of salts of tartar, and 
rouse it up well; in a day or two it will be 
perfectly bright. This cordial is usually col- 
ored pink; sometimes red, brown, etc. 

991 . Ten Gallons of Rum Shrub. 

Procure one gallon and three quarters of 
bitter Seville orange juice (or, what is prefer- 
able, buy the oranges, cut them in half, and 
squeeze them yourself) ; put it into your cask, 
and add three gallons of proof rum. Dissolve 
thirty pounds of lump sugar in three gallons 
of boiling water, and put it to the other in- 
gredients, and fill the cask to within an inch 
of the top with water. Fine it down as fol- 
lows: Pound fine one ounce of chalk, and 
lay it in front of a fire until perfectly dry, 
stir this into the cask; and lastly, add half a 
pint of ale finings, stirring it up again. It 
will very likely be upwards of a week before 
it is fit for use. 

992. Ten Gallons of Aniseed. 

Mix one ounce and a dram of oil of ani- 
seed with a pint of strong spirits of wine, 
shaking it up well; put it in your cask, and 
add three gallons of clean rectified spirit 
proof. Dissolve thirty-two pounds of lump 
sugar with three gallons of boiling water, and 
mix it with the other ingredients. Fill your 
cask to within an inch of the top with water, 
and fine with two ounces of alum dissolved 
in boiling water, and put into the cask hot, 
afterwards adding one ounce of salts of tar- 
tar, and rouse well up. 



993. Ten Gallons of Carraway. 

Mix one ounce of oil of Carraway with a 
pint of strong spirits of wine, shaking it well 
in a bottle; put it in your cask, and add two 
gallons more of spirits of wine. Dissolve 
thirty-four pounds of lump sugar in four gal- 
lons of boiling water, and put it to the other 
articles. Fill the cask up w-ith water, and 
fine down with two ounces of alum dissolved 
in boiling water, and put into the cask hot. 
Afterwards add one ounce of salts of tartar, 
and rouse the whole well together^ 



994. Ten Gallons of Noyeau. 

Mix half an ounce of essential oil of bitter 
almonds with a quart of strong spirits of 
wine, and shake it well; put it into your cask, 
and add a quarter of an ounce of oil of cassia, 
dissolved in another pint of spirits of wine. 



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Next put in three gallons of clean rectified 
spirit proof, and rouse them up well. Dis- 
solve thirty-two pounds of good lump sugar 
in three gallons of boiling water, and mix all 
together. Fill up the cask with water, and 
fine with two ounces of alum dissolved in 
boiling water, put into the cask hot; and 
lastly, one ounce of salts of tartar. Stir the 
whole well together. 



995. Ten Gallons of Raspberry. 

Buy the fruit fresh gathered, and squeeze 
it through a bag made of cheese cloth. When 
you have got five gallons of juice, put it in 
your cask, with thirty pounds of common 
lump sugar dissolved in two gallons of boil- 
ing water. Add two gallons of strong spirits 
of wine, and rouse the whole well together. 
Now draw off about half a gallon of the mix- 
ture, and stir into it a quarter of a pint of 
brandy coloring; return this to the cask, and 
rouse well up again. Fine it down with half 
a pint of ale finings. 



996. Ten Gallons of Gingeretta. 

Bruise two pounds of good ginger with a 
hammer, and steep it in five quarts of spirits 
of wine for a fortnight in a close stoppered 
bottle, shaking it up frequently; pour off 
the spirit, and put into the cask. Continue 
to put a quart of water into the bottle with 
the ginger eTery day, pouring it off each time, 
until by tasting it you find all the spirit has 
been washed out; put this likewise into the 
cask. Add two gallons of white sherry wine, 
a quarter of a pint of brandy coloring, thirty 
pounds of lump sugar, and a quarter of an 
ounce of citric acid, dissolved in three gallons 
of boiling water. Fill the cask up with 
water, and fine it down with half a pint of 
ale finings. 



997. Ten Gallons of Orange Bitters. 

Take five pounds of dry Seville orange peel 
cut into small pieces, one ounce of carraway 
seeds, and six ounces of coriander seeds, 
bruised. Steep all in three gallons of proof 
spirit for a month; pour off the spirit through 
a hair sieve, and return all the seed into the 
bottle; wash out all the remaining spirit in 
the ingredients, by putting a quart of water 
dajly, and pouring off each time, until by 
tasting you find there is none left. Add 
twenty pounds of lump sugar dissolved in 
two gallons of boiling water, and half a pint 
of brandy coloring; fill up the cask with 
water. Fine it down with two ounces of alum 
dissolved in boiling water, and put into the 
cask hot; afterwards stir in one ounce of 

salts of tartar. 

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998. Three Gallons of Wormwood Bitters. 

Take two drams of oil of orange, one dram 
of oil of carraway, one dram of oil of worm- 
wood, a quarter-ounce of almond cake, half- 
ounce of coriander seeds, half-ounce of Vir- 
ginia snake ro<5t. Mix the oils with a quart of 
spirits of wine; also the other ingredients, 
well bruised, with another quart of spirits of 
wine. Let them stand a fortnight, and shake 
frequently; then strain, and add five pounds 
of sugar dissolved in hot water. Fine it with 
half an ounce of alum boiled in half a pint 
of water. 



999. Ten Gallons of Lemonade. 

Dissolve one pound of citric, and half a 
pound of tartaric acid in three gallons of 
boiling water, add seven gallons of capillaire; 
and if wanted to keep any time, also add a 
quart of spirits of wine. Mix well together. 



1000. Ten Gallons of Capillaire. 

Break eighty pounds of finest lump sugar 
into a copper, and add five gallons of water; 
keep stirring it until it boils; then add a table- 
spoonful of pyroligneous acid, and stir it well 
in; keep boiling a quarter of an hour, and 
leave it in the copper until cold; draw off 
clear from the sediment. 



1001. Ten Gallons of Cherry Brandy. 

Buy the largest black cherries you can get, 
— mash them first in a tub, and squeeze them 
through a bag made of sampler cloth, until 
you have five gallons of juice, which put into 
your cask, with two gallons of strong spirits 
cf wine. Dissolve twenty-six pounds of lump 
sugar in two gallons of boiling water; add a 
quarter of a pint of brandy coloring; also a 
dram of oil of cloves, mixed with half a pint 
of spirits of wine. Fine it down with two 
ounces of alum, dissolved in boiling water, 
and put into the cask hot; afterwards add 
one ounce of salts of tartar, and stir the 
whole well together. 



1002. Ten Gallons of Cinnamon. 

Mix one ounce of oil of cinnamon with a 
quart of strong spirits of wine, shaking it 
up well in a bottle; next put in three gallons 
of clean rectified spirit proof. Dissolve twen- 
ty-six pounds of lump sugar in three gallons 
of boiling water; put this into the cask with 
the spirit, and fill up to within an inch of the 
top with water. Fine it down with two 
ounces of alum dissolved in boiling water, 
-and put into the cask hot; afterwards add 
one ounce of salts of tartar, and rouse the 
whole well up. 



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1003. Ten Gallons of Lovage. 

Mix five drains of oil of nutmegs, five drams 
of oil of cassia, and three drams of oil of 
carraway, in a quart of strong spirits of wine; 
shake it up well in a bottle; put it into the 
cask, with two gallons more of spirits of 
wine. Dissolve twenty pounds of lump sugar 
in hot water; add this to the spirit, with a 
quarter of a pint of coloring, and fill the cask 
up with water. Fine it down - with two 
ounces of alum, dissolved in boiling water, 
and put into the goods hot; afterwards add 
one ounce of salts of tartar, and stir the 
whole well together. 



1004. Ten Gallons of Usquebaugh. 

Take two drams each of oil of juniper ani- 
seed, nutmeg, and cloves, and one dram of oil 
of cassia; mix the whole of them, one after 
the other, with two gallons of strong spirits 
of wine. Add twenty pounds of lump sugar 
dissolved in boiling water, and a quarter of a 
pint of coloring. Fill up the cask with water, 
and fine with one ounce of alum dissolved in 
boiling water, and put into the cask hot; and 
lastly, half an ounce of salts of tartar. Stir 
the whole well together. 



1005. Coloring Materials f or Liqueurs. 

Red. — Steep four ounces of raspings of red 
sanders wood in a pint of strong spirits of 
wine for a fortnight; strain and filter. 

1006. 

Red. — Steep three ounces of cochineal, 
finely powdered, in a pint of strong spirits of 
wine for a fortnight; add two drams of pow- 
dered alum and filter through blotting paper. 

1007. 

Blue. — Steep four drams of indigo in a bot- 
tle, with two ounces of sulphuric acid, for 
several days, frequently putting the bottle 
into hot water; add half a pint of distilled 
water and filter. 

1008. 

Yellow. — Steep one ounce of saffron in half 
a pint of spirits of wine for a week, and filter. 

1009. 

Green. — Mix equal parts of blue and yellow 
coloring as above, and it will make a good 
green. , 

1010. 

Violet. — Mix one part of blue with two of 
red liquor as above, — the product will be a 
fine violet. 



1011. 

Pink. — Steep four ounces of Cudbear in a 
quart of strong spirit for a fortnight, and 
filter. 



1013. Brandy Coloring. 

Put twenty-eight pounds of lump sugar into 
a brass or iron pan with one gallon of water, 
and boil it until quite black on the top. Add 
one gallon and a half of boiling water, and 
boil it ten minutes longer. 

1013. Yellow Coloring. 

Two ounces of turmeric or saffron root 
bruised, put into a pint of spirits of wine for 
a month, shaking it frequently; filter through 
blotting paper. 

1014. British Brandy. 

To ten gallons of cleanest rectified spirit 
put two ounces of bitter almond me'al, half 
an ounce of mace pounded, half an ounce of 
orris root sliced, and one ounce of cassia buds 
ground; shake it frequently for a fortnight, 
and then add one ounce of terra japonica 
finely pulverized, two ounces of sweet spirits 
of nitre, and half a pound of prunes. Let it 
be well roused up; and after it has stood an- 
other fortnight, it will be fit for use. Color 
with brandy coloring, if you need it darker. 

1015. Spirit Beading. 

To put a fine bead on fifty gallons of weak 
spirits. — Take one dram of oil of vitriol, and 
one dram of oil of sweet almonds; rub them 
together in a marble mortar, and when well 
incorporated, add by degrees half a pint of 
spirits of wine; mix with the spirits, and 
rouse up well. 

1016. Gin Flavoring. 

Take one ounce of oil of juniper, one dram 
of oil of sweet fennel, four ounces of essence 
of angelica, and an ounce of tincture of capsi- 
cums; mix altogether in a quart of strong 
spirits of wine; add to it one gallon of capil- 
laire. If gin is reduced to a very low 
strength, add as much as will fetch up the 
flavor. 



Finings for a Butt of Sherry Wine. 
1017. (120 Gallons.) 

Put two ounces of isinglass into a jar with 
one quart of sherry, near the fire; when soft, 
beat and whisk it up to a froth with the 
whites of six eggs; thoroughly mix the whole 
with a gallon of the wine, and return it to 
the cask; rouse the whole well up. This will 
answer equally well for marsala, madeira, 
etc. 



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Finings for a Pipe of Port Wino. 
1018. (130 Gallons.) 

Take the whites and shells of sixteen eggs, 
and beat them up to a froth in a tub; add 
half a gallon of the wine, and whisk it well 
up again; put the mixture into the cask, and 
rouse the whole well up. The same for red 
cape. 



Finings for a Pipe of White Cape. 
1019. (130 Gallons.) 

The same as for a butt of sherry, with the 
addition of a quart of milk with the cream 
taken off. 



1030. Ale and Porter Finings. 

Take any quantity of isinglass, and put it 
into a tub or pan with sufficient hard ale or 
porter to cover it; as the glass swells, keep 
adding more liquid, until the whole is formed 
into a stiff jelly; rub it through a hair sieve, 
and add hard ale or porter until the whole is 
of the consistency of thick cream. A pint of 
this is sufficient for a barrel of ale or porter. 



1031. Finings.for Gin, Whisky, etc. 

For 100 gallons, take two ounces of roach 
alum, and boil it in a quart of water for a few 
minutes; put it into the liquor hot, and add 
one ounce of salts of tartar; rouse well up. 



1033. To Make 100 Gallons of Gin. 

To eighty-two gallons of clean rectified 
spirit proof add the following: 

Oil of juniper (English)... 1% ounces. 

Essence of angelica 1% ounces. 

Oil of sweet fennel % ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds V 2 ounce. 

Oil of coriander 1 ounce. 

Oil of carraway y 2 ounce. 

Mix the whole of the oils with a gallon of 
spirits of wine 60 o. p., having first taken 
the precaution of rubbing them down in a 
mortar with a little lump sugar; add this to 
the spirit, and after having well mixed the 
whole, add seventeen gallons of water. Fine 
it down with 

Alum 4 ounces, 

Salt of tartar 4 ounces. 



1033. To Make Up Gin for Sale. 

(For 100 Gallons.) 

Oil of juniper 1 ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds % ounce. 

Oil of carraway % ounce. 

Oil of cassia % ounce. 

Oil of vitriol % ounce. 



Rub the whole of these down in a mortar 
with a little sugar and a quart of spirits of 
wine 60 o. p. Boil 1 ounce of chillies in a 
quart of water gently, until it has reduced to 
a pint, and strain. Put the whole into the 
gin, with forty-five pounds of lump sugar, 
and twenty-five gallons of water. This gin, 
which is in reality about 35 u. p., will taste 
as full of fla\or and as strong as 17 u. p. 

1034. To Improve a Puncheon of Rum. 

After the rum has been racked into the 
vat and reduced to the selling strength, add 
six gallons of good old sound porter, four 
pounds of honey well mixed with a gallon of 
the rum, and a pound of green tea. The addi- 
tion of a couple of pounds of prunes is, I 
think, an improvement; they should be struck 
with a hammer, to break the stones. After 
all is in the vat, rouse it well up, night and 
morning, for three days. If the honey pre- 
vents its going bright in the usual time, add 
half a pint of ale finings, which will have 
the desired effect. 



FOREIGN LIQUEURS. 



Directions for Mixing and Manag- 
1035. ing, etc. 

As the following recipes contain merely the 

names and quantities of the several ingredi- 
ents, the instructions for the method of pro- 
ceeding with them must be particularly 
attended to, — viz.: 

All dry substances, such as cloves, cinna- 
mon, etc., should be ground. Leaves and 
flowers, orange peel, figs, etc., and all fresh 
and soft substances, must be cut up into the 
smallest possible pieces, and always used 
fresh, if they can be procured; if not, use 
them dry; but double the quantity will in 
many instances be required. Almonds and 
fruit kernels must be beaten to a paste in a 
marble mortar, with a small quantity of 
spirit, to prevent them oiling. 

When the several ingredients have been 
prepared as above, put them into a jar, well 
i corked up, with the quantity of spirit ordered, 
! and allow it to remain a month, shaking it 
| frequently every day, and if possible, kept 
1 in a very warm situation; at the expiration of 
i this time, pour off the spirit, and add the 
quantity of water ordered in the recipe; let 
this stand a few days, shaking it up as before; 
then pour off, press out all the liquid, and 
mix with the spirit; add the sugar and color- 
ing matter, and filter through a flannel bag. 
If essential oils are ordered, a small quantity 
of the pure spirit should be kept back to mix 
with them, and added to the other materials 
previous to filtering. 



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In a few instances, gold and silver leaf is 
ordered, which is prepared in the following 
■manner: — get a few leaves, such as are used 
by gilders, and spread them on a plate which 
has a little thin sirop on it; cover the leaf 
also with the sirop, and with two forks tear 
it into small pieces about the size of a canary- 
seed. These precautions are necessary, 
as, if you attempt to break them in a dry 
state, one-half will go into dust, and spoil 
the appearance of the liquor; it should not 
be added until the liqueur is in the bottles. 



GERMAN LIQUEURS. 



1026. Eau de Sultane Zoraide. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Figs 8 ounces. 

Dates 4 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, GO o. p. . . 19 quarts. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1027. Eau des Princesses. 

Lavender flowers 4 ounces. 

Figs 4 ounces. 

Orange peel 4 ounces. 

Balm 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Camomile 1 ounce. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Bitter almonds 1 ounce. 

Cloves 6 drams. 

Spirits Of wine, 62 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of amber 50 drops. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

A little gold leaf. 



1028. Eau de Rebecca. 

Veronica 5 ounces. 

Pimento 5 ounces. 

Junipers 5 ounces. 

Grains of Paradise 2 ounces. 

Cumin IY2 ounce. 

Ginger 1% ounce. 

Cinnamon V/ 2 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 



1023. Eau des Nobles. 

Petals of roses . . . 1 pound. 

Orange peel 12 ounces. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Nutmegs % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla ....... 50 drops. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 



1030. Elixir Vital de Tauclion. 

Lemon peel 10 ounces. 

Orange flowers 10 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 4 ounces-. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Coriander .... 2 ounces. 

Cumin 2 ounces. 

Cloves 2% ounces. 

Nutmegs 2^ ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of ambergris 3 drams. 

Orange flower water 8 quarts. 

Pure water 6 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



1031. Eau de Eegitimite. 

Flowers of jessamine 12 ounces. 

Marjoram 6 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Thyme 3 ounces. 

Anniseed 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 1 dram. 

Rose water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 



1032. Eau des Templiers. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Laurel berries 4 ounces. 

Jujubes 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Anniseed 2 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Water 6 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 2 drams. 

Essence of amber N l dram. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Rose water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color sky blue. 



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1033. Eau de Fantasie. 

Lemon peel 1 pound. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Pine apple 3 ounces. 

Cardamom 2 ounces. 

Cloves % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

"Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

1034. Eau de Jacques. 

Petals of roses 8 ounces. 

Orange peel 4 ounces. 

Lemon peel 4 ounces. 

Veronica 3 ounces. 

Fennel 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Cassia % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of amber 1 dram. 

Rose water 8 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



1035. Eau de Cote. 

Cinnamon 1 pound. 

Peel of 12 lemons 

Oil of peppermint 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



1036. Eau de Chypre. 

Orris root 6 ounces. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Oil of bergamot 60 drops. 

Oil of amber y 2 dram. 

Orange flower water 6 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 



1037. Eau Batave. 

Juniper berries 12 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 



1038. Eau d'Absinthe. 

Wormwood 4 pounds. 

Peel of 26 lemons 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



1039. Alkermes Italien. 

Laurel leaves 2 pounds. 

Cloves 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Nutmeg 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Water 7 quarts. 

Capillaire .' 7 quarts. 

Color deep scarlet. 



1040. Eau des Barbades. 

Lemon peel 1% pounds. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 8 ounces. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Oil of citron 2 drams. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Water 7 quarts. 

Capillaire 1 quart. 

1041. Eau Nuptiale. 

Parsley seed 6 ounces. 

Carrot seed 5 ounces. 

An iseed 2 ounces. 

Orris root 2 ounces. 

Mace 1% ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Rose water 7 pints. 

Pure water 11 quarts. 

Capillaire 9 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



1042. Eau d' Amour. 

Bitter almonds 12 ounces. 

Lemon peel 12 ounces. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Cloves IY2 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 8 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Muscat wine 8 quarts. 

Oil of amber 36 drops. 

Water 7 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Color rose. 



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1043. Eau de Vertu. 

Junipers 6 ounces. 

Orange peel 4 ounces. 

Lemon peel 4 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 3 ounces. 

Angelica seeds 2 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Ginger 2 ounces. 

Mastic 2 drams. 

Storax 2 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color violet. 

1044. Eau de Sorcier-Comte. 

Orange flowers 1 pound. 

Rose flowers , 1 pound. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 6 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 1 dram. 

Essence of amber 1 dram. 

Rose water 4 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

A little gold leaf. 

1045. Creme Romantique. 

\ Lemon peel ... . 4 ounces. 

Mace 4 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 4 ounces. 

Marjoram 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 1 ounce. 

Rose water 5 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 9 quarts. 

Color rose. 

1046. Eau de Tubinge. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Angelica root 3 ounces. 

Aniseed 3 ounces. 

Orange peel 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Junipers 1 ounce. 

Cloves V 2 ounce. 

Grains of paradise y 2 ounce. 

Gentian % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of citron 36 grains. 

Essence of amber 36 drops. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1047. Eau de Florence. 

Lemon peel 1% pounds. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Mace V/ 2 ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Oil of lemon 2 ounces. 

Balm water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color nearly black. 

1048. Rosolis de Turin. 

Orange flowers 2 pounds. 

Rose buds 2 pounds. 

FlWers of jessamine 1% pounds. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 16 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color deep scarlet. 

1049. Eau d'Ardelle. 

Mace 4 ounces. 

Cloves 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Water 13 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Color violet. 

1050. Eau Cordiale de Caladon. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Cloves ". 6 drams. 

Fennel seed 2 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Aniseed y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

1051. Eau d'Or. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Coriander 2 ounces. 

Mace iy 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 2 gallons. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color yellow, and add a little gold leaf. 

1053. Eau de Montpellier. 

Oil of bergamot 4 drams. 

Oil of lemon 2 drams. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color blue. 



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1053. Citronat. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Oil of orange 50 drops. 

Oil of bergamot 36 droos. 

Oil of amber 50 drops. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 10 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



1054. Eau d' Argent. 

Lemon peel 1 pound. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Angelica seed IY2 ounces. 

Aniseed 1% ounces. 

Orris root I 1 /* ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Balm water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color pink, and add a little silver leaf. 



1055. Eau de Mille Fleurs. 

Orange flowers 12 ounces. 

Quince pepins 9 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 6 ounces. 

Orris root 5 ounces. 

Mint 5 ounces. 

Balm 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Thyme 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1% ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 13 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Color green. 



1057. Eau de Yalpa. 

Marjoram 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Fennel seed 2 ounces. 

Tlijme 2 ounces. 

Sweet basil 2 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 2 ounces. 

Pigs 2 ounces. 

Balm 2 ounces. 

Carrot seed 1 ounce. 

Sage t . . 1 ounce. 

Cardamom % ounce. 

Cloves Y2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 50 drops. 

Essence of amber 50 drams. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color scarlet. 



1058. Eau Divine. 

Lemon peel 1% pounds. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Oil of bergamot 1% drams. 

Oil of neroly 2 drams. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

1059. Eau de Pucelle. 

Juniper berries 1% pounds. 

Fennel seed 4 ounces. 

Angelica seed 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Water 13 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



1056. Elixir de J. Saint Aure. 

Lavender flowers 8 ounces. 

Rose flowers 8 ounces. 

Orange flowers 8 ounces. 

Lemon peel 5 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Nutmeg , 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 0. o. . . . 19 quarts. 

Rose water 3 quarts. 

Orange flower water 3 quarts. 

Peppermint water 3 quarts. 

Balm water 3 quarts. 

Cinnamon water 3 quarts. 

Capillaire 9 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1060. Eau de Paix. 

Orange peel 6 ounces. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Rosemary flowers 4 ounces. 

Angelica root 4 ounces. 

Sweet almonds 4 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 0. p.... 19 quarts. 

Water 7 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color violet. 



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1061. Eau Royale. 

Orange peel 10 ounces. 

Leruon peel 10 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 8 ounces. 

Mace 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Oil of amber 20 drops. 

Oil of vanilla 2 ounces. 

Orange flower water 2 ounces. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 



1063. Eau de Sante. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 4 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 4 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 4 ounces. 

Mint 4 ounces. 

Angelica root 3 ounces. 

Marjoram 3 ounces. 

Grains of paradise 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



1063. Eau Americaine. 

Orange peel 1 pound. 

Rosemary leaves 4 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p . . . . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



1064. Eau clu Dauphin. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Junipers 4 ounces. 

Veronica 6 ounces. 

Coriander 2 ounces. 

Angelica root 2 ounces. 

Ginger 2 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Myrrh 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 



1065. Eau de IMdon. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Figs 8 ounces. 

Balm 4 ounces. 

Grains of paradise 2 ounces. 

Chamomile 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Nutmeg % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color blue. 

1066. Eau des Epicuriens. 

Orange peel 9 ounces. 

Lemon peel 9 ounces. 

Figs 9 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Marjoram 3 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p . . . . 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 

1067. Eau de Napoleon. 

Lemon peel 10 ounces. 

Cloves 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 6 ounces. 

Nutmegs 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 2 drams. 

Rose water 4 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Peppermint water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color blue. 

1068. Creme Voizot. 

Lemon peel 4 ounces. 

Orange peel 2 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Balm 1 ounce. 

Peppermint % ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Mastic 4 drams. 

Storax 4 drams. 

Cloves 4 drams. 

Nutmegs 4 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Rose water 4 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Peppermint water 4 quarts. 

Balm water 4 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 1 dram. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color green. 



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1069. Crenie Mojon. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Mace 2 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Nutmeg 4 drams. 

Rosemary leaves 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Rose water 4 quarts. 

Essence of amber 1 dram. 

Essence of vanilla 2 drams. 

Essence of bergamot 2 drams. 

Pure water 7 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color rose. 

1070. Aqua Bianca. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of citron 1 dram. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of amber 1 dram. 

Oil of peppermint 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Rose water 6 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 9 quarts. 

1071. Elixir Monpon. 

Essence of cinnamon 1 dram. 

Essence of aniseed 1 dram. 

Essence of peppermint .... 1 dram. 

Essence of cloves 1 dram. 

Essence of vanilla 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Rose water 6 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Pure water 6 quarts. 

Capillaire 9 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1072. Eau d'Orient. 

Fennel 1 pound. 

Dates 12 ounces. 

Lemon peel 12 ounces. 

Orange peel 12 ounces. 

Pine apple 4 ounces. 

Grains of paradise 2 ounces. 

Pimento 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

"Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color blue. 



1073. Eau de Selia. 

Lemon peel 2 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Lavender flowers 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves % ounce. 



Mace y 2 ounce. 

Aniseed % ounce. 

Bark % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence of vanilla 50 drops. 

Rose water 2 quarts. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Balm water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color red. 



DANZICK LIQUEURS. 



1074. Eau Miraculeuse. 

Orange peel 1 pound. 

Lemon peel 1 pound. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Ginger 6 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 2 ounces. 

Galanga 1 ounce. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1% ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color red. 



1075. Eau Cordiale. 

Lemon peel 2y 2 pounds. 

Balm 5 ounces. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 8 ounces. 

Mace 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color sky blue. 



1076. Krambauabuli. 

Aniseed 3 ounces. 

Camomile flowers 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Sage W2 ounce. 

Lavender flowers 1% ounce. 

Marjoram , 1% ounce. 

Galanga IY2 ounce. 

Nutmeg 1% ounce. 

Cardamom IY2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p.... 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



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1077. Eau de Baal. 

Sage 5 ounces. 

Orange peel 5 ounces. 

Cinnamon 5 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Rosemary leaves 2 ounces. 

Fennel seed 2 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Camomile 3 ounces. 

Galanga 1% ounce. 

Vanilla V/ 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color red. 



1078. Eau Aerienne "Luft Wasser." 

Figs 12 ounces. 

Cumin 5 ounces. 

Leaves of rosemary 4 ounces. 

Fennel seed 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 5 ounces. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Sassafras 2 ounces. 

Lavender flowers , . . 4 ounces. 

Camomile flowers 4 ounces. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

1079. Rosolis. 

Fresh lemon peel 10 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Angelica root 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 7 quarts. 

Color pale rose. 



1080. Eau des Prelats. 

Orange peel 1 pound. . 

Lemon peel 12 ounces. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Marjoram 3 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 2 ounces. 

Rosemary flowers 2 ounces. 

Vanilla % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Essence vanilla 4 ounces. 

Medoc wine 3 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Distilled water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 



1081. Eau des Favorites. 

Aniseed „ 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 8 ounces. 

Orange flowers 6 ounces. 

Juniper berries 6 ounces. 

Orange peel 3 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 3 ounces. 

Thyme 1 ounce. 

Penny royal 2 ounces. 

Mint 2 ounces. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Water 10 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

1082. Amer d'Angleterre. 

Lemon peel 10 ounces. 

Cumin 6 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Thyme *. 2 ounces. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Galanga 2 ounces. 

Cloves iy 2 ounce. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Water 18 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color brown. 

1083. Persicot. 

Bitter almonds 3 pounds. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cloves % ounce. 

Nutmegs % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color pale yellow. 

1084. Liqueur des Eveques. 

Orange peel 3% pounds. 

Cinnamon 10 ounces. 

Medoc wine 10 quarts. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 6 quarts. 

1085. Liqueur Limonade. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Nutmeg % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Oil of lemon 30 drops. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color pale yellow. 



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1086. Liqueur de Girofle. 

Cloves 12 ounces. 

Orris root 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cardamom % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Color pink. 



1087. Eau de Lisette. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Dates 1 pound. 

Raisins 8 ounces. 

Figs 8 ounces. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Water 14i£ quarts. 

A little gold leaf. Color red. 



1088. Eau des Princesses. 

Lavender flowers 1 pound. 

Lemon peel 5 ounces. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Camomile 2 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 30 drops. 

Oil of amber 30 drops. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 10 quarts. 

Water 13y 2 quarts. 

A little gold leaf. Color red. 



1089. Eau d' Amour. 

Lemon peel 20 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 4 ounces. 

Figs 16 ounces. 

Cinnamon 5 ounces. 

Lavender 4 ounces. 

Mace 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Muscat wine 4 quarts. 

Water 13% quarts. 

Color rose, and add a little gold leaf. 



1090. Liqueur de Punch. 

Two pounds lemon peel infused in a close 
vessel with 19 quarts boiling water several 
hours; when cold filter and add — 

Rum 10 quarts. 

Brandy 8 quarts. 

Lemon juice 1 quart. 

Sugar 29 pounds. 



1091. Liqueur de Cumin. 

Cumin 2 pounds. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Angelica root % ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

1093. Eau de Musetier. 

Lemon peel, dry 6 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 2 ounces. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 2 ounces. 

Cloves 12 ounces\ 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 5 quarts. 

Rose water 15 quarts. 

Color green. 

1093. Christophelet 

Figs 10 ounces. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Coriander 2 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Galanga 1 ounce. 

Saffron 4 ounces. 

Wine (Medoc) 8 quarts. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 7 quarts. 

1094. Eau Carminative. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Orange peel 6 ounces. 

Cumin 4 ounces. 

Juniper berries 3 ounces. 

Aniseed 3 ounces. 

Chamomile 3 ounces. 

Mint 2 ounces. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. .. . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

1095. Usquebaugh. 

Cinnamon 12 ounces. 

Lavender . <, 3 ounces. 

Cloves 2 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 2 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 13 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



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1098. Eau d'Or. 

Fresh lemon peel 1% pounds. 

Fresh orange peel 10 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Juniper berries 1% ounces. 

Nutmegs 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Flowers of rosemary 1 ounce. 

Cardamom y 2 ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

A small quantity of gold leaf. 



1007. Eau d'Argent. 

Flowers of the lily 12 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 8 ounces. 

Peppermint 2 ounces. 

Nutmegs 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Angelica root 1 ounce. 

Cloves % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

A small quantity of silver leaf. 



1098. Iiiqueur d'Oranges. 

Orange peel 4 pounds. 

Coriander seed x / 2 pound. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 19 quarts. 

Color deep yellow. 



1099. Eau des Abbes. 

Lemon peel V/ 2 pounds. 

Orange peel % pound. 

Aniseed y 2 pound. 

Juniper berries % pound. 

Sage 2 ounces. 

Peppermint 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color deep red. 



1100. Annisette. 

Aniseed 2% pounds. 

Lemon peel 12 ounces. 

Cumin 4 ounces. 

Orris root 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 18 quarts. 



1101. Parfait Amour. 

Lemon peel 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Orange flowers 4 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 2 ounces. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Cloves iy 2 ounces. 

Saffron iy 2 ounces. 

Cardamom j. . V/ 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1103. Eau Forcifere. 

Chamomile 8 ounces. 

Juniper berries. « 6 ounces. 

Orange peel 6 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Cardamom y 2 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 



1103. Eau de Vie de Danzick. 

Petals of roses 2 pounds. 

Orange flowers 8 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 8 ounces. 

Mastic 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 



FRENCH LIQUEURS. 



1104. Ratafia de Violette. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine 12 quarts. 

Water 9 quarts. 

Capillaire 3 quarts. 

Color violet. 



1105. Vespetro. 

Angelica seed 3 ounces. 

Coriander seed 2 ounces. 

Fennel seed % ounce. 

Aniseed y 2 ounce. 

Lemons sliced 6 ounces. 

Orange sliced 6 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 12 quarts. 

Water 9% quarts. 

Capillaire 3 pints. 



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1106. Ratafia de Benjoin. 

Benjoin in powder 4 ounces. 

Boiling water 7 quarts. 

Spirits of wine 4 quarts. 

Sugar V/ 2 pounds. 

1107. Liqueur des Muscades. 

Mace 3 ounces. 

Nutmegs 3 ounces. 

Orris root 3 ounces. 

Cinnamon. 3 ounces. 

Orange peel 2 ounces. 

Lemon peel 2 ounces. 

Rosemary leaves 2 ounces. 

Marjoram 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Fennel seed 1 ounce. 

Cardamom 4 ounces. 

Camomile 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

1108. Liqueur de Roniarin. 

Rosemary leaves V/ 2 pounds. 

Cinnamon 5 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

"Water 15 quarts. 

Color green. 



1109. Liqueur de Cumin. 

Cumin 2 pounds. 

Aniseed 3 ounces. 

Oil of cumin . . . . 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire S quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

1110. Liqueur de Cannelle. 

Cinnamon 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color red. 

1111. Persicot. 

Bitter almonds 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 14 quarts. 

1112. Eau de Manheim. 

Aniseed 12 ounces. 

Fennel seed 10 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 



Cloves 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p. . . . 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

Water 16 quarts. 

1113. Eau de Feichmeier. 

Juniper, berries 2 ounces. 

Chamomile V/ 2 ounces. 

Lemon peel 1% ounces. 

Orange peel 1% ounces. 

Aniseed V/o ounces. 

Fennel seed 1% ounces. 

Cumin W 2 ounces. 

Pimento 1% ounces. 

Cinnamon 1% ounces. 

Peppermint. 1% ounces. 

Marjoram . . . . = V/ 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Cherry juice 12 pounds. 

Water 5 pounds. 

Capillaire 15 pounds. 

1114. Eau de Capucins. 

Celery 10 ounces. 

Orange peel 8 ounces. 

Lemon peel 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Cumin 2 ounces. 

Nutmeg 2 ounces. 

Fennel 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

1115. Eau Celeste. 

Oil of cloves 50 drops. 

Oil of fennel 36 drops. 

Oil of cumin 36 drops. 

Oil of aniseed 15 drops. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Cinnamon water 3 quarts. 

Pure water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Color sky blue. 



1116. Elixir Stoniacliiqne. 

Orange peel 12 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Nutmegs % ounce. 

Saffron % ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Peppermint water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 3 quarts. 



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1117. Elixir Vital. 

Lemon peel 4 ounces. 

Orange peel 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Orris root 2y 2 ounces. 

Cardamom 1 ounce. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Musk 10 grains. 

Rose water 2 quarts. 

Water 10 quarts. 

Capillaire 3 quarts. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

1118. Huile de Venus. 

Carrot seed 8 ounces. 

Cumin 6 ounce*. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Mace 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 1 quart. 

Color green. 



1119. Eau de Scubac. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Ani seed 2 ounces. 

Juniper berries 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Angelica root iy 2 ounces. 

Saffron 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire •. 4 quarts. 

1130. Elixir Stomachique. 

Orange peel 2 ounces. 

Lemon peel 2 ounces. 

Galanga 1% ounces. 

Cardamom iy 2 ounces. 

Marjoram 1 ounce. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Rosemary leaves 6 drams. 

Angelica root 6 drams. 

Cloves 4 drams. 

Lavender flowers 4 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 3 quarts. 

1121. Creme des Barbades. 

Lemon peels 6 

Orange peels 6 

Cinnamon 6 drams. 



Cloves 6 drams. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1132. Marasquin de Zara. 

Raspberries, red 6 pounds. 

Cherries, with the kernels. 4 pounds. 

Orange flowers 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1133. Marasquin. 

Prunes with the kernels... 6 pounds. 

Raspberries 3% pounds. 

Cherry tree leaves 1 pound. 

Bitter almonds 10 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water. . . 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1134. Elixir des Anges. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Galanga 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1% ounces. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Orange peel 1 ounce. 

Lemon peel 1 ounce. 

Ginger 6 drams. 

Orris root 4 drams. 

Cardamom 4 drams. 

Rose water. 12 quarts. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 12 quarts. 

Capillaire 4 quarts. 

1125. Eau de Pologne. 

Raisins 6 ounces. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Fennel 1 ounce. 

Mint 1 ounce. 

Rosemary 1 ounce. 

Marjoram 1 ounce. 

Galanga 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine 18 quarts. 

Rose water 14 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

1126. Liqueur d'Orange. 

Orange- peel 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine 19 quarts. 

Orange flower water 4 quarts. 

Pure water 10 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Color green. 



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Ill 



1127. liqueur de Men the. 

Peppermint leaves 3 pounds. 

Aniseed 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o. p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Peppermint water 6 quarts. 

Pure water 8 quarts. 

1128. Liqueur d'Angelique. 

Lemon peel 16 ounces. 

Angelica 5 ounces. 

Orange peel 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

lAace 2 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 2 ounces. 

Cloves ^. . 1 ounce. 

Marjoram 1 ounce. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Rose water 16 quarts. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 2 quarts. 

Capillaire 8 quarts. 

1139. Creme de Cliocolat. 

Cocoa berries, ground 4 pounds. 

Cinnamon 6 ounces. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Vanilla 2 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 10 quarts. 

Water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1130. Creme de Roses. 

Rose leaves, dry 8 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 12 quarts. 

Oil of roses 20 drops. 

Water 8 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1131. Creme de Macaron. 

Bitter almonds 11 ounces. 

Cinnamon 6 drams. 

Cloves 6 drams. 

Cardamom 6 drams. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p .10 quarts. 

Rose water 2 quarts. 

Orange flower water 2 quarts. 

Pure water 4 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 

1132. Liqueur Stomachique. 

Orange.peel 6 ounces. 

Lemon peel 4 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Galanga IV* ounces. 

Cinnamon iy 2 ounces. 

Orris root 1% ounces. 

Sweet basil 1% ounces. 



Chamomile iy 2 ounces. 

Lavender flowers ' 1 ounce. 

Rosemary leaves 1 ounce. 

Vanilla 1% ounces. 

Nutmeg V/ 2 ounces. 

Mace iy 2 ounces. 

Cardamom iy 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

1133. Liqueur de Girofle. 

Cloves , 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color pink. 



1134. Liqueur de Roses. 

Petals of roses 5 pounds. 

Cinnamon 3 ounces. 

Fennel seed 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1135. Rosolis. 

Cinnamon 8 ounces. 

Cardamom 4 ounces. 

Nutmeg 4 ounces. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Rose water 15 quarts. 

Color rose. 

1136. Liqueur de Citron. 

Lemon peel 3 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, 60 o.p 19 quarts. 

Capillaire 7 quarts. 

Water 15 quarts. 

Color yellow. 

1137. Eau Vert Stomachique. 

Spirits of wine, proof 25 quarts. 

Coriander 2 ounces. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Angelica seed 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Saffron 2 drams. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Carrot seed y 2 ounce. 

Essence of bergamot 1 dram. 

Peel of oranges 8 

Sugar, 13 pounds dissolved 
in 4 quarts of water. 
Color green. 



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1138. Eau des Amis. 

Oil of citron 20 drops. 

Oil of bergamot 10 drops. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Sugar 12 pounds. 

Water 6 quarts. 

Figs 8 ounces. 

Raisins 8 ounces. 

Color pa!e yellow. 



1139. Eau de Vie d'Andaye. 

Orleans brandy 24 quarts. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Orris root 8 ounces. 

Sugar 12 pounds. 

Water 4 quarts. 

Color pale yellow. 



1140. Eau de la Cote. 

Spirits of wine, proof .... 6 quarts. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Dates 4 ounces. 

Figs 4 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 2 ounces. 

Nutmeg jounce. 

Peel of oranges 2 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

1141. Creme de Eramboises. 

Raspberries 2 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, proof 4 quarts. 

Water .. 2 quarts. 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

1142. Huile d'Anis. 

Oil of aniseed 10 drops. 

Spirits of wine, proof .... 2 quarts. 

Capillaire 5 quarts. 



1143. Huile de Roses. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Sugar 20 pounds. 

Rose water 5 quarts. 

Color rose. 



Eau des Chevaliers de la Legion 
1144. d'Honneur. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Orange peel 10 ounces. 

Lemon peel 6 ounces. 

Distilled water 2 quarts. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Oil of citron 8 drops. 

Color red. 



1145. Huile de Vanille. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Sugar 20 pounds. 

Tincture of vanilla 2 drams. 

Water 5 pounds. 



1146. Cremes des Barbades. 

Peels of oranges 6 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Cloves 1 dram. 

Coriander 1 ounce. 

Bitter almonds 1 ounces 

Nutmeg 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 15 quarts. 

Sugar J 15 pounds. 

Water 10 quarts. 

1147. Nectar des Dieux. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Honey 4 ounces. 

Coriander 2 ounces. 

Orange peel 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanilla % dram. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Benjoin 4 drams. 

Spirit of orange flowers... 3 ounces. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Color deep red. 



1148. Nectar de la Beaute. 

Peels of oranges 9 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Juniper berries 2 ounces. 

Angelica seed 1 ounce. 

Saffron 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 16 quarts. 

Sugar 9 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Rose water 1 quart. 

Color rose. 



1149. Elixir de Gams. 

Myrrh 2 drams. 

Aloes 2 drams. 

Cloves 3 drams. 

Nutmegs 3 drams. 

Saffron 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 5 drams. 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 



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1150. Nectar du General Foy. 

Spirits of wine, proof 1 quart. 

Rose water 2 quarts. 

Tincture of Tanilla % dram. 

Color rose. 



1151. Nectar des Grecs. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 parts. 

Peels of oranges 4 

Coffee, ground 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon. 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanilla 1 dram. 

Sugar 10 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color red. 



1152. Parfait Amour. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Orange peel 6 ounces. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Water 6 quarts. 

Sugar 10 pounds. 

Color rose. 



1153. Kosolis. 

Red roses 8 ounces. 

Orange flowers 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Cloves 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Water 3 quarts. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Extract of jessamine 2 ounces. 

Color red. 



1154. Larmes de Missolonghy. 

Bitter almonds 1 pound. 

Angelica seed 2 ounces. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Sugar 5% pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Orange flower water 1 quart. 

Essence of cinnamon 1 dram. 

Essence of bergamot 1 dram. 

Color rose. 



1155. Alkernies. 

Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Nutmeg 4 drams. 

Spirits of wine, proof 4 quarts. 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Rose Water 1 pint. 

Color red. 

8 



1156. Missilimakinac. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Water 3 quarts. 

Orange flower water 1 pint. 

Rose water 1 pint. 

Essence of jessamine y 2 ounce. 

Tincture of amber 10 drops. 

Sugar 7 pounds. 



1157. Amiable Vainqueur. 

Spirits of wine, proof 25 quarts. 

Essential oil of citron 1 ounce. 

Essential oil of neroli y 2 ounce. 

Essential oil of angelica. . y 2 ounce. 

Tincture of vanilla 1 dram. 

Sugar 12 pounds. 

Water 4 quarts. 



1158. Elixir Columbat. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Oil of citron 20 drops. 

Peels of oranges 12 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Saffron 1 dram. 

Angelica root 1 dram. 

Juniper berries 2 drams. 

Sugar 12 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Orange flower water ' 1 quart. 

Color rose. 



1159. Citronelle. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Peels of oranges 68 

Cloves 1 dram. 

Nutmeg 1 dram. 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Water. 2 quarts. 

Color yellow. 



1160. L.a Felicite. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Cardamoms % ounce. 

Angelica root, dry % ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Tops of sweet basil 2 drams. 

Peels of lemons 8 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Color rose. 



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1161. Plaisir des Danies. 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Bitter almonds 8 ounces. 

Angelica seed. , 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon y 2 ounce. 

Coriander y 2 ounce. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color violet. 



1163. Gaite Francaise. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Cloves Vi ounce. 

Cinnamon % ounce. 

Cardamom 1 pound. 

Peels of oranges 6 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Color rose. 



1163. Amour Sans Fin. 

Two lemons, minced fine. 
Two oranges, minced fine. 
Spirits of wine, proof. .... 3 quarts. 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Water 3 quarts. 

Rose water % pint. 

Color yellow or rose. 



1164. Ratafia de Cerises. 

Cherries with their stones 

well mashed 8 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, proof 3 quarts. 

After macerating 15 days, press out all the 
juice, and for every pint of the liquor add 
3 ounces sugar; by the same manner it may 
be made with gooseberries and strawberries. 



1165. Ratafia de Noyeau. 

Apricot kernels 4 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Sugar 2 pounds. 

Water 1 pint. 

1166. Ratafia des Quatre Graines. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Celery seed 2 ounces. 

Angelica seed 4 ounces. 

Coriander seed 4 ounces. 

Fennel seed 2 ounces. 

Sugar 8 pounds. 

Water 5 quarts. 

1167. Ratafia d'Anis et de Carvi. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Carraway seed 1 ounce. 

Coriander seed 1 ounce. 



Fennel seed 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Sugar 1 pound. 

Water l pint. 

1168. Ratafia des Cassis. 

Currant leaves 4 ounces. 

Ripe currants 6 pounds. 

Cloves y 2 dram. 

Cinnamon 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

1169. Ratafia d' Absinthe. 

Wormwood 4 pounds. 

Juniper berries 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Angelica root 4 drams. 

Spirits of wine, proof 17 quarts. 

Water 1 quart. 

Orange flower water 6 ounces. 

Sugar 2y 2 pounds. 

1170. Ratafia d'Angelique. 

Angelica seeds 2 ounces. 

Bitter almonds 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Sugar 3 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

1171. Ratafia d'Anis. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Sugar 1 pound. 

Water " 1 pint. 

1173. Ratafia de Celery. 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Celery seed 8 ounces. 

Coriander seed 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 dram. 

Sugar 3 pounds. 

Water. 2 quarts. 

1173. Ratafia dit Escubac. 

Saffron 2 ounces. 

Jujubes 4 ounces. 

Dates 3 ounces. 

Raisins 3 ounces. 

Aniseed 1 dram. 

Coriander seed 1 dram. 

Cinnamon 1 dram. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Spirits of wine, proof 8 quarts. 

Water 2 quarts. 



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1174. Guignolet d'Anges. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Cherries, with the stones.. 1 pound. 

Raspberries 1 pound. 

Gooseberries v . 1 pound. 

Red currants 1 pound. 

Oil of cinnamon 10 drops. 

Oil of cloves." 10 drops. 

Sugar 7 pounds. 

Water. 2 quarts. 

1175. China-China. 

Bitter almonds 1 pound. 

Angelica seed 2 ounces. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 9 quarts. 

Sugar 5 pounds. 

Distilled water 2 quarts. 

Orange flower water 8 ounces. 

Oil of cinnamon 10 drops. 

Color pale yellow. 

1176. Ea Talenreuse. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Water 4 quarts. 

Essence of roses 2 ounces. 

Essence of orange flowers. . 8 ounces. 

Essence of jessamine 3 ounces. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Color rose. 

1177. Coquette Flatteuse. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Peels of lemons 9 

Peels of oranges 5 

Tops of hyssop., dry 5 ounces. 

Musk roses 1 ounce. 

Sugar 8 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color .red. 

1178. Persicot. 

Bitter almonds 12 ounces. 

Cinnamon y 2 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color red. 

1179. Vespetro. 

Angelica seeds 4 drams. 

Carraway seeds 4 drams. 

Coriander seeds 4 drams. 

Fennel seeds 4 drams. 

Peels of oranges 2 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Water 3 pints. 

Color red. 



1180. Goutte Nationale. 

Spirits of wine, proof 4 quarts. 

Peels of oranges 6 

Coriander seed l ounce. 

Sassafras peas l ounce.' 

Cinnamon i dram.' 

Su ^ ar 3 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Color rose. 

1181. Suvenir d'un Brave. 

Spirits of wine, proof 15 quarts 

Cloves y 2 ounce.' 

Cinnamon % ounce# 

Bitter almonds 4 pounds. 

Peels of oranges 4 

Su » ar 8 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color rose. 



1182. Espoir des Grecs. 

Spirits of orange flowers. . . 4 ounces. 

Spirit of roses 5 ounces. 

Spirit of tuberose 2 ounces. 

Tincture vanilla 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Su g ar 8 pounds. 

Water 5 quarts. 

Color crimson. 

1183. Escubac. 

Saffron 1 ounce. 

Juniper berries 4 ounces. 

Dates 2 ounces. 

Raisins. 2 ounces. 

Jujubes 4 drams. 

Aniseed 1 dram. 

Coriander 1 dram. 

Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Cloves 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Capillaire 4 quarts. 

1184. Curacao. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Peels of oranges 46 

Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Sugar 7 pounds. 

Water 3 quarts. 

Color pale yellow. 



1185. Elixir de Genievre. 

Juniper berries. 2 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Sugar 3 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 



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1186. Rosolio de Turin. 

Raisins 8 ounces. 

Orange flowers 8 ounces. 

Jessamine flowers 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Color red. 

1187. Elixir Stomachique de Violette. 

Syrup of violets 8 ounces. 

Raspberry juice 6 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Sugar 4 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

1188. Elixir Barathier. 

Myrrh 1 ounce. 

Aloes 2 ounces. 

Saffron 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Orange peels 2 ounces. 

Sugar. 6 pounds. 

Water 3 quarts. 

Color pale yellow. 

1189. Baume Consolateur. 

Spirits of wine, proof 12 quarts. 

Mace 2 drams. 

Distilled water 4 quarts. 

Spirit of jessamine 1% ounces. 

Spirit of orange flowers. . . 1 ounce. 

Spirit of roses 1 ounce. 

Tincture vanilla % ounce. 

Sugar 10 pounds. 

Color violet. 

1190. Baume des Grecs. 

Angelica seed 2 ounces. 

Coriander seed 1 ounce. 

Fennel seed 2 drams. 

Aniseed 2 drams. 

Lemons, minced small .... 2 

Spirits of wine, proof 5 quarts. 

Sugar 2y 2 pounds. 

Water 1 quart. 

Color rose. 



1191. Eau des Pacificateurs de la Grece. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Orange flower water 1 pint. 

Water 1 quart. 

Sugar 3 pounds. 

Peels of oranges 6 

Color red. 



1193. Eau des Chevaliers de Saint Louis. 

Apricot kernels 1 pound. 

Bitter almonds 8 ounces. 

Cherry stone kernels 8 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Rose water. 12 ounces. 

Distilled water 5 quarts. 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Color red. 

1193. Huile de Jasmin. 

Spirits of wine, proof 10 quarts. 

Sugar 20 pounds. 

Oil of jessamine 1 dram. 

Water 5 quarts. 

1194. Huile des Jeunes Maries. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Fennel seed 2 ounces. 

Angelica seed 1 ounce. 

Cumin seed. 1 ounce. 

Carraway seed 1 ounce. 

Coriander 3 ounces. 

Spirits of wine, proof 6 quarts. 

Distilled water 3 quarts. 

Sugar 10 pounds. 

Color yellow. 

1195. Huile de Rhum. 

Jamaica rum, proof 10 quarts. 

Water 6 quarts. 

Sugar 20 pounds. 

1196. Eau de Noyeau de Phalsbourg. 

Spirits of wine, proof 15 quarts. 

Apricot kernels 20 ounces. 

Peach kernels 8 ounces. 

Prune kernels 8 ounces. 

Sugar iy 2 pounds. 

Distilled water 4 quarts. 

Orange flower water 1 quart. 

1197. Eau de Vie de Danzick. 

Spirits of wine, proof 18 quarts. 

Carraway seed 3 ounces. 

Celery seeds 3 ounces. 

Aniseed 4 ounces. 

Peels of oranges 2 

Sugar 12 pounds. 

Water 4 quarts. 

Add a small quantity of gold leaf, and color 
pale yellow. 



1198. Eau des Financiers. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Peels of oranges 6 

Sugar 6 pounds. 

Water 3 pints. 

Orange flower water % pint. 

Color pale yellow. 






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1199. £au Arcliiepiscopale. 

Orange peels 2 

Fresh bairn 1 ounce. 

Mace 1 dram. 

Spirits of wine, proof 2 quarts. 

Water 2 quarts. 

Spirit of jessamine 4 drams. 

Orange flower water 1 pint. 

Sugar V/ 2 pounds. 

Color violet. 



FORMULA OF THE NEW 
YORK HOSPITAL. 



FOR EXTERNAL USE. 

1200. Antiseptic Solutions. 

Sol. acid carbolic 1-20 water. 

Sol. acid carbolic 1-30 water. 

Sol. acid carbolic 1-40 water. 

Sol. acid boracic 1-30 water. 

Sol. thymol 1-1000. 

Distilled water is preferred; it will make 
clearer solution than ordinary water. 



1201. Carbolic Spray. 

Sodii bicarb 

Sodii biborat aa. 1 dram. 

Acidi carbolici 40 grains. 

Glycerinae 7 drams. 

Aquae ad S ounces. 

M. 



1202. White Wash. 

Potassii sulphuret., 

Zinci sulphat aa. 1 dram. 

Aquae 4 ounces. 

Dissolve each in two ounces water and mix. 

1203. Red Wash. 

Zinci sulphat 2 scruples. 

Spts. lavand. co 1 fl. dram. 

Aquae 1 pint. 

Cochineal coloring. ... q. s. 
M. 



1204. Ward Gargle. 

Tannin % dram. 

Sol. potass, chlorat. sat. 8 ounces. 
11 



1205. Muriate of Ammonia Wash. 

Ammonii chloridi y 2 ounce. 

Tinct. opii 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 2 pints. 



1206. Lead and Opium Wash. 

Liquor plumbi subacet. 3 drams. 

Aquae 1 pint. 

Tr. opii 4 drams. 

M. 

1207. Alkaline Tar Water. 

Picis liquidae 2 ounces. 

Potassae causticae. ... 1 ounce. 

Aquae 5 ounces. 

M. 

1208. Compound Tincture of Green Soap. 

Oil of cade, 
Green soap, 
Alcohol, equal parts. 
M. 

1209. Churchill's Tincture of Iodine. 

Iodinii 1 dram. 

Potassii iodidi 2 dram. 

Aquae destill 

Alcohol aa 2 fl. ounces. 



1210. Iodoform Cylinders. 

Iodoform 2% drams. 

Tragacanth 15 grains. 

Mucilag. acaciae q. s. 

Divide into 10 cylinders, iy 2 in. long. 

1211. Epilating Stick. 

Wax 3 ounces. 

Shellac 4 ounces. 

Rosin 6 ounces. 

Burgundy pitch 10 ounces. 

Damar 12 ounces. 

Melt together and roll into sticks of differ- 
ent diameters. 

1212. Parasiticide. 

Acidi carbol 10 grains. 

Ungt. hydrarg. nitrat. . 

Sulphur, precip aa. 1 dram. 

Ungt. simplicis 1 ounce. 

1213. Colorless Evaporating Lotion. 

Ammon. hydrochlor. . . 12 grains. 

Spts. vini rect 34 minims. 

Aquae 1 ounce. 

1214. Lotion of Calamine and Zinc Oxide. 

Pulv. calamin. prep., 

Zinci oxidi aa 1 dram. 

Glycerinae 2 drams. 

Aquae 4 ounces. 

1215. Stimulating Lotion. 

Arnicae tinct 20 minims. 

Spts. rosmarin 15 minims. 

Aq. dest 1 ounce. 



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OINTMENTS. 

1316. Carbolized Vaseline (Saturated). 

Vaselinae 20 ounces. 

Acid, carbolic, crystal. 1 ounce. 
Melt each separately and mix. 



Ointment of Chrysophanic Acid; 
1317. Concentrated. 

Acid, chrysophanic. . . 1 ounce. 

Ung. simplicis 4 ounces. 

Melt the ointment, and while hot add the 
acid, stirring till dissolved. 



1318. Brown Ointment. 

Pulv. acid, salicylic. .. 40 grains. 

Bals. peruvian l dram. 

Vaselinae 1 ounce. 



1319. Ointment of Salicylic Acid. 

Pulv. acid, salicylic. . . 1 dram. 
Vaselinae l ounce. 

1330. Ointment of Iodoform. 

Iodoform l dram. 

Vaselinae l ounce. 

Reduce the iodoform to powder and add to 
the vaseline; heat by water bath till dis- 
solved. 

/ 

1331. Ointment of Peruvian Balsam. 

Bals. peru 2 drams. 

Cerat. simpl i ounce. 

M. 

1333. Ousting Powder. 

Camphor i d ram# 

Talc. 

Zinc oxide, each 6 drams 

M. 



1333. Compound Oil ©f Cade Ointment. 

01. cadini f . i a ram# 

Ungt. zincj oxidi l ounce. 

1334. Compound Iodoform Ointment. 

Pulv. iodoform, 

Acidi tannici aa. 1 dram. 

Vaselinae l ounce. 

1335. Ointment of Tar and Oxide of Zinc. 

Ungt. picis 4 drams. 

Zinci oxidi 1 dram. 

Cerat. simpl iy 2 ounce. 



1336. Lead and Zinc Ointment. 

Plumbi acetat 10 grains. 

Zinci oxidi. 

Hydrarg. chlor. mitis. . 
Ungt. hydr. nitratis..aa. 20 grains. 

Adipis recentis, 

Olei palmae purine . .aa. % ounce. 



Ointment of Mercury and Iodide 

1337. of Potassium. 

Ungt. hydrarg., 
Ungt. iodin. co aa. 1 ounce. 

1338. Tannic Acid Ointment (Stronger) . 

Acidi tannici 1 dram. 

Ungt. simplic 1 ounce. 

1339. Eczema Drying Salve. 

Plumbi glycerat 1 dram. 

Ungt. zinci oxid 1 ounce. 



MIXTURES. 

Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Solu- 
1330. tion of Saccharated Lime. 

(75 per cent, emulsion.) 

01. morrhuae 6 ounces. 

01. anisi % dram. 

01. sassafras 10 drops. 

Liquor, calc. sacchar. .. 2 ounces. 
M. 
Not compatible with acids. 



1331. Chlorate of Potassa Mixture. 

Ammon. muriat., 

Potass, chlorat aa. 1 dram. 

Ext. glyeyrrh { . . % dram. 

Aquae cinnam ad 4 ounces. 

Dose, a tablespoonful. 



Mixture of Iodide of Potassium and 
1333. Hoffman's Anodyne. 

Potass, iodid 3 drams. 

Spts. ether, co 1 ounce. 

Syr. pruni virg 3 ounces. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. 



1333. Cough Mixture. 

Ether, sulph 3 drams. 

Tinct. hyoscyam., 
Syr. pruni virg., 

Syr. tolutan aa 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

Dose, two to four drams. 



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1234. Chloroform Cough Mixture. 


1241. 


Alkaline Mixture. 


A 


Morphiae acet 3 grains. 




Potass, acetat 2 drams. 




Tr. belladonnae 4 drams. 




Potass, et sodii tartrat. 1 ounce. 




Spts. chlorof ormi 6 drams. 




Syr. zingiberis If. ounce. 




Syr. senegae 1 ounce. 




Aquae 3 ounces. 




Syr. pruni virg ad 4 ounces. 


M. 




1235. Hydrocyanic Mixture. 


1242. 


Alkaline Mixture. 


B 


"Potassii cyanidi 2 grains. 




(Dr. Hawley.) 




Syrupi tolut., 




Potass, citrat V/ 2 ounces. 




Liq. morph. sulph. U. 




Syr. limonis, 




S. P aa 1 ounce. 




Aquae aa 3 ounces. 




Dose, a teaspoonful. 










1243. 






1236. Ward Cough Mixture. 

Fid. ext. pruni virg. . . 3 ounces. 
Sol. potassii cyanidi. . . 8 grains. 
Sol. morph. magendie.. y 2 ounce. 
Syr. simplicis 10 ounces. 


Aq 


(Dr. Kelly.) 

Tr. opii deod 2 f . dram 

Acidi nitrosi y 2 f . dram 

. camphorae ad 4 ounces. 




Aquae 18 ounces. 








Dose, a teaspoonful p. r. n. 










Mixture of Hydrargyrum and Iodide 






1244. 


of Potassium. 


A 


Mixture of Sulphate of Magnesia 
1237. and Iron. A 




Hydrarg. bichlor 1 grain. 

Potass, iodid 2 drams. 




Magnes. sulph 1 ounce. 




Tr. cardam, co 




Ferri sulph 16 grains. 

Acidi sulph. dil 2 f. drams. 


M. 


Tr. gentian aa 1 ounce. 

Dose, one dram. 




Syr. zingib If. ounce. 








Aquae 7 ounces. 








M. 


Mixture of Hydrargyrum and Iodide 






1245. 


of Potassium. 

Hydrarg. bichlor 1% grains. 


B 


Mixture of Sulphate of Magnesia 




Potass, iodid 3 drams. 




1238. and Iron. B 




Tr. cardamom, co 2 ounces. 




Magnes. sulph 1 ounce. 


M. 


Dose, one dram. 




Ferri sulph 1 dram. 








Acidi sulph. aromat. . . 2 drams. 








Tinct. gentian 1 ounce. 


Mixture of Hydrargyrum and Iodide 




Aquae 3 ounces. 


1246. 


of Potassium. 


C 


M. Teaspoonful after eating. 




Hydrarg. biniod y 2 grain. 

Potass, iodidi 1 dram. 

Syr. sarsap. co 1 ounce. 




Mixture of Sulphate of Magnesia 


M. 


Dose, one dram three times a day. 




1239. and Iron. C 








Ferri sulph 16 grains. 








Magnes. sulph 1 ounce. 


1247. 


Townsend's Mixture. 




Ac. sulph. arom % f . ounce. 




Hydrarg. biniod 1 grain. 




Aq. menthae pip. . . .ad 1 pint. 




Potass, iodidi 5 dram. 




M. 




Syr. aurant. cort 2 f . ounces. 

Tr. card, comp 2 f . drams. 

Aquae q. s ad 4 f . ounces. 




1240. Mixture of Iron and Cinchona. 








Ferri et ammon. citra- 








tis 1 dram. 


1248. 


Mendelson's Tonic. 




Tinct. nucis vom 2 drams. 




Acidi arseniosi 1/5 grain. 




Tinct. cinchon. co 4 ounces. 




Ferri et quin. cit 80 grains. 




M. Dose, a teaspoonful. 




Tr. cinch, comp ad 2 f. ounces 





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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



1849. Kelly's Tonic. 

Tr. nucis vomicae 2 f. drams. 

Acid, nitromuriat. dil.. 3 f. drams. 

Tr. cinch, co 1% f. ounces. 

Tr. gent, co ad 3 f. ounces. 

Dose, two drams in water, three times i 
day. 



1250. Knapp's Tonic. 

Pulv. cubeb 3 drams. 

Tr. cinch, co 4 f . ounces. 

1251. Hamilton's Tonic. 

Strychniae sulph. . 8 grains. 

Cinchonidiae sulph 1 ounce. 

Tr. f erri chlor 6 ounces. 

Syr. zingiberis, 

Acid, phosphoric dil.aa. 16 ounces. 
Dose, one teaspoonful three times a day. 



1252. Effervescing Mixture. 

(Dr. Draper.) 
R. Acidi citrici, 

Ferri et quiniae cit. .aa. 4 drams. 
Aquae. 

Syr. limonis aa. 2 f. ounces. 

M. 

1253. 

R. Potass, bicarb 4 drams. 

Aquae ad 4 ounces. 

M. One fluid dram of each in two drams 
of water, to be mixed at the time of taking. 



1254. Mixture of Rhubarb and Soda. 

R. Pulv. rhei 14 grains. 

Sodii bicarb V/ 2 drams. 

Aq. menth. pip ad 2 f. ounces. 



1255. Koclielle Salt Mixture. 

Sodii et potass, tart. . . 960 grains. 
Ferri et potass, tart. . 320 grains. 
Aquae menth. pip. ... 4 fl. ounces. 
Aquae q. s ad 1 pint. 



1256. Mixture of Squill, Compound. 
(Dr. Kelly.) 

Ammon. chlor 2 drams. 

Potass, chlorat 1 dram. 

Syr. scillae co % fl. ounce. 

Syr. tolut 6 fl. drams. 

Liq. ammon. acet. ad 3 fl. ounces. 



1257. Mixture of Quinia, Compound. 

Quiniae sulph 2 drams. 

Acid, sulph. ar 4 fl. drams. 

Tinct. cinch, co. ad 3 fl. ounces. 



1258. Carminative Mixture. 

(Dr. Kelly.) 

Tr. opii 20 drops. 

01. anisi, 

01. caryophyl 

01. gaulth aa 2 drops. 

Tr. asafoetidae 1 fl. dram. 

Magnes. carbon 1 dram. 

Aquae menthae pip. ad 3 fl. ounces. 



1259. Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 

(Mistura Antiarthritica.) 

Potassii iodidi 5 drams. 

Vini colchici. sem 1 ounce. 

Tr. cimicifugae rac. . . 2 ounces. 

Tr. stramon % ounce. 

Tr. opii camp 1% ounces. 

M. 
Dose: One dram three times a day. 



1260. L.a Fayette Mixture. 

Bals. copaivae 

Spts. ether, nit 

Spts. lavand. co. . . aa 4 ounces. 

Liquor potassae 4 drams. 

Mucilag. acac ad 2 pints. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Syrup of Hypophosphites, 
1261. Compound, 

Calcii hypophos., 

Sodii hypophos. aa 2 grains. 

Potassii hypophos 

Ferri hypophos aa 1 grain . 

Acidi hypophos. solut. q. s. 

Glycerinae 

Aquae aa q. s. ad 1 dram. 

M. 



1262. Bitter Wine of Iron. 

Ferri et quiniae cit. . . 64 grains. 

Tr. aurant. amar 2 fl. drams. 

Elix. simplicis 1 A. ounce. 

Vini xerici 2 fl ounces. 

Aquae q. s. ad 4 fl. ounces. 

M. 



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1363. Errhine Powder. 

(Dr. B. Robinson.) 

Pulv. cubebae Vi ounce. 

Sodae bicarb 2 drams. 

Acidi salicylic 10 grains. 

Sacch. albi 2 drams. 

Misce. fiat pulvis. 



126-4 Fosciculus Senme Comp. 

Fol. sennae 

Quassiae aa 2 drams. 

Potass, bitart 1 ounce. 

Semin. anisi % ounce. 

If. 



1265. Suppositories of Ergot. 

Ext. ergot, aquos. (Squibb) 2 scruples. 

01. tbeobromae 1 dram. 

11 
Div. in supposit. No. 12. 



of 



Concentrated Solution of Acetate 
1266. Ammonia. 

Acid, acetic 2 ounces. 

Aquae fervent 2 ounces. 

Ammonii carbonat. ... q. s. 
Ft. sol. neutral. Evaporate to two ounces. 
This keeps well. 



1267. Solution of Acetate of Ammonia. 

Liq. ammon. acet. cone. 1 ounce. 
Aquae acidi carbonici . 15 ounces. 
M. 

HYPODERMIC SOLUTIONS. 



1268. Carbolized Distilled "Water. 

Acidi carbolici 1 part. 

Aquae destillatae 999 parts. 



Ext. Ergot Solution. 

ergot (Squibb's) . 1 part. 
> parts. 



1269. 

Ext 

Aquae destil. carbol 



1370. Magendie's Sol. Morphia. 

Morphiae sulph 80 grains. 

Aquae destil. carbol. . 5 fl. ounces. 
M. and filter . 



1271. Eente's Solution of Quinia. 

Sulph. quiniae 80 grains. 

Acid, sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae ad 1 fl. ounce. 

Heat to boiling and add 
Acid, carbolic 5 grains. 



1272. Sol. Pilocarpia Muriate. 

Filocarpiae mur 1 grains. 

Aquae dest. carbol. ... 50 minims. 
Dose: Ten minims. 



1273. Sol. Apomorphia Muriate. 

Apomorphiae muriat. cryst. 1 grain. 

Aquae dest 80 minims. 

Dose: Ten minims for emetic. 
To be prepared only at the time it is 
wanted. 



POWDERS. 

The following powders are sent to the wards 
and dispensed in bulk, and measured out to 
the patient in a small measure equal to about 
20 grains. 



1374. Pulvis S. I. C. 

Sodii bicarb 600 parts. 

Ipecac 1 part. 

Cubebae 300 parts. 

M. 

Dose: One measure. 



1375. Pulvis P. B. S. 

Pepsinae 

Bismuth, subnitr 

Sodii bicarb aa 100 parts. 

Dose: One measure. 



1376. Pulvis B. I. C. S. 

Bismuth, subnitr 200 parts. 

Ipecac 3}i parts. 

Cubebae 200 parts. 

Sodii bicarb 100 parts. 

M. 
Dose: One measure. 



PILLS. 



1377. Triplex Pills. 

Hydrarg. mass 

Pulv. aloes aa 2 grains. 

Pulv. scammon. res. . . 1 grain. 
M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1378. Eaxative Pills. 

Podophyll. res 1/3 grain. 

Ext. bellad Yi grain. 

Ext. nnc. vom 1 3 grain. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



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1379. Compound Podophyllin Fills. 

Res. podophyll % grain. 

Ext. nuc. vom 1/3 grain. 

Aloes purif 1 grain. 

01. anisi 1/6 drop. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1380. Rhubarb and Soda Pills. 
Rhei. pulv 

Sodii bicarb aa 1% grains. 

Ipecac 1/10 grain. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1281. Carmalt's Pills. 

Res. podopbylli % grain. 

Ext. nuc. vom 

Aloes purif aa 1/6 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyami % grain. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1383. Fothergill's Pills. 

Morph. mur 1/6 grain. 

Atropiae sulph 1/60 grain. 

Pulv. capsici % grain. 

Pil. aloes et myrrhae . V/ 2 grains. 
M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1383. Clark's Pills. 

Quiniae sulph 3 1/3 grains. 

Pulv. capsici 1 grain. 

Pulv. opii 1/3 grain. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 

1384. . Pills of Lead and Opium. 

Plumbi acet 2 grains. 

Pulv. opii 1 grain. 

M. 

Ft. pil. No. 1. 

1385. Diuretic Pills. 

Pulv. scillae 

Pulv. digitalis 

Massae hydrarg aa 2 grains. 

M. 
Ft. pil. No. 1. 

1386. Blaud's Pills. 
Ferri sulph 

Potass, carb aa 2y 2 grains. 

M. 

Ft. pil. No. 1. 



1387. 



Pills of Aloes and Iron. 



Ferri sulph. exsic % dram. 

Pulv. aloes purif 1 scruple. 

Pulv. aromat 1 dram. 

Conf. rosae 1 scruple. 

M. 
Fiant pil. No. 40. 



1388. Antiperiodic Pills. 

Quin. sulph 1 dram. 

Pulv. capsici 15 grains. 

Pulv. zingib 30 grains. 

M. 
Div. in pil. No. 30. 



Pills of Hydrarg., Colocynth, and 

1389. Ipecac. 

Ext. colocynth. co 

Mass. hydrarg aa 10 grains. 

Pulv. ipecac 2 grains. 

M. 
Div. in pil. No. 4. 

1390. Pills of Nux Vomica, Compound. 

Ext. nucis vomicae . . 24 grains. 

Pulv. rhei 

Pulv. aloes : aa 36 grains. 

Podophylli resinae ... 8 grains. 
M. 



Ft. massa div. in pil. No. 48. 



On the Preparation of Hydrobromic and 
1391. Hydriodic Acids.* 

By J. H. Kastle and J. H. Bullock. 

It is doubtful if any of the methods pro- 
posed for the preparation of these two acids 
have ever come into general use. That such 
is the case is shown by the fact that the 
whole treatment of the chemistry of these 
two acids is quite brief in even the better 
text-books and treatises on chemistry. And 
yet it is just by the aid of these compounds 
that the greatest knowledge can be gained 
concerning the chemistry of the halogen 
family, and it is through the study of these 
hydrogen compounds that we can make the 
most satisfactory comparison of chlorine, 
bromine and iodine. If, for example, it can 
actually be shown the student, in the case of 
hydrochloric and hydriodic acids, that both 
of these substances are heavy, colorless 
gases, which fume in the air, have powerful 
acid odors and dissolve in water with great 
readiness, forming strongly acid solutions, 
one of which remains unaltered under ordi- 
nary conditions — the other changing; and, 
further, that one of these compounds cannot 



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123 



be decomposed *by heat alone, whereas the 
other can with the greatest ease; that one is 
readily attacked by oxidizing agents, the 
other not — if these phenomena can actually be 
brought before the student, it is more than 
likely that he will have some clear concep- 
tions as to the real resemblances and differ- 
ences existing between chlorine and iodine. 
On the other hand, if he is shown a great deal 
about hydrochloric acid and little or nothing 
about the corresponding iodine compound, as 
is usually the case, he will probably quit the 
subject with no clear conceptions as to the 
nature of the latter compound, and in some 
instances he may even be troubled with 
doubts as to its existence. And, further, if 
attractive and brilliant experiments are possi- 
ble at all they are possible with just such un- 
stable compounds as these. 

Realizing the importance of having the un- 
stable halogen acids at their disposal, chem- 
ists have made quite a number of attempts 
to devise satisfactory methods for their pre- 
paration. Of the many methods which have 
been proposed for the preparation of hydro- 
bromic acid two are certainly worthy of no- 
tice as yielding good results. One of these, 
described by Erdmann, consists in bringing 
bromine slowly into benzene containing a 
little ferrous bromide, and purifying the re- 
sulting hydrobromic acid gas by passing it 
through a tube containing ferric bromide and 
finally through one containing anthracene. 
The other method, that of Champion and 
Pellet, consists in leading bromine into paraf- 
fin heated to 185° C. 

It is believed, however, that the method 
herein proposed for making hydrobromic acid 
is simpler and better than either of the above, 
for these reasons: First, the materials used 
are easy to obtain; second, no brominating 
agent is necessary, and third, the formation 
of the hydrobromic acid gas proceeds regu- 
larly, smoothly and rapidly without the aid 
of heat, and with little or no attention after 
the flow of bromine has once been regulated. 

Of the methods proposed for the preparation 
of hydriodic acid, that involving the use of 
red phosphorus, iodine and water seems to 
have come into most general use. The objec- 
tion to this method is that, unless great pre- 
cautions are taken in the beginning, explo- 
sions are liable to occur. Hence, it is be- 
lieved that the method here recommended for 
the preparation of this acid has advantages 
over the old method involving the use of red 
phosphorus, for the reason that no precau- 
tions whatever need be taken in preparing 
the acid rapidly by the process here de- 
scribed. 



1293. Preparation of Hydrobromic Acid. 

The method here proposed for the prepara- 
tion of this acid takes advantage of the re- 
action between bromine and naphthalene. 
Any one who has ever had occasion to bring 
these two substances together has doubtless 
remarked the great ease with which they 
react upon each other. When brought to- 
gether even at ordinary temperatures tor- 
rents of hydrobromic acid are evolved. 
Therefore it occurred to one of us (Kastle) 
that this reaction might be employed in the 
preparation of hydrobromic acid. Such, in- 
deed, has proven to be the case, the mode of 
procedure being as follows: About 15 to 20 
grams of naphthalene are dissolved in a small 
quantity of orthoxylene and the solution 
placed in a Florence flask of one-half to one 
.liter capacity. The flask is connected, by 
means of a bent glass tube, with a double- 
neck Woulff' s bottle, which is partially filled 
with a solution of concentrated hydrobromic 
acid,* holding a small quantity of red phos- 
phorus in suspension, and in turn is con- 
nected with a U-tube containing red phos- 
phorus and one or more drying tubes partly 
filled with phosphorus pentoxide. Attached 
to the farther end of the drying tubes is a 
tube for the delivery of the dry hydrobromic 
acid gas. The bromine is introduced into the 
solution of naphthalene in the flask by means 
of a tap-funnel, the end of which dips be- 
neath the surface of the liquid. On allowing 
the bromine to flow slowly into the solution 
of the naphthalene action takes place at once 
and hydrobromic acid is rapidly evolved. 
By passing the gas through the concentrated 
aqueous hydrobromic acid containing red 
phosphorus in suspension it is deprived of 
any free bromine that may pass over along 
with it (which, by the way, is never present 
in any considerable quantity), so that, after 
passing through the U-tube containing dry 
red phosphorus and the drying tubes, it is 
obtained as a perfectly colorless gas. With 
this simple apparatus, and working with the 
quantities given in the above, the acid can 
be prepared quite as rapidly as hydrochloric 
acid can be prepared from sulphuric acid and 
salt, and with no more trouble or attention 
for the reason that, if the flow of bromine 
into the solution of the naphthalene be once 
properly regulated, the formation of the acid 
proceeds regularly and automatically. In 
order to obviate the use of xylene, which is 



♦The object in using a concentrated solu- 
tion of hydrobromic acid is that this solution 
allows all of the hydrobromic acid gas to 
pass through, and, at the same time, dis- 
solves and retains any free bromine better 
than water, thereby giving the red phos- 
phorus a chance to combine with it. 



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not always easily obtained, some experiments 
were tried in which kerosene boiling above 
150° C. was used as a solvent for the naph- 
thalene. It was found to work just as satis- 
factorily as the purest orthoxylene. And, 
lastly, to put the method entirely within the 
reach of all lecturers upon chemistry, some 
experiments were tried with moth balls,* 
which were found to consist almost, if not 
entirely, of naphthalene, in the place of the 
pure naphthalene. This preparation, viz., 
the moth balls, was found to serve the pur- 
pose quite as well as the purest naphthalene, 
as will be seen from the following results :f 

I. — 50 grams of bromine, with 15 grams of 
naphthalene, dissolved in 50 cc. of orthoxy- 
lene, gave 21 grams of hydrobromic acid. 
Theory=26 grams of HBr. 

II. — 90 grams of bromine, with 15 grams of 
naphthalene, dissolved in 50 cc. xylene, gave 
33 grams of hydrobromic acid. Theory=46 
grams. 

III. — 105 grams of bromine, with 12.8 grams 
of naphthalene, dissolved in 20 grams of 
xylene, gave 40.5 grams of hydrobromic acid. 
Theory =53.5 grams HBr. 

IV. — 95 grams of bromine, with 12 grams of 
naphthalene (in form of moth balls) dissolved 
in a small quantity of kerosene, gave 47.5 
grams of hydrobromic acid. Theory=48.5 
grams HBr. 

V.J — 95 grams of bromine, with 12 grams 
of naphthalene (in form of moth balls) dis- 
solved in a small quantity of kerosene, gave 
60.5 grams of hydrobromic acid. Theory = 
48.5 grams of HBr. 

In all there was obtained 202.5 grams of 
hydrobromic acid, the theory being 222.5 
grams for the quantity of bromine used, a 
loss of only 9.1 per cent. 

In addition to these experiments, which 
were conducted with the view of finding out 
the quantity of hydrobromic acid set free, the 
method has been tried upon the lecture table 
with entire success. The gas was collected, 
handled and experimented- with with the 
greatest ease. The method is certainly to be 
recommended for lecture work and for the 
preparation of large quantities of the acid. 



1393. Preparation of Hydriodic Acid. 

The method here proposed for the prepara- 
tion of this acid depends upon a reaction first 
observed by Etard and Moissan, viz., that 
when iodine and common resin (colophony) 
are heated together hydriodic acid is evolved. 
Not having access to the original papers of 
Etard and Moissan upon this subject, we are 
unable to judge from the abstract whether it 
was ever proposed to utilize the reaction in 
the preparation of the acid, or whether it was 
simply their object to call attention to it 
as being one of the reactions of which iodine 
is capable. Be this as it may, it is certain 
that this simple mode of preparation of hy- 
driodic acid has escaped the notice of Amer- 
ican chemists; at least it has never come into 
general use; and hence it cannot be amiss 
to call attention to it with such modifications 
as have been found advantageous. 

When a mixture of iodine and common 
resin, in about equal parts by bulk, is heated, 
hydriodic acid, together with small quantities 
of iodine, are evolved. The mixture foams 
considerably, however, and a black, disagree- 
ble liquid distills over. To obviate this and to 
render the hydriodic acid as pure as possible 
the following method was tried successfully: 

Ten grams of finely divided iodine are 
mixed with an equal bulk of finely powdered 
resin and this mixture is then intimately 
mixed with a little more than an equal bulk 
of white sand. The mixture of iodine, resin 
and sand is then placed in a small glass 
retort, the neck of which, accurately fitted 
with a cork, is connected with one of the 
necks of a double-neck Woulff's bottle, and 
extends for some distance into the Woulff's 
bottle. The other neck of the Woulff's bottle 
is connected with a U-tube containing red 
phosphorus. This U-tube in turn is connected 
with a calcium chloride cylinder, which is 
filled with alternate layers of glass-wool and 
phosphorus pentoxide, the calcium chloride 
cylinder being connected with a tube for the 
delivery of the gas. 

On gently heating the retort containing the 
mixture of iodine, resin and sand hydriodic 
acid gas is freely evolved, together with small 
quantities of iodine and the brownish liquid 
to which reference has already been made. 



*As the name indicates, these moth balls 
are used for protecting clothing against moth. 
The preparations sold under that name in this 
part of the country has been found to con- 
sist almost, if not entirely, of naphthalene, 
and may be obtained at any drug store for 5 
or 10 cents a pound. 

tin the quantitative experiments the mix- 
ture of naphthalene and bromine was gently 
warmed toward the end of the reaction, iu 
order to drive off any small quantities of 



hydrobromic acid which might remain dis- 
solved in the bromnaphthalene. 

{That more than the theoretical quantity 
of hydrobromic acid was obtained in this ex- 
periment is accounted for by the fact that, 
during the operation, the wash bottle con- 
taining the concentrated hydrobromic acid 
got quite hot, so that hydrobromic acid dis- 
tilled over into the vessel in which the acid 
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Both of the latter are condensed in the 
YVou'lff's bottle, and if any iodine escapes con- 
densation at this point it is held back by the 
red phosphorus in the U-tube through which 
the gases next pass. On passing through the 
cylinder containing the phosphorus pentoxide 
the hydriodic acid is dried completely, so that 
it may be collected in cylinders by displace- 
ment of air as a perfectly colorless gas. 
Without special precaution 5.4 grams of hy- 
driodic acid were made from 10 grams of 
iodine by this method. 

It should be said, further, that the method 
is a rapid one and in every way adapted to 
work on the lecture table. The apparatus 
once set up and the mixture put in the retort, 
one can easily collect, in a few minutes, a 
sufficient quantity of the dry gas to illustrate 
its remarkable and beautiful properties. For 
example, the apparatus having been set up, 
the gas was prepared and collected in quanti- 
ties sufficient for the following experiments, 
and the experiments themselves performed all 
in about a quarter of an hour: 

1. — Introduction of lighted taper into the 
gas. 

2. — Action of dry chlorine on gaseous hy- 
driodic acid to show formation, first of iodine 
and then of iodine trichloride. 

3. — Decomposition of the gas into its ele- 
ments by passing it through a heated tube. 

4 — Oxidation of the gas by fumes of nitric 
acid. 

5. — Absorption of the gas by water, and pre- 
parations of aqueous hydriodic acid. 

In view of these results there can be no 
doubt as to the efficiency of this method of 
preparing hydriodic acid. 

In conclusion it may be said that both of 
the methods above described for these two 
acids are highly satisfactory. The materials 
used are such as are easily accessible to all. 
There are no explosions attending the forma- 
tion of these acids, nor is there any trouble- 
some phosphonium bromide or iodide pro- 
duced to clog up the apparatus, as is the case 
with the methods involving the use of phos- 
phorus. The methods are rapid and practi- 
cally free from the objections which may be 
urged against the other methods which have 
previously been proposed for the preparation 
of these two acids. 



How to Calculate Equivalent 
1294. Weights. 

(From the Druggists Circular.) 

The atom of hydrogen is the unit of the 
atomic system of weights; when we say that 
the atomic weight of oxygen is 16, we mean 
that its atom or smallest conceivable particle 



weighs sixteen times as much as the equal 
sized atom of hydrogen. But as we cannot 
fix a precise size for the atoms, we cannot 
state their absolute weight; we cannot reckon 
them in grains or fractions of grains. But 
this causes no difficulty in arriving at prac- 
tical results. The proportions of all the 
atoms which go to form a given molecule re- 
maining constant, the theoretical unit of 
weight may be translated into any practical 
unit desired. If we consider the hydrogen 
atom to weigh 1 grain, the oxygen atom will 
weigh 16 grains, and consequently the mole- 
cule of water containing two hydrogen atoms 
and one oxygen will weigh 18 grains. Grams 
may, of course, be substituted for grains with 
the same results, and so may any other unit 
from ounce to ton. The officinal phosphate 
of sodium, the proportion of phosphorus in 
which forms the subject of one of our cor- 
respondent's questions, consists of a molecule 
weighing 358; that is, its weight is 358 times 
that of an atom of hydrogen. Th^s molecule 
contains one atom of phosphorus, the weight 
of which is 31. Now, if we translate our 
weights into grams, we can make the definite 
statement that 35S grams of sodium phos- 
phate contain 31 grams of phosphorus. This 
being established, we can easily calculate by 
simple proportion (or "rule of three") the 
amount of phosphorus in any given quantity 
of the phosphate. If, for instance, we wish 
to know the amount of phosphorus in 800 
grams we would state it thus: As 35S (the 
weight of the molecule) is to 31 (the weight 
of the phosphorus atom), so is 800 to the fig- 
ures sought: 

358 : 31 :: 800 : 69.273. 
The gram being taken as the unit the answer 
is, of course, in grams. 

Our correspondent's second question, al- 
though apparently different, amounts to ex- 
actly the same thing. To ascertain the quan- 
tity of a given element or compound required 
to form a certain weight of a new compound 
into which it is to enter, the problem must be 
stated in the same way, only being careful 
to note whether in the case of complex re- 
actions any portion of the original atoms 
escape as gases or otherwise. 



Granular Effervescing Prepara- 
1295. tions. (Ch. & l>r.) 

The demand for granular effervescent pre- 
parations by prescription is largely on the in- 
crease. "We may have a demand for 2 grains 
to dram hydrobromate of caffeine one hour, 
and later 5 grains, or possibly a combination 
with bromide of sodium. Consequently, we 
must be prepared at short notice to dispense, 
if possible, variously medicated effervescent 



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granules. In making them citric acid is a 
necessary constituent, the water of crystal- 
lization being required to give a coherent 
mass that can be granulated by pressing 
through a sieve. As the medication varies so 
must the relative amount of citric and tar- 
taric acids to suit the medicament; thus a 
hydrous or deliquescent substance requires 
less of the former and more of the latter. 
The IT. S. P. uses alcohol for damping the in- 
.gredients of a caffeine preparation and omits 
citric acid. The heat applied should not ex- 
ceed 100° C, otherwise the granules are col- 
ored and carbonic acid is driven off. But a 
strong heat obviates the use of the B. P. pro- 
portion of citric acid, and examination of 
trade-samples shows that this fact is known 
and acted upon by manufacturers. 

As to neutrality, theoretically and practi- 
cally the granules are generally slightly acid. 
In some cases it is necessary to make an ex- 
actly neutral granule if the therapeutic action 
is to be maintained. For example, piperazine 
only acts in alkaline solution, and it requires 
care to compound, as it must not be allowed to 
combine with the acid; so the proper way of 
making it is to thoroughly mix the piperazine 
with the bicarbonate, and any pre-decomposi- 
tion in the granule takes place between the 
acids and the soda, for which they have 
greater affinity. Pharmaceutically, the order 
of mixing has also a great deal to do with the 
product. Piperazine is invariably granulated 
without heat at all, the formula being ad- 
justed to yield a coherent mass when simply 
mixed in the proper order. 

The effervescent citro-tartrate of sodium af- 
fords a basis suitable generally for medica- 
tion where the quantity of medicament is 
small — such as citrate of caffeine 2 grains to 
1 dram; antipyrin 5 grains; iron carbonate 5 
grains; iron and arsenic, iron and quinine, 
and so on. Another type is the sulphate and 
phosphate of sodium, and the sulphate of 
magnesium granules where the medicament 
forms 50 per cent, although ultimately, when 
dried, actually about 25 per cent of the two 
former and 40 per cent of latter. These are 
naturally much less effervescent than the 
former type, although the sugar is entirely 
left out of sodium salt preparations for this 
and physiological reasons. In the magnesium 
preparation the granule is overburdened with 
medicament and sugar, leaving only 50 per 
cent of available effervescing material. 

There is a demand for granules medicated 
with insoluble substances, such as euonymin, 
phenacetin, sulphonal, salicin, quinine salicy- 
late, and bismuth salts. These are neither 
elegant nor palatable, and in all cases should 
be pointed out to prescribers as unsuitable 
modes of exhibition, excepting, perhaps, the 



bismuth salts, where the nascent carbonic 
acid would increase the effect. Liquids, the 
active principles of which are not dissipated 
on heating, may be mixed with the sugar or 
the bicarbonate, and dried before incorpora- 
tion with the acids. Such potent remedies as 
strychnine and arsenic can only be diffused 
evenly by adding them in solution to the 
sugar or bicarbonate, and drying at a low 
temperature before mixing with acids. In 
addition to two pharmacopoeial granules 
without sugar, there are others of that nature 
in frequent demand, sugar being contra-indi- 
cated. Such prepartions are not so uniform 
unless sifted and made with a fine sieve, be- 
cause the binding power of the sugar is 
absent, but they give a brisker effervescence. 
As to the size of granules, the author uses 
No. 12 and No. 6 sieves, and finds the former 
most suitable for granlues with a large per- 
centage of medicament or sugar. The small 
granules produced by it are more quickly de- 
composed in water, but more prone to caking 
in the bottle unless dried until pulverulent. 
It is a mistake to sacrifice to uniformity or 
size either the effervescence or color of the 
granules. Consequently, for all practical pur- 
poses, and so that they may keep under varied 
conditions, a No. 6 or No. 9 is the most suit- 
able sieve. 



1296. Granular Effervescents. 

Referring to the B. P. method, as exhibited 
in sodii phos. eff., the author said that the 
heat of a water-bath is best. The granula- 
tion may be done admirably with a fork hav- 
ing three or four prongs "so bent as to be 
from 3/16 inch to % inch apart. In effer- 
vescent salts there are two essentials — base 
and active principle. After many experi- 
ments the author had found the following the 
best base: 

Bicarbonate of soda 17 parts. 

Citric acid 6 parts. 

Tartaric acid 6 parts. 

White sugar 9 parts. 

The finished preparation is slightly acid, 
which is an advantage. The active ingre- 
dient is mixed with the base in the proportion 
required. The method of granulation which 
Mr. Clarke favored is as follows: 

Place an enamelled basin with an oval bot- 
tom over a water-bath, and when quite hot 
and dry add, say, % pound of the ready-mixed 
powder. Allow to remain about a quarter of 
a minute (longer or shorter, according to 
temperature), when the powder begins to 
"cake." Now take the fork, and so manipu- 
late it as to make the whole of the salt pass 
through its prongs. Remove from the source 
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minishing the pressure until the granules be- 
come cold and brittle. The size of the gran- 
ules depends greatly upon the rate of tritura- 
tion, therefore too much energy is to be 
avoided. 

The drying, he explained, is best done by the 
sun. The mixture loses 1/19 of its weight by 
granulation. 



1297. Caffeine Citrate Effervescens. 

Citrated caffeine 4 parts. 

Bicarbonate of sodium .... 46 parts. 

Tartaric acid 24 parts. 

Citric acid 16 parts. 

Refined sugar 10 parts. 

100 parts. 
All in powder. 

This preparation contains rather over 4 per 
cent of citrated caffeine. The dose is 1 dram. 



1298. 

Mag. cit. gran, the quantity of magnesium 
sulphate should not exceed % ounce to the 
pound. The following is a good formula: 

Bicarbonate of soda 17 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 13 ounces. 

Citric acid 2 ounces. 

Sulph. of magnesium (dried) 1 ounce. 

Sugar iy 2 pounds. 

1299. 

Granular citrate of magnesia is prepared on 
the large scale by heating the ingredients in 
shallow steam-pans, and passing the pasty 
mass through sieves with large meshes. 
Citric and tartaric acids must be used. 



1300. Lemon Kali. 

Pulv. sacch. alb 2 pounds. 

Pulv. acid, tart 1 pound. 

Sodae bicarb 1 pound. 

01. limonis 2 drams. 

Mix and sift twice. 

1301. Summer Saline. 

Sodae bicarb 2 ounces. 

Ac. tartarici 1% ounces. 

Pot. acid, tart 1% ounces. 

Sodae sulph. exsic 1 ounce. 

Sacch. alb 6 ounces. 

Mix, and pass through a fine sieve. 



1302. Cheltenham Salts. 

Glauber salts, Epsom salts, common salt 
equal parts, powder. 
Mix. 
Dose: One-half ounce. 



1303. Saline. 

(The popular form for Eno substitute.) 

Pulv. acid, tartaric 2 ounces. 

Sodae bicarb 2 ounces. 

Mag. sulph 1 ounce. 

Pulv. pot. bitart 2 ounces. 

Mag. cit. efferves 2 ounces. 

Pulv. sacch. alb 4 ounces. 

M. 



1304. Effervescing Cheltenham Salts. 

Tartaric acid, dried 25 parts. 

Tartrate of iron 1 part. 

Seidlitz salt 120 parts. 

Mix. 

Dose: A teaspconful in a glass of water. 



1305. Hydrobromate of Caffeine Granular. 

Soda bicarbonate 16 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 15 ounces. 

Bromide of potash, pow- 
dered 4 ounces. 

Caffeine 4 drams. 

Sugar, powdered 6 ounces. 

Mix well and sift through a fine sieve; 
dampen a portion of the mixture at a time 
with strong alcohol. Make into a compact 
ball and force through a sieve of proper mesh 
to make granules of the size desired, dropping 
them on trays lined with paper; dry very care- 
fully by the heat of the sun or moderate arti- 
ficial heat, and fill into wide mouth bottles, 
taking care that the bottles are absolutely 
dry. Cork tightly to exclude the air. Other 
granular effervescent preparations may be 
made in the same manner by substituting' in 
the formula in proper proportions any other 
active ingredient desired. 

Should granulation by means of heat of the 
water bath be preferred (see foregoing re- 
marks) replace one-third of the tartaric acid, 
with powdered citric acid. 



1306. Pyro Caffeine Compound. 

Soda bicarbonate 16 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 15 ounces. 

Bromide of potash, pow- 
dered 4 ounces. 

Caffeine 4 drams. 

Acetanilid, powdered 1 ounce. 

Celery seed, powdered. ... 2 ounces. 

Alcohol 6 ounces. 

Macerate the celery seed for three days in 
the alcohol, and percolate. 

Mix the other powders thoroughly and sift 
well; dampen with the percolate and granu- 
late. See remarks N on granulation after the 
formula for hydrobromate of caffeine. 



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On the Preparation of Compressed 
1307. Tablets.* A 

There is one form in which medicine is very 
frequently used at the present time, that gives 
the retail druggist ample opportunity to show 
his individual skill and meet the many de- 
mands of his customers without resorting to 
the products of others; I mean compressed 
tablets. 

The enterprising manufacturers not only 
will furnish them direct to the physician, but 
will solicit orders also from the druggist. 
No pent-up Utica is theirs, the whole bound- 
less domain of physics is embraced in their 
all-absorbing love. Nor will the doctor, prone 
to the easy paths in the practice of medicine, 
stop his ears to the seductive arguments of 
the traveling salesman. The manufacturer 
sees the opening for trade, the retail drug- 
gist tries to ignore it. But it is useless; the 
doctors want compressed goods, and if they 
cannot get them from the retail druggist 
first-handed they will get them where they 
can. It is useless to say that they are not 
used, or that they cannot be made by the 
retail druggist. They are used and the retail 
druggist can furnish them in a better condi- 
tion for administration than is often done by 
the manufacturer. The druggist can fill a 
doctor's own prescription, leaving the doctor 
no excuse for using that of others. He can 
make them hard or pliable, to suit the wants 
of the physician. By this means, the patient, 
the doctor and the druggist are brought nearer 
together, between whom there should be 
mutual confidence. It is urged by many drug- 
gists that they can buy tablets at a lower 
price than they can make them. This is not 
so for goods of the best quality; further, 
there are some compressed goods which are 
popular as domestic remedies, which change 
in appearance by keeping long, if made prop- 
erly. For instance, soda mint tablets, such 
as usually put on the market, if they have 
the full amount of oil in them and ammonia 
they will turn yellow; if they have not they 
are of but little use, and the buyer is disap- 
pointed or cheated. A druggist could make 
up a small quantity at a time and have them 
fresh; customers always want things fresh. 

Soda mint is very easily made. Mix 1 pound 
of soda, gum arabic 1 ounce, oil of pepper- 
mint 3 drams; and carbonate of ammonia 1 
dram; dampen with alcohol and water, 
run through a No. XX sieve and dry. Make 
into 5-grain tablets, and sell them to your 
customers as the best in the market; for 
they are of your own make. These will be 



♦Read by J. A. McPerran, M. D., at a 
pharmaceutical meeting Philadelphia College 
of Pharmacy. From Am. Jr. Ph. 



what they profess to be, and your patrons 
will soon find it out. 

If you understand the principles of phar- 
macy, you can soon learn how to make com- 
pressed tablets, and, learning how, you will 
become better druggists. Of course, as grad- 
uates, you know the chemical relation of 
drugs, how and when chemical reactions take 
place; this will serve a good purpose here. 
For some time past there have been used 
many tablets of calomel and bicarbonate of 
soda. Your chemistry will tell you if these 
salts be mixed wet, and granulated, decom- 
position will take place, and the question 
would be, how to avoid it? You might do so 
in several ways; but I will mention only one. 
Take bicarbonate of soda 10% drams, gum 
arabic % dram, mix and dampen with water, 
run through a No. 40 sieve, dry and put into 
a bottle; add calomel V/ 2 drams, and shake 
this until every granule is coated. The calo- 
mel will adhere to the small particles of 
soda hardened with the gum; this will obviate 
any necessity of talc. The object is to pre- 
vent the soda and calomel coming together in 
a damp condition. Make up into 1-grain 
tablets, each of which will contain 1-12 of a 
grain of calomel. This illustrates pretty well 
how chemical incompatibles may be put to- 
gether in a compressed form and still retain 
their individuality, and, still better, how in 
some cases a dangerous result may be avoided 
from mixing together articles innocent in 
themselves; but deleterious as factors in a 
product. The soda hardened with the gum 
is scarcely in the least hygroscopic, and the 
tablets made with it, in the manner stated, 
will keep without change foully as long as 
a druggist who has them for sale desires. 
The calomel being put in last answers the 
purpose of its indications as a medicine, and 
at the same time as a protection against 
adhesion to the dies and punches. In all 
these combinations a certain amount of brains 
is a sine qua non, and may be written on the 
formula Quantum sufficit. Here as elsewhere 
the dictum of the teacher cannot give indivi- 
dual skill, nor can the dreams of theory take 
the place of applied knowledge. 

At the start remember, and never let it be 
forgotten, that facts established cannot be 
changed, and it is with facts you have to 
deal. The metal of which the dies and punches 
are made is a fixed unalterable fact. You 
may change the form, the peculiar construc- 
tion of the punches or die, but so long as 
the face of them presents a smooth surface to 
the material to be compressed, it is always 
the same. Remembering this, you will not 
ascribe the fault to the die or punch if your 
material adneres to them. The punch should 
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and move freelv in the dies. They should be 
made of tool steel and tempered just hard 
enough to prevent bending under pressure — 
beyond this you should expect nothing, and if 
the material adheres to them, you must look 
to the material as the thing at fault. As a 
rule you should cause the cohesive property 
of the material to be greater than the adhe- 
sive, and when, by experiment, you find 
where the fault is, all that you have to do is 
to apply your knowledge of the nature of the 
different excipients to correct it. There are 
some materials that are neither cohesive nor 
adhesive; for instance, if an ounce of pul- 
verized charcoal were ordered to be made 
into 40 lozenges, you would have no trouble 
in their sticking to the dies and punches, but 
you would have a great deal in getting any 
cohesion between the different particles of 
the material. The question here would be to 
add something that would cause a cohesion 
greater than adhesion, and, at the same time, 
not destroy the effect of the charcoal as a 
remedy. Here dextrin, wax, gelatin, gum 
arabic and tragacanth, mastich, etc., present 
themselves, as the different particles of the 
charcoal must actually be glued together. 

If you were ordered to make 480 grains of 
salicylate of soda into 96 tablets, you might 
add some pulverized acacia, dampen with 
alcohol and water, run through a No. 30 
sieve and dry. Just before using stir in 
some talc to prevent sticking. There are 
other ways without the use of talc, but it is 
better to learn this way first. 

The coal oil products will claim your atten- 
tion very often. Most of them are not soluble 
in water, and when pressed alone may prove 
useless on account of their insolubility. A 
small quantity of starch added to the mixture 
may often become of great service. Say you 
take salol, phenacetin, starch; dampen with 
alcohol, run through a No. 20 sieve, shake 
over a gas jet to slightly warm to granulate 
and dry; a moderate heat assists in granulat- 
ing. There is no need of anything to prevent 
sticking. 

There is a point that it is well to remember; 
any liquid that is not a solvent to any of the 
ingredients in the compound will act as a 
protection against adhesion to the dies. In 
the manufacture of refined naphthalin into 
tablets, the material will stick to the dies 
if something is not used to prevent. As 
naphthalin is not soluble in water, water 
should be used to dampen, and this is effec- 
tual against adhesion. 

In making tablet triturates you will find 
sugar of milk alone makes the tablets too 
brittle: to correct this add about one part 
in 8 of cane sugar as the base, dampen with 
alcohol, and make up damp, unless they con- 



tain extracts; in that case you would have to 
make up dry and use the talc to prevent stick- 
ing. The talc should always be stirred in 
after the material has been granulated and 
dried. When talc is objectionable, white cos- 
moline or albolin can be used pretty freely, 
if you have a machine that will feed a damp 
and sluggish material. By putting the tab- 
lets into some absorbent powder after they 
are made and apply heat, most of it will dis- 
appear. 

Learn the nature of each article that you 
wish to compress and take advantage of your 
knowledge of the solubility in different men- 
strua, and when the contrary nature of the 
different articles in a combination precludes 
the use of this knowledge, fall upon such cor- 
rectives as experience and your own thoughts 
suggest to meet the particular case. In mak- 
ing up compounds, reduce all to a fine pow- 
der as far as practicable; in this way you will 
make more regular granulations and finer 
looking tablets. Take the familiar brown 
mixture; gum and licorice, each 2 pounds.; 
opium, 219 grains.; benzoic acid, 219 grains; 
camphor, 140 grains; oil of anise, 219 grains; 
tartar emetic, 110 grains; nitrate of potash, 
1,750 grains; sugar sufficient for 10 pounds. 
If these be thoroughly mixed and ground to 
a fine powder, put into a wide receiver, and 
hang a wet sponge to the under side of the 
lid; the material will absorb enough moisture 
to dampen during one night; next morning 
run through a No. 30 sieve and dry; on ac- 
count of the extracts and the sugar you can- 
not do without talc or lycopodium to prevent 
sticking. If you prefer, you can use diluted 
alcohol and dampen with a hand atomizer. 

In filling prescriptions of small quantities 
there is often no need of elaborate work in 
granulating; sometimes when not incompati- 
ble powdered soap rubbed up with the arti- 
cles ordered prepares them to be run through 
a sieve; simply dampening with ether puts 
a powder into a granular condition. And 
when running out a pound might require 
something to prevent sticking, 10 to 20 tablets 
would require nothing. Wetting with alco- 
hol and drying will almost always leave the 
mass grainy. It does not matter how fine 
your material is, all you want is that it will 
tumble and not hold together on account of 
the moisture in it. I might talk for a week 
about material; but I wish to say something 
about how to make the tablets. 

In the first place do not get the fidgets, see 
that everything is in place and that your 
machine is clean. Choose the set of dies re- 
quired; and in this machine designed espe- 
cially for druggists you will find by lifting a 
small shaft and removing a pin you can take 
off the feeder. Turning a few turns on this 



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thumb screw you can pull out the die holder; 
while this is out you can see if the internal 
part of the machine is clean. The die holder 
being out, put in a top punch the size you 
wish, put the die into the die holder, insert 
the bottom punch, put in the die holder with 
its containing die and punch, fasten into place 
by turning thumb-screw slip on the feeder, 
drop the small vertical shaft into place and 
you are ready for work. Weigh out the quan- 
tity for one tablet, pour it into the die and 
screw up the bottom punch until the material 
comes even with the plate. Turn on the pres- 
sure and when the top punch is at its lowest 
depth, turn the knob at the top of the eccen- 
tric strap until you feel the pressure. Make 
two or three tablets to see whether the weight 
is all right, then put on more pressure if 
necessary and finish your work. The first 
tablets should not be pressed much; when you 
are sure of your weight you can powder the 
trial ones between your fingers and return to 
the feeder. The small cup should be used in 
making up small quantities. Put it in by 
taking off the top of the feeder and simply 
putting the cup into its place; the motion of 
the feeder in going backward and forward 
will cause the material to drop into the die; 
the remnant of one or two tablets can be 
brushed into the die and there is no need of 
wasting any material at all. The feeder is 
so constructed that there can be no leakage 
from beneath the feed. The lower punch is 
so constructed that there is the least amount 
of friction possible. One great fault in mak- 
ing tablets is in using too much pressure, 
running at the rate of 60 per minute, the 
pressure should scarcely be felt on small 
tablets; but by taking a tablet between the 
fingers a little experience will tell you 
whether to put on or take off pressure which 
is easily done by simply turning the knob 
to the right or left. In making tablets when- 
ever you hear a rubbing sound when the tab- 
let is ejected you may know that the material 
needs correcting. As the feeder is so easily 
taken off you can remove it with its contents 
without wasting a particle, correct the ma- 
terial by adding talc, or what else is needed; 
put it back and proceed. Do not undertake 
to make tablets too fast; a regular easy mo- 
tion is the best, and you will accomplish more 
than by trying to do a great deal in a short 
time. I am sure this machine will do all that 
is required by a retail druggist, as well as it 
is possible for a machine to do it. It is 
strong, it takes up but little room, is easily 
kept clean and is so simple that any one 
can understand it and run it. You can make 
quinine tablets, hypodermic tablets and such 
things as you wish to avoid excipients in; 
besides, by the construction of the feeder you 



can make up the flat friable triturates faster 
and more regular than on plates, and that 
too without the use of talc or other insoluble 
excipients. The how to make those things 
does not properly belong to my short talk on 
tablets; any one wishing to learn can do so 
on a proper occasion. 

Here are quinine tablets made without gum, 
oil, starch, or talc and other tablets of differ- 
ent sizes and shapes, made on a machine simi- 
lar to this, which should be evidence conclu- 
sive that a retail druggist can make his own 
tablets and furnish physicians who desire to 
think for themselves, any tablet that they 
wish. 



1308. 



Preparation of Compressed 
Tablets.* 



The tablet machine should be kept scrupu- 
lously clean, and the surface of the dies and 
punches smooth and polished. Before com- 
mencing operations two or three tablets 
should be made from weighed quantities of 
material, to enable the operator to adjust the 
pressure and size for the work in hand. Ex- 
cessive pressure should be carefully guarded 
against, f and a regular, easy motion of the 
machine aimed at. The soluble substances 
therefore should be compressed as lightly as 
possible. Unduly light pressure, on the other 
hand, is accompanied by a greater tendency 
for the material to stick to the face of the 
punches. Coblentz states that the pressure 
should be regulated so tbat the tablets may 
readily be broken in half by the fingers, but 
should not break to pieces when dropped upon 
the floor. "Capping," i. e., the splitting off 
of the surface of the tablet, may be remedied 
by slightly dampening the granulated material 
with water, reducing the pressure, or by 
changing the weight of the tablet. 

The three main points in tablet making are, 
(a) to regulate carefully the pressure, (b) to 
insure proper cohesion of the particles of 
substance under compression, and (c) to pre- 
vent adhesion of those particles to any part 
of the machine. The skillful dispenser, with 
his knowledge of what is best to use in any 
given case as a pill excipient, will not expe- 
rience any difficulty in deciding whether gum 



*Reprinted from Pharmaceutical Journal. 

fA case recently occurred in a Northern 
town which forcibly illustrated the mischief 
that may result from compressing insoluble 
substances too much. The patient, acting 
under medical instructions, had been taking 
compressed tables of salol for some length of 
time; prepared by a wholesale firm. Later, an 
operation for intestinal obstruction became 
necessary, and the surgeon was astonished to 
find the whole of the tablets unaltered in the 
intestine.' 



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arable or tragacanth, syrup, dextrin, wax, 
mastic, or other adhesive agents should be 
employed. And he will also be fully aware 
that to prevent adhesion to the dies, etc., 
some liquid must be used which is not a 
solvent of the substance undergoing compres- 
sion. The rapid disintegration and solution of 
tablets is facilitated by adding finely pow- 
dered starch, from l/20th to l/10th the weight 
of material, to the granulated substance 
ready to be compressed. On the other hand, 
glucose, which should be diluted with 25 per 
cent, of water before use, renders tablets hard 
and tough, so that they will not readily dis- 
integrate. This is frequently an advantage 
when it is desired that the tablets should dis- 
solve slowly in the mouth. To prevent adhe- 
sion to the die a little powdered French 
chalk may be sifted into the material just 
before compression. White paraffinum molle 
(2 per cent, dissolved in sufficient ether) often j 
facilitates the compression of a dry powder. 
and improves the appearance of the finished ; 
tablets, if diffused through the granulated , 
material, the latter being subsequently sifted j 
and dried before compression. 

1309. Preparation of the Material. 

Experience proves that it is not desirable ' 
to have the substances to be compressed in 
8 very fine state of subdivision, as a fine I 
powder cannot be satisfactorily compressed 
into uniform and well-finished tablets. The j 
granular product obtained by grinding hard 
crystals represents the condition that should 
be aimed at, powdered ammonium chloride j 
and potassium chlorate, as supplied in com- J 
merce. being good examples of what is re- 
quired. In many cases, however, it will be ] 
found necessary to reduce the substance to 
fine powder first, and granulate afterward, j 
In dispensing small quantities the material 
may be obtained in the desired condition by 
simply damping with ether or alcohol by 
means of an atomizer, or by rubbing up with 
a little powdered soap, and afterward passing 
through a sieve. 

With larger quantities of material, cane j 
sugar and powdered gum are chiefly used, the 
former being preferable, as tablets prepared j 
with it disintegrate more rapidly. Coblentz j 
(Handbook of Pharmacy) recommends the 
addition to the substance to be granulated of j 
l/10th of its weight of cane sugar and l/20th 
of its weight of gum. On the large scale i 
white dextrin may often replace the gum. I 
After thoroughly mixing, sufficient water j 
should be added to render the powder of j 
such consistence that it can readily be shaken I 
through a No. 12 sieve without sticking to it j 
or clogging the openings. Care should be 
taken to add the water in small quantities at ' 



a time, and to mix thoroughly after each addi- 
tion. The powder is next passed through a 
No. 20 sieve and dried, after which a lubri- 
cant is added to enable the particles of powder 
to move freely over each other and prevent 
them sticking to the die and punches. 

Finely powdered French chalk, lycopodium, 
powdered boric acid or an odorless hydro- 
carbon oil may be employed for this purpose. 
The better the granulated material has been 
dried the smaller the quantity of lubricant 
required. Coblentz says 10 to 12 drops of 
hydrocarbon oil, added by means of a spray, 
is usually sufficient for each pound, with 
French chalk, not exceeding one-fourth the 
weight of material, added after the oil. If, 
however, the tablets are to be dissolved boric 
acid should be used as the lubricant, clear 
solutions being thus obtainable. In many 
cases, of course, this latter addition would be 
undesirable, as in the case of mercuric chlor- 
ide, in which chemical action would take 
place. When the lubricant added is a pow- 
der, it should be scattered over the material 
spread out on paper, and the whole slightly 
shaken up in a bottle. By this means the 
granules are not broken down, and they be- 
come coated very thinly with the lubricating 
powder. It is above all things necessary that 
the operator should be familiar with the na- 
ture of the substance or mixture to be com- 
pressed, as this must to a great extent guide 
him in selecting a suitable granulating me- 
dium and lubricant. As McFerran pertinently 
observes (see Phar. Jour. (3), XXIII. , 974), 
"learn the nature of each article that you 
wish to compress, and take advantage of 
your knowledge of the solubility in different 
menstrua, and when the contrary nature of 
the different articles in a combination pre- 
cludes the use of this knowledge, fall back 
upon such correctives as experience and your 
own thoughts suggest to meet the particular 
case." Tablet making is an art which re- 
quires not only carefully detailed instructions, 
but considerable experience and knowledge of 
the capabilities of the particular machine 
used. 

Manipulation in Special Cases.* 
1310. 

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE, in a slightly 
moist and finely granulated condition, can be 
compressed into tablets without any prepara- 
tion. 



♦For convenience of reference details are 
here given of a number of special cases con- 
sidered by Coblentz (Handbook of Pharmacy), 
McFerran (Pharm. Jour. (3), xxiii., 972) and 
Remington (Practice of Pharmacy), whose 
writings may be consulted for further particu- 
lars. Though sieves with meshes of various 
sizes are mentioned, a No. 30 sieve will 
usually prove fine enough in almost every 
case. 



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1311. 

CALOMEL WITH SODIUM BICARBON- 
ATE requires special treatment. Sodium bi- 
carbonate, 630 grains, and gum arabic, 30 
grains, are mixed and damped with water, 
then passed through a No. 40 sieve, dried and 
bottled. Calomel, 90 grains, is added in the 
bottle, and the latter shaken until all the 
granules are coated. Finally compress into 
tablets (McFerran). 



1312. 

CHARCOAL and similar spongy bodies 
must be in impalpable powder, and should 
be granulated by the addition of at least 25 
per cent, of cane sugar. They require no 
lubricant, as a rule, and should be fed to the 
machine in very fine granular form. The 
granules should be passed through a No. 12 
sieve, dried and then reduced until they will 
pass through a No. 60 to 80 sieve. A solution 
of gelatin may be employed instead of sugar, 
in which case a little French chalk should be 
added afterwards. 



1313. 

EFFERVESCING MIXTURES should have 
their constituents granulated separately and 
mixed in a perfectly dry granular condition 
just before being compressed. 



1314. 

EXTRACTS require varying treatment, ac- 
cording to their condition. Powdered ex- 
tracts should be mixed with starch powder 
before treating by the foregoing general pro- 
cess of Coblentz. Solid extracts should be 
rubbed to a syrupy consistence by the aid 
of a little water; the excess of water is then 
absorbed by the addition of about 25 per 
cent, of starch powder, the mixture being left 
sufficiently moist to form a proper consist- 
ence or granulation. Fluid extracts should be 
evaporated to a syrupy consistence and then 
treated in the same manner as solid extracts. 



1315. 

HYGROSCOPIC OR DELIQUESCENT 
BODIES will need the addition of gum in the 
proportion of one-tenth the weight of sub- 
stance, water being used for moistening. 



1316. 

HYPODERMIC TABLETS may be made 
with sugar of milk as a basis, but dried neu- 
tral sodium sulphate and purified sodium 
chloride or ammonium chloride are frequently 
preferable. 



1317. 

INSOLUBLE SUBSTANCES, such as ace- 
tanilid, phenacetin, sulphonal, etc., are best 
granulated with one-tenth their weight of 
cane sugar, water being used for moistening. 

1318. 

PEPSIN in powder should be prepared by 
adding to it one-tenth its weight of cane 
sugar, then spraying with diluted alcohol (50 
per cent.) and mixing to insure moistening 
of all the particles. The powder should then 
be capable of passing through a No. 80 sieve, 
and, after drying, is ready for compression. 
Scale pepsin requires only to be reduced to 
No. 30 or 40 powder and then lubricated. 

1319. 

POTASSIUM BROMIDE AND IODIDE 
simply require crushing, and should then be 
treated in the same way as ammonium 
chloride. 

1320. 

POTASSIUM CHLORATE should be used 
in the same condition as ammonium chloride, 
and is very readily compressed. 

1321. 

QUININE SULPHATE requires similar 
treatment to charcoal, but if, instead of 
French chalk, a little finely powdered arrow- 
root or ethereal solution of white pariffinum 
molle be added, the tablets will disintegrate 
more readily. 

1322. 

RHUBARB AND SODA, in combination, 
require one-tenth their weight of cane sugar, 
and should be granulated by means of a mix- 
ture of liquid glucose, 1 volume; water and 
alcohol, 3 volumes. 

1323. 

SALICYLIC ACID should be treated like 
charcoal, quinine sulphate and substances of 
similar nature. 

1324. 

SALOL AND PHENACETIN can be made 
into tablets by adding starch, moistening the 
mixture with alcohol, passing through a No. 
20 sieve, then slightly warming, granulating 
and drying prior to compression. 

1325. 

SALTS containing water of crystallization 
should be reduced to fine powder, then mixed 
with one-twentieth their weight of powdered 
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a No. 12 sieve, The granules must then be • 
dried and again powdered, mixed with one- I 
tenth their weight of cane sugar, and moist- 
ened with just enough water to pass again 
through a No. 12 sieve. After drying, first 
spontaneously but finally by the aid of heat, 
pass the mixture through a No. 20 sieve, lu- 
bricate and compress. 

1326. 

SCALE PREPARATIONS generally require j 
the same treatment as scale pepsin, which 
see. 

1327. 

SODA-MINT tablets are prepared by mix- 
ing sodium bicarbonate, 1 pound; gum arabic, ! 
1 ounce; oil of peppermint, 180 grains; am- 
monium carbonate, 60 grains; damp with al- | 
cohol and water, pass through a No. 20 sieve 
and dry (McFerran). 

1328. 

SODIUM BICARBONATE requires the 
addition of 5 per cent, of acacia, then moisten 
with water, sift and dry. 

1329. 

SODIUM SALICYLATE should be mixed I 
with powdered gum, moistened with alcohol 
and water, passed through a No. 20 sieve and 
dried. 

1330. 

SUGAR OF MILK, when used as a vehicle 
for powders to be compressed into tablets, 
should be moistened with a mixture of 1 part 
of syrup and 2 parts of water. 



The Manufacture of Compressed 
1331. Tablets. 

(Western Druggist.) 

BY F. K. LBDEE. 

Notwithstanding the howl that is being 
raised in certain quarters against tablet-tritu- 
rates and compressed tablets these goods seem i 
to be daily increasing in popularity. Although 
these goods are ever increasing in demand, 
It is a fact that but few pharmacists prepare j 
their own tablets but depend entirely upon the I 
manufacturers or wholesalers for their sup- 
plies. Why is this so? Is the' manufacture 
of these goods so difficult as to deter the 
pharmacist from making them? This seems 
to be the idea entertained by many, but it 
is far from being correct. 

With the proper appliances and a little prac- 
tice and experience there is no reason why 



any intelligent pharmacist should not be able 
to produce either tablet-triturates or com- 
pressed tablets the equals of those of the 
large manufacturers. Edward Squibb has 
been quoted as saying that in preparing large 
qxiantities of compressed tablets, the heavier 
particles settle to the bottom and that often 
an assay of the finished tablets will show 
that the different ingredients are not equally 
distributed throughout the tablets. If this is 
the case, is it not a strong argument in favor 
of the pharmacist preparing his own com- 
pressed tablets? If he do so, he is not com- 
pelled to crowd his shelves with compressed 
goods of the large manufacturers, but can 
prepare them as wanted in quantities to suit 
the demand, thus dispensing freshly-made 
goods and being absolutely sure as to their 
composition. 

It is not my purpose to consider tablet- 
triturates in this paper, but to confine myself 
entirely to the consideration of compressed 
tablets, and to enter into the detail of their 
manufacture as fully as is possible in a paper 
of this kind. 

Some drugs compress readily without any 
special treatment, while others, being unad- 
hesive, must be especially treated before they 
can be successfully compressed. It has been 
found that fine powders do not work satisfac- 
torily in making compressed tablets, as a fine 
powder does not feed evenly and does not 
compress regularly. The powder is granu- 
lated by adding the proper adhesive and 
moistener, then passing through a sieve and 
drying. In the selection of the proper adhe- 
sive the pharmacist must use his judgment 
and strive to leave the finished tablet as 
soluble as possible. Among the articles used 
as adhesives, sugar, starch and acacia are 
most prominent, but glucose and dextrin also 
are sometimes used. Sugar, if it gives the 
necessary adhesiveness, is to be preferred to 
acacia, because the tablets made with it are 
more soluble. Sometimes it is necessary to 
use both sugar and acacia in order to make 
a powder sufficiently adhesive. In this case 
five per cent, of acacia and ten per cent, of 
sugar is the proportion generally recom- 
mended. Acacia should be used in all combi- 
nations of a hygroscopic nature. Glucose is 
used only where it is desired to make a hard 
tablet for slow solution in the mouth. Starch 
is recommended in tablets containing con- 
siderable quantities of fluid extracts or tinc- 
tures. As remarked above, it should be the 
aim to make tablets as soluble as possible, 
and this is best accomplished by granulating 
the powder with a considerable quantity of 
some soluble substance, such as starch or 
sugar. 



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It only stands to reason that substances 
which are considered insoluble in powder 
form, are much more so when compressed, 
unless mixed with some soluble substance 
which, dissolving out, brings about the disin- 
tegration of the tablet. 

1333. Materials. 

Every part of the material that is desired 
to be compressed should be reduced to a very 
fine powder, then mixed thoroughly and the 
proper amount of adhesive added and mixed 
with the powder, the whole then moistened 
and passed through a sieve and dried. The 
moistening must be carefully done and must 
not be carried far enough to make the mix- 
ture stick to the sieve in passing through. 
Water, if carefully used, is the most generally 
useful moistener, although in some cases 70 
per cent alcohol is recommended. I have in 
my own experience found a No. 20 tinned 
iron sieve to answer nicely. The granulated 
powder should be thoroughly dry before at- 
tempting to compress, for if not so, it sticks 
to the dies, and even when thoroughly dried, 
this is often a source of much annoyance. In 
order to overcome this tendency to adhere to 
the dies, it is customary to add some sub- 
stance, such as talcum or white petrolatum, 
or, in case of hypodermic tablets, powdered 
C. P. boric acid, in small proportions. The 
more carefully the powder is prepared the 
less lubrication it will need, and only as much 
should be used as is absolutely necessary. 
White petrolatum is best used as a two per 
cent, ethereal solution with an atomizer. 
The use of liquid petrolatum is not to be rec- 
ommended, except in case the ether % might 
have some solvent action that would be unde- 
sirable for the reason that a slight excess, 
which it is difficult to guard against, makes 
the tablets adhere. The petrolatum, however, 
solidifies as soon as the ether evaporates and 
is much to be preferred. The dry_granulated 
powder is sprayed with this solution and 
stirred with a spatula, or mixed on paper, 
then allowed to become dry, and then passed 
through the sieve. Both petrolatum and tal- 
cum are sometimes necessary. The talcum 
should be added to the powder after the pe- 
trolatum, and not until the powder has be- 
come dry. It is generally stirred in with a 
spatula or mixed in a wide-mouth bottle by 
gentle agitation. Not to exceed three per 
cent, of the weight of the powder to be com- 
pressed should be used. Boric acid is used, 
but not to exceed one and one-half or two per 
cent. 

In making tablets as much pressure only 
should be used as is absolutely necessary. The 
molds should be kept absolutely clean and 
highly polished: It is impossible to make a 
smooth tablet with a rough die. Use no hard 



substance in removing adhering portions of 
tablets, for fear of scratching the dies. Some 
substances already in granular form compress 
readily without any preparation. Among 
these are granulated bromide of potash, iodide 
of potash, muriate of ammonia, chlorate of. 
potash, and bisulphate of quinine compresses 
nicely without any treatment, but as it sticks 
to the dies, it must have some lubricant 
added. Three per cent, of powdered talcum 
added in the manner directed above will over- 
come this. As the bisulphate of quinine is 
more soluble than the sulphate, it is generally 
preferred on this account, and the fact that it 
needs no adhesive makes it popular for use 
in tablets. The formula given below will 
fully illustrate the mode of preparing powders 
for compression: 

1333. 

Phenacetin 1000 grains. 

Powdered sugar 100 grains. 

Mix carefully, then moisten with water, pass 
through a sieve and dry. When dry, spray 
with ethereal solution of petrolatum and 
mix on paper. Allow the ether to evaporate 
and pass through the sieve again. Make 200 
tablets. In this same manner tablets can be 
made of phenacetin and salol, antikamnia, 
antipyrin, chlorate acid, trional, sulphonal, 
bismuth subnitrate, bismuth subgallate, qui- 
nine salicylate, quinine sulphate, and many 
others. Petrolatum will generally be prefera- 
ble as a lubricant, or it can be used in con- 
nection with talcum, or talcum alone can be 
used. Another illustration are tablets of 
benzoate of soda: 

1334. 

Benzoate of soda 1000 grains. 

Powdered acacia 60 grains. 

Mix thoroughly and moisten with water, 
then proceed exactly as in making tablets of 
phenacetin. In this way, using powdered 
acacia as an adhesive, tablets are generally 
made of such chemicals as benzoate of li- 
thium salicylate of soda, etc. 

As tablets containing acacia are not as 
soluble as those containing sugar, it is a good 
rule, where the^ substance is not readily solu- 
ble and where acacia is necessary as an adhe- 
sive, to use both sugar and acacia. Such 
substances as charcoal require either the addi- 
tion of considerable quantities of sugar or of 
acacia before they can be successfully com- 
pressed. Some authorities direct the addition 
of 25 per cent, of powdered sugar, others 
direct acacia, my own experience, however, 
leads me to favor a combination of 15 per 
cent, of powdered sugar and 8 per cent, of 
acacia. Sulphur and its combinations are 
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1335. 

Hypodermic tablets are usually made as 
tablet-triturates, and these are to be preferred 
to the compressed form; but where it is de- 
sired to make them by compression, pure cane 
sugar should be used as a vehicle. Cane 
sugar is much to be preferred to either the 
dried sulphate of soda, or chloride of sodium, 
or sugar of milk, as recommended in the 
standard works on pharmacy. Let a person 
take a tablet made with dried sulphate of 
soda as the vehicle and drop it into water; 
he will find that it dissolves with difficulty. 
Some years ago it was used by some manufac- 
turers, but they are all using powdered cane- 
sugar to-day. 

1336. 

Powdered boric acid should be used to pre- 
vent the material adhering to dies: 2 per cent, 
will usually be found efficient. The powder 
should be granulated and dried, and then the 
proper amount of boric acid added as directed 
above. 

There is a large class of tablets that con- 
tain active alkaloids and very potent remedies 
which constitute only a small portion of the 
body of the tablet, the balance usually being 
sugar of milk. The writer prefers to add 
10 per cent, of powdered cane-sugar before 
granulating. They can be lubricated with 
either powdered talcum or white petrolatum. 
As an example, the following formula is of- 
fered: 



1337. 

Strychnine sulphate 3 grains. 

Powdered sugar 30 grains. 

Powdered sugar of milk. . . 267 grains. 
Mix thoroughly, moisten with water, granu- 
late and dry. Lubricate with talcum or pe- 
trolatum, and make 300 tablets, 

Tablets containing extracts are best made 
from the powdered extracts, as they are more 
easily mixed with sugar than the ordinary 
solid extract. If it is desired to use solid 
extracts, not in powdered form, they should 
be rubbed to a smooth paste with some suita- 
ble solvent, and then rubbed with a small 
quantity of starch and the solvent evaporated, 
the whole then to be mixed with a suitable 
quantity of milk sugar and granulated. Tab- 
lets made from tinctures are made in this 
manner, and many times these furnish all the 
moisture that is needed to granulate. Salts 
containing much water of crystallization 
should be reduced to a fine powder and then 
dried and mixed with 5 per cent, of acacia 
and 8 per cent, of sugar, and moistened with 
water and granulated by passing through the 
sieve and then drying very thoroughly and 
then lubricating. To this class belong such 



tablets as alum, sulphate of zinc, etc. Tab- 
lets containing pepsin and pancreatin in a 
pure state should be mixed with sugar of 
milk, to which 5 or 10 per cent, of powdered 
cane-sugar has been added and carefully mois- 
tened with water, granulated in the usual 
way and dried. 

To make effervescent tablets the acid should 
be granulated with a part of the powdered 
sugar and dried. The rest of the ingredients 
containing the soda, etc., should be granulated 
with the rest of the sugar and dried, and then 
the two thoroughly mixed by agitation in 
some closed vessel. These can be lubricated 
with petrolatum if desired, or the whole of the 
ingredients may be dried separately and 
mixed, then moistened with alcohol and gran- 
ulated and dried as directed in the U. S. 
Pharmacopoeia, for making effervescent salts. 
The first is generally preferred, although it 
is simply a question of choice. 

1338. 

Tablets of calomel and bicarbonate of soda 
call for special treatment, in order to prevent 
chemical action between the soda and calo- 
mel. McFerran recommends that the soda 
bicarbonate be mixed with 5 per cent, of pow- 
dered acacia, dampened with water and gran- 
ulated, and then the calomel mixed with the 
same by agitating them together in a wide- 
mouth bottle until thoroughly mixed. The 
writer prefers, however, to proceed differ- 
ently, using the following process: 

Calomel 200 grains. 

Soda bicarbonate 200 grains. 

Sugar, powdered 30 grains. 

Acacia, powdered 16 grains. 

Mix the calomel and 20 grains of sugar, 
moisten and granulate; then mix the soda 
with 10 grains of sugar and the acacia and 
moisten and granulate. When both are dry 
mix in a mortar, reducing to fine powder, and 
moisten with alcohol and granulate and dry. 
Then make 200 tablets. In a similar manner 
other tablets containing chemicals likely to 
react on each other when moist are made. 

Tablets containing extract of licorice are 
best moistened carefully with water and need 
no adhesive added. 

1339. Tablets of Soda Mint. 

Bicarbonate of soda 400 grains. 

Powdered acacia 60 grains. 

Carbonate of ammonia. ... 25 grains. 

Oil of peppermint 16 trains. 

Mix thoroughly and moisten with water, 
granulate and dry. Lubricate with petrola- 
tum. Make 100 tablets. 

Tablets containing resins are sometimes 
moistened with 70 or 80 per cent alcohol; this, 
dissolving a portion of the resin, gives them 



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the necessary adhesiveness in many cases. 
In some cases, however, water is to be pre- 
ferred in such combination, for the reason 
that alcohol often tends to make hard gran- 
ules that compress with difficulty and make 
a very hard tablet. 

It is not to be expected that the pharmacist 
will succeed in perfectly preparing every com- 
bination on first trial, but there is no reason 
why any competent pharmacist should depend 
on the manufacturer entirely for his supplies. 

If in doubt what adhesives to use with any 
combination, it is well to use 5 per cent, of 
powdered acacia and 10 per cent, of sugar. 
There are few powders that cannot be nicely 
granulated in this manner. 

Many fail in trying to compress tablets be- 
fore they are dry, and as a consequence have 
the powder stick to the dies. Some think 
that the harder you can compress a tablet the 
better. Nothing can be further from the 
truth, for only as much pressure should be 
used as is absolutely necessary. In selecting 
an adhesive, do so with a view of leaving the 
resulting tablet as soluble as possible. It is 
a general practice to compress tablets with 
as little adhesive as possible. This is done 
mainly to keep the size of the tablet as small 
as possible. The writer believes that in mak- 
ing tablets of such insoluble substances as 
salol, sulphonal, etc., that the presence of 
even as much as 25 per cent, of powdered 
sugar would not be objectionable in any way 
and would add materially to the solubility of 
the tablet. 

I have thought best not to speak of the 
different machines on the market for making 
compressed tablets; my observation is that 
care is necessary to do nice work with any 
one of them, and, with care, they all will do 
nice work. Each one possibly has its pecu- 
liar merits; but the one essential to success 
in making tablets is the careful preparation 
of the ingredients for compression, for it is 
impossible for any machine to do nice work 
with a powder not properly prepared. 



1340. Manufacture of Tablet Triturates. 

(Ph. Era.) 
Tablet triturates consist of medicine, which, 
if a dry solid, has been triturated with sugar 
of milk until a thorough and complete divi- 
sion and distribution of it has been made. In 
the case of pasty or fluid bodies, these are 
mixed in a wet state with sugar of milk, the 
whole dried, and then finely subdivided by 
trituration. The powder in either case is 
then formed into a pasty mass with varying 
proportions of alcohol and water, or other 
suitable menstruum, and afterward molded 
into tablets of uniform size and weight. 



The formula for each separate combination 
is arrived at in the following way; 

The mold is filled with finely powdered 
sugar of milk, which has been wetted to a 
pasty mass with dilute alcohol. The tablets 
are then pressed from the mold, thoroughly 
dried, and weighed. This weight is generally 
65 grains for 50 tablets for the rubber molds 
now usually supplied, making a tablet weigh- 
ing slightly less than 1 1-3 grains when filled 
with plain milk sugar. The weight of the 
plain sugar of milk tablet is slightly increased 
with the increased solvent action of the men- 
struum, as more sugar enters the solution, 
making the tablet more compact. The next 
step is to ascertain how much milk sugar 
must be omitted from the previously ascer- 
tained amount in order to make room for 
medicinal constituents. For this purpose 130 
grains of milk sugar are weighed off, which 
is equivalent to 100 finished tablets of plain 
sugar of milk. From these 130 grains a bulk 
is taken, equivalent, as nearly as possible, to 
that of the substance to be incorporated, and 
the weight noted. The active ingredient, if 
a dry solid, is now mixed with the remaining 
portion of sugar of milk by thorough tritura- 
tion. In the case of solid extracts, tinctures 
and other fluids, these are mixed with the 
remaining portions of sugar of milk, if neces- 
sary, by the aid of water or some other men- 
struum which dissolves them perfectly, then 
the mass is dried and powdered. 

After the mixture has been made, dried and 
thoroughly triturated, it is wetted with a suit- 
able menstruum, and molded, care being 
taken to scrape the mortar as clean as possi- 
ble in order not to waste any of the material. 
The tablets are then carefully dried. If there 
be any mass in excess of that required for 
the 100 tablets, it shows that not enough milk 
sugar has been taken from the original 130 
grains. The weight of this excess is generally 
equal to that of an equal bulk of milk 
sugar. Hence it will only be necessary, at 
the next trial, to remove as much more milk 
sugar as the bulk of this excess amounts to. 

If there should be less than 100 tablets, the 
weight of the number deficient is ascertained 
by determining the average weight of the 
finished tablets, and deducting the calculated 
weight of the missing tablets from the weight 
of the bulk of sugar of milk originally separ- 
ated. At the next trial the amount of milk 
removed from the original 130 grains should 
be as much less as the weight of the missing 
tablets amounted to. In each case the for- 
mula finally found, by actual experiment, to 
yield a correct result, should be noted in a 
special book for the purpose of future refer- 
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It is important that all the ingredients and 
the mixture of powders ready for molding 
should be in the finest possible state of sub- 
division, If they are coarse, the tablets will 
not show a smooth, finished appearance. In 
tablets composed nearly all of milk sugar, if 
the latter be in a coarse powder, it necessi- 
tates the audition of more water to the alco- 
hol than is required when the sugar of milk 
is in a very fine powder. The menstruum 
selected should possess a slight solvent action 
upon one or more of the ingredients, but the 
latter, should not be too freely soluble, since 
the mass is then molded with difficulty, and 
the tablets prepared therefrom will be un- 
even, sometimes being cracked on the surface 
and very hard. It should possess sufficient 
solvent action to make a firm yet not too hard 
a tablet, one that will hold firmly together 
when shaken in a vial, and which should 
readily disintegrate upon the addition of 
water. It is, however, impossible to prepare 
all the various combinations in such a form 
that thev readily dissolve or diffuse upon the 
addition of water, the rapidity of disintegra- 
tion depending upon the proportion and solu- 
ble character of the constituents. 

The menstrua generally used are alcohol, 
absolute alcohol, alcohol and water, and chlo- 
roform. For tablets composed nearly en- 
tirely of sugar of milk, a menstruum com- 
posed of nearly three volumes of alcohol and 
one volume of water is preferable. For 
bodies insoluble in alcohol the proportion of 
water is raised in proportion to the increase 
of active ingredient. The menstruum must, 
therefore, be so adjusted that it will dissolve 
enough of either the milk sugar or of the 
active ingredient, to make a sufficiently firm 
tablet. 

In preparing the powder for molding, it 
should be wetted to a pasty consistence, the 
mold placed upon a smooth surface, a pill 
tile answering admirably, and the wetted 
powder pressed into the spaces with a horn 
or ivory spatula, which is drawn over the 
mold. Sometimes the mass adheres to the 
spatula ana is drawn from the holes. This 
is remedied by dipping the spatula in the 
menstruum used for wetting the mixture be- 
fore drawine it over the surface. The mold 
is then reversed by sliding it toward and off 
the edge of the tile without raising it, the 
spatula is drawn over the other side of the 
mold, and the latter then again drawn toward 
and off the edge. The tablets are now 
pressed out by the punch-pin plate and al- 
lowed to dry a few minutes upon the punch 
pins, then shaken off by striking the pin plate 
forcibly upon the counter covered with a 
sheet of paper to receive the tablets. 



Practical Suggestions About Lozenges.* 
1341. 

In the manufacture of lozenges the paste is 
formed the same way as a biscuit maker 
mixes flour with water to make the dough, ex- 
cept that a thick solution of East India or 
Turkey gum is used for the mixing, instead of 
water, and finely powdered loaf sugar instead 
of flour. The paste, when made, is rolled out 
in the same manner as the baker treats the 
dough, and during this process sufficient 
starch powder to prevent it sticking to the 
slab is used. The thickness of the sheet of 
paste may be regulated either by the gauge at 
each end of the rolling-pin, or judged by the 
sight, and must be, according to the lozenges 
to be made, from an eighth to a quarter inch 
thick. To make lozenges on the smallest 
scale, there must be employed a smooth mar- 
ble slab, four feet long by two feet wide, to 
cut the lozenges upon, also a smooth stone 
slab of a lesser size to mix the paste on; a 
good palette knife, 15 or 18 inches long; a 
hand-brush, made with long, soft hairs; and 
small pieces of linen cloth to run through cut- 
ters when clogged with the paste; lozenge 
trays, made with smoothly planed seasoned 
deal, four feet long by two feet wide, with 
edges one inch deep; a hot closet or drying- 
room, with racks fitted round it to place the 
trays of lozenges upon, and heated, free from 
dust and smoke; small gallipots with some 
clean water must be kept near the cutting slab 
to place the cutters in to free them from the 
paste which clings to the edges, and must be 
wiped dry with the cloth named above. 

In rolling the paste out to the required 
thickness, it must be lifted up with the pal- 
ette knife two or three times to see that it 
does not stick to the slab, then to be taken up 
by rolling it round the pin, and after dusting 
the slab with more powder replace the sheet 
of paste, the upper side downwards, smooth- 
ing the surface of the same by dusting it with 
powder and using the brush over it. In cut- 
ting out the lozenges, commence with a 
straight line as close to the left edge as possi- 
ble, and however slowly you may progress at 
first, keep parallel with that all through the 
sheet. In emptying the cutters, place the 
lozenges evenly and closely together on the 
trays, which must first be thoroughly dried 
and covered with the starch powder. 

Recipes and mixings for some of the most 
familiar kinds of lozenges are here given for 
beginners. 

1342. The Ordinary Peppermint Lozenges. 

For twenty-eight pounds of finely powdered 
loaf or icing sugar, after making a bay in the 
center of the sugar placed on the slab, pour 



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into it 2 quarts of thick gum mucilage; on that 
pour 1 ounce of either Mitcham or the best 
American oil of peppermint; work these two 
well together. When sufficiently mixed, stir 
in the sugar from all around the sides of the 
bay, and add to the mixture an eggspoon of 
smalts; work this in, and make the whole into 
a good stiff paste with as much of the sugar 
as can be used, and keep it ready on the mix- 
ing slab, with a damp, clean cloth covered 
over it for use. Take from the bulk about 2 
pounds in weight, and work it with the hands 
into a compact square piece, keeping it free 
from sticking on the slab with the powdered 
starch; then proceed to roll, and cut it out 
in the shapes desired, and follow the prelimin- 
ary instructions given above. The cuttings 
left on the slab from each sheet of paste must 
be mixed with each portion taken from the 
mixture to continue the process until the 
whole is used up. This is an example for all 
peppermint lozenges, the only difference in 
the quality or high-priced article being in the 
quantity and quality of the oil of mint used 
in making them, consisting of from % ounce 
to iy 2 ounces of the essential oil extra to that 
here given for the same quantity of sugar, 
and which are sold at a higher price and 
stamped "extra." 



1343. Ginger Lozenges. 

Work into the same quantity as given above 
of sugar and gum, 1 pound of finely powdered 
best Jamaica ginger, y 2 ounce of extract i of 
ginger, % ounce of essence of lemon, and 
enough vegetable yellow to make the mixture 
a primrose color, and proceed to finish as 
directed previously. 



1344. Cough -Ho-More Lozenges. 

All the cough lozenges sold differ either in 
color, shape or taste. A good and effectual 
lozenge may be made as follows: Work into 
the paste of gum and sugar given some thick 
dissolved solazzi licorice to make it of a 
brown color, with 2 ounces of powdered 
ipecacuanha, 1 ounce of anise seed, 1 dram of 
acetate of morphine, and 1 ounce of powdered 
tartaric acid. The drugs to be carefully and 
thoroughly incorporated with the gum mucil- 
age before mixing that with the sugar. 



1345. Bath, or Coltsfoot Lozenges. 

The same mixture of gum and sugar as for 
coughs, leaving out the anise seed, but putting 
more dissolved licorice, 1 ounce tartaric acid 
and 1 ounce of oil of lemon previously stirred 
well in with the gum. 



Black Currant Lozenges for the Voice, 
1346. Sore Throats, Etc. 

To 4 pounds of the black-currant extract, 
the consistence of thick honey, work in 10 or 
12 pounds of finely powdered sugar, 1 pound 
of powdered Turkey gum, with 2 ounces of 
tartaric acid. 

This recipe makes a better lozenge for the 
purpose mostly required if half a dram of 
capsicum is added. 



1347. Otto of Rose Lozenges. 

To the same amount of gum and sugar as 
given in the first recipe, work into the gum 1 
dram of otto of rose with 1 ounce of the 
French oil of geranium, 2 ounces of powdered 
tartaric acid, and color the whole mass with 
liquid carmine to a nice delicate pink. 



1348. Bronchial Lozenges, Brown. A 

Ext. of licorice, powd 10 pounds. 

Oleo resin of cubebs 1 pound. 

Powdered sugar q. s. to 
make 150 pounds. 

1349. Bronchial Lozenges. B 

Cubeb-powder % ounce. 

Stockholm tar % ounce. 

Oil of wintergreen 20 minims. 

Solution of potash 6 drams. 

Orange-flower water to . . . 4 ounces. 

Macerate for twenty-four hours in a warm 
place, shaking occasionally; then filter 
through kaolin. 

Marshmallow 2 ounces. 

Hoarhound 2 ounces. 

Licorice 2 ounces. 

Aniseed 2 ounces. 

Lobelia-seeds V 2 ounce. 

Hops y 2 ounce. 

Ipecacuanha 2 drams. 

Cayenne 2 drams. 

Roughly bruise, 'and add to 1 gallon of 
water; boil, and allow t^o simmer for some 
hours; press and strain, then evaporate to 
about 30 ounces; add the infusion of cubebs, 
diluted with 4 ounces of rectified spirit, and 
filter. 

Use this as stock solution, to be added to 
any of the usual sugar-pastes, about 2 ounces 
to every 14 pounds of finished lozenges. A 
good plan is to arrange with some lozenge- 
maker to make and stamp the lozenges, using 
your medicated solution. 



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FORMULAS. 139 

OFFICINAL LOZENGES OF THE B. P. 

1365. Bismuth. 

Bismuth subnitrate ........ 2 grains. 

Magnesia carbonate 2% grains. 

Precipitated chalk 3 2/3 grains. 

1366. Catechu. 

Catechu 1 grain. 

1367. Iron. 

Reduced iron 1 grain. 

1368. Ipecac. 

Ipecac % grain. 

1369. Morphine. 

Morphine mur 1/36 grain. 

1370. Morphine and Ipecac. 

Morphine mur 1/36 grain. 

Ipecac 1/12 grain. 

1371. Soda Bicarbonate. 

Soda bicarbonate 5 grains. 

1372. Tannic Acid. 

Tannic acid % grain. 

LOZENGES OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL 
FOR DISEASES OF THE THROAT. 

formula suggested by dr. morrell 
Mackenzie. 

(Made with Black and Red Currant Paste.) 

1373. Aconite. 

Tinct. aconite, B. P % minim. 

1374. Ammonium Chloride. 
Ammonium chloride 2 grains. 

1375. Benzoic Acid. 

Benzoic acid */> grain. 

LOZENGES OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL. 

1376. Borax. 

Borax 3 grains. 

1377. Carbolic Acid. 

Carbolic acid 1 grain. 

1378. Cateehu. 

Pale catechu 2 grains. 

1379. Cubeb. 

Cubeb % grain. 



MEDICINAL LOZENGES 

of the United States and Brit 

ish Pharmacopoeias, London 

Hospital and other 

Popular Formulae. 

OFFICINAL LOZENGES OF THE IT. S. P. 

1350. Ammonium Chloride. 

Ammonium chloride 2 grains. 

1351. Catechu. 

Catechu 1 grain. 

1353. Chalk. 

Prepared chalk 4 grains. 

1353. Cubeb. 

Oleo resin cubeb V 2 grain. 

1354. Ginger. 

Tinct. ginger 2 minims. 

1355. Iron. 

Hydrated oxide iron 5 grains. 

1356. Licorice and Opium. 

Ext. licorice 2 grains. 

Ext. opium 1/20 grain. 

1357. Magnesia. 

Calc. magnesia 3 grains. 

1358. Morphine and Ipecac. 

Morphine sulph 1/40 grain. 

Ipecac 1/12 grain. 

1359. Peppermint. 

Oil peppermint 1/6 minim. 

1360. Khatany. 

Ext. rhatany 1 grain. 

1361. Soda Bicarbonate. 

Soda bicarbonate 3 grains. 

1362. Santonin (U. S. P. 1870). 
Santonin y 2 grain. 

1363. Santoninate Soda. 

Santoninate soda 1 grain. 

1364. Tannic Acid. 

Tannic acid 1 grain. 



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1380. Guaiac. 

Resin guaiac 2 grains. 

1381. Kino. 

Kino 2 grains. 

1382. IiOgwood. 

Ext. logwood 2 grains. 

1383. Lettuce. 

Ext. lettuce 1 grain. 

1384. Potassium Chlorate. 
Potassium chlorate 3 grains. 

1385. Potassium Citrate. 
Potassium citrate 3 grains. 

1386. Potassium Bitartarate. 

Potassium bitartarate 3 grains. 

1387. Pellitory Root. 

Pellitory root 1 grain. 

1388. Rhatany. 

Ext. rhatany 3 grains. 

1389. Sedative. 

Ext. opium 1/10 grain. 

1390. Tannic Acid. 

Tannic acid V/ 2 grains. 

UN OFFICINAL LOZENGES. 

1391. Ammonium Cliloride and Iacorice. 

Ammon. mur 2 grains. 

Ext. licorice 8 grains. 

1392. Ammonium Chloride and Cubebs. 

Ammon. mur 2 grains. 

Cubebs 1 grain. 

1393. Bismuth and Charcoal. 

Bismuth subnit 2 grains. 

Charcoal 5 grains. 

1394. Bronchial. 

Oleoresin cubeb 1/5 grain. 

Tolu 1/5 grain. 

Oil sassafras 1/10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 7 grains. 

1395. Brown Mixture. 

Ext. licorice 3 grains. 

Opium 1/20 grain. 

Acid benzoic 1/20 grain. 

Camphor 1/20 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1/40 grain. 

Oil anise 1/20 grain. 



Brown Mixture and Muriate 

1396. Ammonia. 

Mist. glyc. comp., U. S. P. 85 minims. 
Ammon. mur 3 grains. 

1397. Chlorodyne. 

Each lozenge represents 2 drops chlorodyne. 

1398. Cocaine and Cubeb Compound. 

Cocaine mur 1/12 grain. 

Cubebs 1 grain. 

Ext. licorice 3 grains. 

Benzoic acid % grain. 

Chlorate potass 2 grains. 

1399. Coryza. 

Oleoresin cubeb 1/5 grain. 

Tolu 1/5 grain. 

Oil sassafras 1/10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 7 grains. 

1400. Ginger and Soda Bicarbonate. 

Tinct. ginger 10 minims. 

Soda bicarb 2 grains. 

1401. Guaiac. 

Res. guaiac 2 grains. 

1402. Ipecac and Squill. 

Ipecac }£ grain. 

Squill y 2 grain. 

1403. Jackson's Ammonia. 

Ammon. mur 1 grain. 

Morph. mur 1/24 grain. 

Hyoscyamus % grain. 

Slippery elm bark 3 grains. 

Ext. licorice 3 grains. 

Tolu 1/5 grain. 

1404. Jackson's Pectoral. 

Ipecac 1/15 grain. 

Kermes mineral 1/15 grain. 

Morph. mur 1/20 grain. 

Tolu 1/5 grain. 

Oil checkerberry 1/20 minim. 

Ext. licorice 2 grains. 

1405. Kermes Mineral. 

Kermes mineral % grain. 

1406. Kino. 

Kino 2 grains. 

1407. Pepsin, Bismuth and Ginger 

Pepsin sacch 2 grains. 

Bismuth subnit 3 grains. 

Ginger 1 grain. 



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1408. Pepsin, Bismuth and Charcoal. 

Pepsin sacch 5 grains. 

Bismuth subnit 2 grains. 

Charcoal 5 grains. 

Pepsin and Charcoal with Magnesia 

1409. and Ginger. 

Pepsin sacch 2 grains. 

Charcoal 3 grains. 

Magnesia 2 grains. 

Ginger 1 grain. 

Pepsin and Lactophosphate 

1410. Iiime. 

Pepsin sacch 3 grains. 

Lactophosphate lime 2 grains. 

1411. Potassium Chlorate and Cubeb. 

Potass, chlorate 2 grains. 

Cubeb 2 grains. 

Ext. licorice 1 grain. 

Oil sassafras 1/5 minim. 

1412. Potassium Chlorate and Guaiac. 

Potass, chlorate 1 grain. 

Res. guaiac 2 grains. 

Ipecac % grain. 

1413. Rose L,eaf and Alum. 

Red rose leaf 1 grain. 

Alum 1 grain. 

1414. Rhatany Compound. 

Ext. rhatany 1 grain. 

Cubeb % grain. 

Potass, chlorate 2 grains. 

1415. Rhubarb and Magnesia. 

Rhubarb 2 grains. 

Magnesia 2 grains. 

1416. Rhubarb and Ginger. 

Rhubarb 2 grains. 

Ginger 1 grain. 

1417. Rhubarb, Ginger and Soda. 

Rhubarb 2 grains. 

Ginger 1 grain. 

Soda bicarb 2 grains. 

1418. Squill Compound. 

Squill V/2 grains. 

Senega V/2 grains. 

Tartar emetic 1/25 grain. 



1419. Sulphur Compound. 

Sulphur . . ^ 5 grains. 

Cream tartar 2 grains. 

Ext. ipecac 1/100 grain. 

Ext. capsicum 1/500 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1/1000 grain. 

Calcium sulphide 1/10 grain. 



1420. Wild Cherry. 

Morphine sulph 1/50 grain. 

Ipecac 1/50 grain. 

Kermes mineral % grain. 

Oil bitter almond 1/100 minim. 

Fluid extract wild cherry. 1/10 minim. 
Tinct. verat. virid 3/10 minim. 



1421. Wistar's. 

Opium 1/10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 2 grains. 

Oil anise 1/30 minim. 



COMPRESSED TABLETS. 



1422. Absorbent Dyspeptic. 

Pepsin 1 grain. 

Charcoal 2 grains. 

Soda bicarb 2% grains. 

1423. Acetanilid Aromatic. 

Acetanilid 5 grains. 

Oil gaultheria q. s. 

1424. Acetanilid Compound (Bower's). 

Acetanilid 3 grains. 

Monobromated camphor . . 2 grains. 
Citrate caffeine y 2 grain. 

1425. Acetanilid Compound (Hoag). 

Cit. caffeine % grain. 

Sodium bromide 5 grains. 

Acetanilid 2 grains. 

1426. Acetanilid Compound (Pitcher). 

Acetanilid 2 grains. 

Fl. ext. gelsemium 1 minim. 

1427. Acetanilid Compound. 

Acetanilid 4 grains. 

Fl. ext. gelsemium 2 minims. 

L428. Acetanilid Compound. 

Acetanilid 3 grains. 

Tullys powder 3 grains. 



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1439. Acetanilid Compound. 

Acetanilid 2% grains. 

Caffeine citrate 1 grain. 

Gelsemiu (Eclectic) 1/10 grain. 

1430. Acetanilid and Caffeine. 

Acetanilid 3 grains. 

% Caffeine 1 grain. 

1431. Acetanilid and Quinine. 

Acetanilid 3 grains. 

Quinine sulph 2 grains. 

1433. Acetanilid and Salol. 

Acetanilid 2% grains. 

Salol 2% grains. 

1433. Acetanilid and Soda. 

Acetanilid ... 4% grains. 

Bicarb, soda % grain. 

Salicylate soda ^ grain. 

Ammonium Chloride and 

1434. liicorice. 

Ammonium chloride 2 grains. 

Ext. licorice 3 grains. 

1435. Anti-Constipation. 

Ext. cascara sagrada 1 grain. 

Ext. nux vom y 8 grain. 

Ext. bellad % grain. 

Powd. ipecac. y 8 grain. 

Podophyllin y 8 grain. 

1436. Anti-Dyspeptic (Bradley's). 

Powd. cubeb 5/8 grain. 

Powd. rhubarb y 2 grain. 

Bismuth subnitrate 2 grains. 

Sugar 2y 2 grains. 

Oil peppermint % minim. 

1437. Antacid. 

Carbonate lime 3y 2 grains. 

Carbonate magnesia 2% grains. 

Chloride sodium 1 grain. 

1438. Antifermentive No. 1. 

Salicylate soda 2 grains. 

Powd. ginger 2 grains. 

Powd. capsicum 1/10 grain. 

Powd. cardamom comp. . . % grain. 

1439. Antifermentive No. 3. 

Salicylate soda 2 grains. 

Gingerine 1/12 grain. 

Powd. capsicum 1/20 grain. 

Powd. cardamom comp. ... % grain. 



1440. Anti-Malarial. 

Powd. nux vomica % grain. 

Powd. capsicum y 2 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus y 2 grain. 

Quinine sulphate 3 grains. 

1441. Antiseptic Tablets. 

Corrosive sublimate 7.30 grain. 

Ammonium muriate 7.70 grain. 

The strength of these tablets is so adjusted 
that one dissolved in a pint of water gives 
a 1 to 1000 solution. 

1443. Bismuth (Hunt). 

Bismuth subnitrate 5 grains. 

Sugar milk 2 grains. 

1443. Bismuth and Charcoal. 

Bismuth subnitrate 2 grains. 

Charcoal 5 grains. 

1444. Borax Compound. 

Borax 1 grain. 

Powd. sugar 4 grains. 

Oil checkerberry y 2 minims. 

Brown Mixture and Ammonium 

1445. Muriate. 

Brown mixture 1 teaspoonf ul. 

Ammonium mur 1 grain. 

1446. Calomel and Capsicum. 

Calomel 2 grains. 

Capsicum % grain. 

Calomel and Ipecac Comp. 

1447. (Dr. Stimson). 

Calomel 1 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1 grain. 

Powd. opium % grain. 

1448. Calomel and Rhubarb Compound. 

Calomel 2% grains. 

Powd. rhubarb 2y 2 grains. 

Cinnamon 1 grain. 

1449. Calomel and Soda. 

Calomel y>2 grain. 

Soda bicarbonate 3 grains. 

1450. Camphor and Acetanilid. 

Camphor monobromated . . 1 grain. 
Acetanilid 2 grains. 

1451. Camphor, Opium and Hyoscyamus. 

Camphor 1 grain. 

PoWd. onium % grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus 1 grain. 



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1452. Cascara Compound. 

Ext. cascara sagrada 2 grains. 

Podophyllin Ys grain. 

Ext. belladonna 1-16 grain. 

1453. Cocaine Throat. 

Cocaine mur 1-12 grain. 

Powd. cubebs 1 grain. 

Benzoic acid % grain. 

Chlorate potass 2 grains. 

Licorice q. s. 

1454. Coryza (Richard's). 

Quinine sulpb % grain. 

Amnion mur % grain. 

Camphor V 2 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-10 grain. 

Ext. belladonna 1-10 grain. 

Ext. aconite 1-10 grain. 

1455. Cystitis (For Acid Urine). 

Boracic acid 2 grains. 

Bicarb, potass 2 grains. 

Ext. buchu 1 grain. 

Ext. dog grass 1 grain. 

Ext. corn silk 14 grain. 

Ext. hydrangea y 2 grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-500 grain. 

1456. Cystitis (For Alkaline Urine). 

Benzoic acid 3 grains. 

Biborate soda 2 grains. 

Ext. buchu 1 grain. 

Ext. dog-grass 1 grain. 

Ext. corn silk % grain. 

Ext. hydrangea y 2 grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-500 grain. 

1457. Damiana Compound. 

Ext. damiana 2 grains. 

Phosphorus 1-30 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

1458. Diarrhoea Tablets. 

Bismuth subnitrate 3 grains. 

Pepsin sacch 2 grains. 

Aromatic chalk powd 2 grains. 

1459. Diffusive Malarial. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-50 grain. 

Ammon. mur 2 grains. 

Cinchona sulph 1-10 grain. 

Cinchonidia sulph 1-10 grain. 

Quinine sulph 1-10 grain. 

1460. Diuretic. 

Powd. digitalis 1 grain. 

Ext. buchu 1 grain. 

Nitrate potass 1 grain. 

Powd. squills 1 grain. 



1461. Emmeuagogue (Riguad's). 

Powd. soc. aloes 1% grains. 

Powd. rue % grain. 

Powd. saffron % grain. 

Powd. licorice % grain. 

1463. Gonorrhoea. 

Powd. cubebs 1 grain. 

Solidifiable copaiba 1 grain. 

Iron sulphate % grain. 

Oil sandalwood 14 grain. 

Oil wintergreen 1-10 minim. 

Venice turpentine % grain. 

1463. Guaiac Compound. 

Powd. guaiac 12-3 grains. 

Ammonia muriate 12-3 grains. 

Ext. licorice V 2 grain. 

1464. Headache and Neuralgia. 

Bromide soda 5 grains. 

Cit. caffeine V2 grain. 

Acetanilid 1 grain. 

Ext. hyoscy % grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-50 grain. 

1465. Hypophosphites and Quinine. 

Hypophos. quinine 1 grain. 

Hypophos. iron y 2 grain. 

Hypophos. lime V 2 grain. 

Hypophos. soda ~V± grain. 

Hypophos. potass % grain. 

Hypophos. manganese % grain. 

Hypophos. strychnine 1-64 grain. 

Hypophosphites, Quinine and 

1466. Creasote. 

Hypophos. quinine 1 grain. 

Hypophos. iron % grain. 

Hypophos. lime % grain. 

Hypophos. soda % grain. 

Hypophos. potass M grain. 

Hypophos. manganese Vi grain. 

Hypophos. strychnine 1-64 grain. 

Creasote V 2 minim. 

1467 Iron, Arsenic and Strychnine. 

Powd. iron 2 grains. 

Arsenious acid 1-80 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Iron, Quinine and Aloes Compound 
1468. (Duncan). 

Powd. iron 2 grains. 

Quinine sulph 2 grains. 

Strychnine sulph 1-40 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-40 grain. 

Powd. aloes Vs grain. 



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Iron, Quinine and Strychnine 

1469. Phosphates. 

Iron phosphate 1 grain. 

Quinine phosphate 1 grain. 

Strychnine phosphate 1-60 grain. 

1470. Laryngitis. 

Bromide potass 1% grains. 

Chlorate potass % grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-12 grain. 

Ext. licorice 1% grains. 

Powd. squill 1 grain. 

1471. Lead and Bismuth Compound. 

Lead acetate 1 grain. 

Bismuth subnit 2 grains. 

Powd. camphor % grain. 

Powd. opium % grain. 

1472. Mercury Compound. A 

Calomel 1-24 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-120 grain. 

Nit. potass 2% grains. 

Ext. licorice 

Oil sassafras 

Oil wintergreen q. s. 

1473. Mercury Compound. B 

Calomel 1-12 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-30 grain. 

Nit. potass 5 grains. 

Ext. licorice 

Oil sassafras 

Oil wintergreen q. s. 

1474. Mercury Compound. C 

Calomel 1-6 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-30 grain. 

Nit. potass 1-10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 

Oil sassafras 

Oil wintergreen q. s. 

1475. Mercury and Rhubarb. 

Blue mass 2 grains. 

Co. rhubarb pil 1 grain. 

1476. Migrane. A 

Acetanilid 2 grains. 

Monobromated camphor ... % grain. 

Citrate caffeine y 2 grain. 

1477. Migrane. b 

Acetanilid 3 grains. 

Monobromated camphor. . . 2 grains. 

Citrated caffeine 1 grain. 



1478. Nerve Tonic. 

Zinc phosphide 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % gram. 

Powd. iron 2 grains. 

1479. Nerve Tonic. ] 

Zinc phosphide 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

Powd. iron 2 grains. 

Arsenious acid 1-20 grain. 

Pepsin, Pancreatin and Lactophosphate 

1480. Lime. 

Pure pepsin 1 grain. 

Pure pancreatin 1 grain. 

Lactophosphate lime % grain. 

Celery seed % grain. 

1481. Pepsin, Bismuth and Charcoal. 

Pepsin concentrated 2 grains. 

Bismuth subnitrate 2 grains. 

Charcoal 2 grains. 

148/2. Pepsin, Bismuth and Ginger. 

Pepsin sacch 2 grains. 

Bismuth subnitrate 3 grains. 

Powd. ginger 1 grain. 

Podophyllin and Colocynth 

1483. Compound. 

Podophyllin 1-5 grain. 

Ext. colocynth comp 1% grains. 

Ext. jalap 1 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus 1-5 grain. 

1484. Quinine Compound. 

Quinine sulph 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-40 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Strychnine sul 1-40 grain. 

Oleoresin black pep 1-3 grain. 

1485. Quinine Tannate Compound. 

Quinine tannate 1 grain. 

Bismuth subnitrate 1 grain. 

Powd. opium % grain. 

1486. Rhubarb and Bismuth Compound. 

Powd. rhubarb 2 grains. 

Powd. ginger % grain. 

Soda bicarb 1 grain. 

Bismuth subnitrate 2 grains. 

Rhubarb, Bismuth, Ginger and 

1487. Soda. 

Powd. rhubarb 2 grains. 

Bismuth subnitrate 3 grains. 

Powd. ginger % grain. 

Bicarbonate soda y 2 grain. 



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1488. Rhubarb and Ginger Compound. 

Powd. ginger 2y 2 grains. 

Bicarbonate soda 1% grains. 

Powd. rhubarb 1% grains. 

Powd. cardamom % grain. 

Oil peppermint 1-20 drop. 

1489. Rhubarb and Ipecac Compound. 

Powd. rhubarb 1 grain. 

Bicarb, soda 5 grains. 

Powd. ipecac. % grain. 

Oil peppermint 1-20 drop. 

1490. Rhubarb and Ipecac Compound. 

Powd. rhubarb 2 grains. 

Powd. ipecac y& grain. 

Soda bicarb 5 grains. 

Oil peppermint 1-20 drop. 

1491. Rhubarb and Ipecac Compound. 

Powd. rhubarb 2 grains. 

Soda bicarb 5 grains. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

Tr. nux vom 5 minims. 

Oil peppermint 1-20 drop. 

1493. Rhubarb and Soda. 

Powd. rhubarb V/ 2 grains. 

Soda bicarb 1% grains. 

Oil peppermint . 1-7 drop. 

1493. Saccharated Carbonate Iron. 

Carbonate iron 2 grains. 

Sugar 1 grain. 

1494. Saccharated Carbonate Iron. 

Carbonate iron 5 grains. 

Sugar . . 2y 2 grains. 



1495. Saccharated Calomel. 

Calomel 1 grain. 

Soda bicarb 2 grains. 

Sugar 3 grains. 

1496. Salol Compound. 

Salol 3 grains. 

Acetanilid 2 grains. 

1497. Salol and Phenacetine. 

Salol 2Y 2 grains. 

Phenacetine 2y 2 grains. 

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Salol and Phenacetine (Half 

1498. Strength). 

Salol 1% grains. 

Phenacetine 1% grains. 

1499. Sodium Salicylate Compound. 

Sodium salicylate 2 grains. 

Cerium oxalate 1 grain. 

1500. Sulphur Compound. A 

Sulphur 5 grains. 

Bitartarate potass. 1 grain. 

1501. Sulphur Compound. R 

Sulphur 2% grains. 

Cream tartar 2% grains. 

1503. Throat. 

Benzoic acid 1-5 grain. 

Paregoric 10 minims. 

Tinct. belladonna 1 minim. 

Ext. licorice 3 grains. 

1503. Tonic Gout. 

Quinine sulph 2 grains. 

Ext. digitalis % grain. 

Ext. colchicum seed 1 grain. 



1504. Triple Bromides, No. 1. 
Bromide of ammonium .... 

Bromide of potassium 

Bromide of sodium aa. 2% grains. 

1505. Urethritis. 

Acetate of zinc 2 grains. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-5 grain. 

One of these tablets dissolved in two ounces 
of water makes a solution the strength of 
which is about 1 to 5000 of corrosive sub- 
limate. 



1506. Viburnum Compound. 

Ext. viburnum prunifolium 1 grain. 
Ext. viburnum opulus .... 1 grain. 

Ext. aletris ferinosa y 2 grain. 

Ext. helonias dioca % grain. 

Ext. squaw vine % grain. 

Caulophylin 14 grain. 



Zinc Sulphate Comp. (for 
1507. Injection). 

Sulphate zinc 1 grain. 

Bichloride mercury 1-40 grain. 

Boracic acid 1 grain. 



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1508. Aconite and Belladonna. A 

Aconite 1-100 grain. 

Belladonna 1-100 grain. 

1509. Aconite and Belladonna. B 

Tinct. aconite 1 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 1 minim. 

1510. Aconite and Belladonna. C 

Tinct. aconite % minim. 

Tinct. belladonna % minim. 

1511. Aconite and Bryonia. A 

Aconite 1-100 grain. 

Bryonia 1-100 grain. 

1513. Aconite and Bryonia. B 

Tinct. aconite 1 minim. 

Tinct. bryonia 1 minim. 

1513. Aconite Compound. 

Morphine sulph 1-50 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

Ext. aconite 1-100 grain. 

1514. Aconite and Gelsemium. 

Tinct. aconite .J 2 minim. 

Tinct. gelsemium 1 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 2 minim. 

1515. Aconite and Ipecac. 

Tinct. aconite % minim. 

Wine ipecac 1 minim. 

1516. Aconite and Tartar Emetic. 

Aconite 1-50 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-50 grain. 

1517. Aloin, Belladonna and Hyoscyamus. 

Aloin (Merck's) % grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Ex. hyoscyamus % grain. 

1518. Aloin, Belladonna and Podophyllin. 

Aloin (Merck's) % grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Podophyllin V» grain. 

1519. Aloin, Belladonna and Nux, 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Ext. nux vomica 1-6 grain. 



Aloin, Belladonna, Podophyllin and 
1530. Nux. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-10 grain. 

Ext. bellad 1-10 grain. 

Podophyl 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica 1-10 grain. 

Aloin and Belladonna Compound, 
1581. No.l. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Strychnine 1-60 grain. 

Aloin and Belladonna Compound, 
1523. No. 3. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-120 grain. 

1533. Aloin Compound, No. 1. 

Aloin (Merck's) y s grain. 

Podophyllin % grain. 

1534. Aloin Compound, No. 3. 

Aloin (Merck's) % grain. 

Podophyllin % grain. 

Aloin and Cascarin Compound, 

1535. No. 1. 

Aloin, (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Ext. bellad % grain. 

Cascarin % grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Aloin and Cascarin Compound, 

1536. No. 3. 

Aloin (Merck's) % grain. 

Podophyllin % grain. 

Cascarin % grain. ' 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

1537. Aloin, Iron and Strychnine. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-10 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Strychnine sulph. 1-60 grain. 

1538. Aloin and Strychnine Compound. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grains. 

Ext. bellad % grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-16 grain. 

Aloin, Strychnine, Belladonna and 

1539. Cascara Segrada. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Strychnine 1-120 grain. 

Ext. bellad % grain. 

Ext. cascara sagrada % grain. 



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Aloiu. Strychnine, Belladonna and 

1530. Ipecac. 

Aloin (Merck's) 1-5 grain. 

Strychnine 1-60 grain. 

Ext. belladonna . . . Y s grain. 

Ipecac 1-16 grain. 

1531. Ammonium Chloride Compound. 

Ammonium chloride % grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Powd. cubebs. % grain. 

Ammonium Chloride Compound and 
1533. Codeine. 

Ammonium chloride % grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Powd. cubebs Ys grain. 

Codeine 1-25 grain. 

Ammonium Chloride Compound and 

1533. Ipecac. 

Ammonium chloride % grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Powd. cubebs Ys grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-15 grain. 

Ammonium Chloride Compound with 

1534. Morphine. 

Ammonium chloride % grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Cubebs y 8 grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-50 grain. 

Ammonium Chloride Compound and 

1535. Tartar Emetic. 

Ammonium chloride % grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Powd. cubebs Ys grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-60 grain. 

Ammonium, Chloride and Hyoscyamus 

1536. Compound. 

Ammonium chloride 1 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-24 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus 1-6 grain. 

1537. Anaesthetic. 

Camphor Yl grain 

Hydrochlorate morphine . . 1-24 grain. 

Oil cajuput 1-24 grain. 

1538. Anodyne. 

Camphor Y± grain 

Ext. hyoscyamus Ys grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Oil capsicum 1-60 grain. 



1539. Anti-Dyspeptic. 

Strychnine sulph 1-120 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-3 grain. 

Black pepper % grain. 

Oil gaultheria 1-10 grain. 

1540. Antimony and Ipecac. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

Ipecac 1-100 grain. 

1541. Antimony Comp. (Plummer's). 

Antimony comp. (Plummer's) . . 1-10 grain. 

Sulphurated antimony 1-40 grain. 

Powd. guaiac 1-20 grain. 

Calomel . 1-40 grain. 

1543. Arsenic Compound. 

Arsenious acid 1-30 grain. 

Piperine 1-5 grain. 

1543. Arsenic and Iron. A 

Arsenious acid 1-30 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

1544. Arsenic and Iron. B 

Arsenious acid 1-60 grain. 

Powd. iron 1-5 grain. 

1545. Arsenic and Iron. C 

Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 

Powd. iron l grain. 

1546. Arsenic and Iron. D 

Arsenious acid 1-60 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

i 1547. Arsenic and Strychnine. 

Arsenious acid i 1-100 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

1548. Atropia Compound. 

Atropia sulph 1-400 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

1549. Belladonna Compound. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-100 grain. 

Tinct. belladonna 1 minim. 

Powd. ipecac 1-10 grain. 

1550. Bismuth Compound. 

Bismuth subnitrate % grain. 

Cerium oxalate % grain. 



1551. Bismuth and Calomel Compound. 

Bismuth 1 grain. 

Calomel 1-40 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-60 grain. 



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Bismuth and Ipecac Compound, 

1552. No. 1. 

Bismuth subnitrate 1 grain. 

Calomel 1-10 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 

Opium 1-40 grain. 

Bismuth and Ipecac Compound^ 

1553. No. 2. 

Bismuth subnitrate % grain. 

Cerium oxalate % grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 

1554. Bismuth and Nux Vomica. 

Bismuth subnitrate 1 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

1555. Bronchitis. 

Ext. belladonna 1-40 grain. 

Dover's powder 1-10 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 

Quinine sulph % grain. 

1556. Bronchitis Without Quinine. 

Ext. belladonna 1-40 grain. 

Dover's powder 1-10 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 

1557. Brown Mixture. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Camphor 1-25 grain. 

Benzoic acid 1-25 grain. 

Oil anise 1-25 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-25 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-60 grain. 

1558. Brown Mixture (Half Strength) . 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Camphor 1-50 grain. 

Benzoic acid 1-50 grain. 

Oil anise 1-50 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-50 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-120 grain. 

1559. Cactus Compound. 

Fluid ext. cactus 1 minim. 

Tinct. stropanthus 3 minims. 

1560. Caffeine Compound. 

Caffeine citrate 1 grain. 

Nitroglycerin 1-200 grain. 

1561. Calomel, Aloin and Podophyllin. 

Calomel 1-10 grain. 

Aloin 1-10 **rain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 



1562. Calomel Compound. A 

Calomel % grain. 

Opium y 8 grain. 

Ipecac y 8 grain. 

1563. Calomel Compound. B 

Calomel 1-50 grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-100 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

1564. Calomel Compound. C 

Calomel % grain. 

Podophyllin 1-12 grain. 

Soda bicarb V 2 grain. 

1565. Calomel Compound. D 

Calomel 1-10 grain. 

Soda bicarb 1 grain. 

1566. Calomel Compound. E 

Calomel 1 grain. 

Soda bicarb 1 grain. 

1567. Calomel and Codeine. 

Calomel 1-12 grain. 

Codeine % grain. 

1568. Calomel and Ipecac. A 

Calomel % grain. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

1569. Calomel and Ipecac. B 

Calomel % grain. 

Powd. ipecac y 8 grain. 

1570. Calomel and Ipecac. C 

Calomel 1-6 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-6 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-6 grain. 

1571. Calomel, Ipecac and Opium. 

Calomel % grain. 

Dover's powder 1 grain. 

1572. Calomel, Ipecac andSoda, No. 1. 

Calomel 1-5 grain. 

Ipecac 1-10 grain. 

Soda bicarb 1 grain. 

1573. Calomel, Ipecac and Soda, No. 2. 

Calomel Vk grain. 

Ipecac 1-12 grain. 

Soda bicarb % grain. 

1574. Calomel, Ipecac and Soda, No. 3. 

Calomel % grain. 

Ipecac V 8 grain. 

Soda bicarb 1 grain. 



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1575. Calomel and Morphine Compound. 

Calomel % grain. 

Morph. sul % grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-16 grain. 

1576. # Calomel and Opium. A 

Calomel % grain. 

Opium % grain. 

1577. Calomel and Opium. B 

Calomel y 8 grain. 

Opium y 8 grain. 

1578. Calomel and Opium Compound. A 

Calomel y 2 grain. 

Opium y 8 grain. 

Ipecac % grain. 

1579. Calomel and Opium Compound. B 

Calomel % grain. 

Opium 1-16 grain. 

Ipecac y 8 grain. 

1580. Calomel and Podophyllin. 

Calomel y s grain. 

Podophyllin y 8 grain. 

1581. Calomel, Podophyllin and Ipecac. 

Calomel 1-10 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-30 grain. 

Powd. ipecac y 8 grain. 

1583. Calomel and Soda Compound. 

Calomel % grain. 

Soda bicarb y 2 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-12 grain. 

1583. Cannabis Indica and Codeine. 

Tinct. cannabis indica* 1 minim. 

Codeine 1-25 grain. 

1584. Capsicum Compound. A 

Capsicum 1-10 grain. 

Nux vomica % grain. 

1585. Capsicum Compound. B 

Ext. nux vomica *4 grain. 

Powd. capsicum 1-10 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-12 grain. 

1586. Capsicum Compound. C 

Powd. capsicum 1-5 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica y 2 grain. 

1587. Cardiac. 

Sulphate sparteine 1-10 grain. 

Tinct. stropanthus 3 minims. 

Caffeine citrate y 2 grain. 

Codeine 1-20 grain. 



1588. Cardiane. 

Tinct. stropanthus ...» 2 minims. 

Tinct. cactus 1 minim. 

Sparteine sulph 1-20 grain. 

Digitalin 1-120 grain. 

1589. Cascarin Compound. 

Aloin % grain. 

Podophyllin % grain. 

Cascarin y± grain. 

1590. Cathartic. A 

Leptandrin 1-32 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-6 grain. 

Aloin 1-16 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus 1-16 grain. 

Gamboge 1-64 grain. 

Oleoresin capsicum 1-128 drop. 

Oil peppermint 1-128 drop. 

1591. Cathartic. B 

Aloin 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica 1-10 grain. 

Ext. coloc. comp « 1-10 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-5 grain. 

Oleoresin capsicum 1-128 dron. 

Oil croton 1-15 drop 

1593. Cerium Oxalate Compound. 

Cerium oxalate 1 graia. 

Powd. ipecac 1-120 grain. 

1593. Chlorosis. 

Protochlo :. iron % grain. 

Bichloride mercury 1-120 grain. 

Chloride quinine % grain. 

1594. Cocaine Compound. 

Potass, chlorate 1 grain. 

Cocaine muriate 1-50 grain. 

1595. Cold. A 

Morphine sulph 1-32 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-32 grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Oil checkerberry q. s. 

1596. Cold. B 

Antimony sul 1-12 grain. 

Ext. conium 1;12 graiR 

Powd. ipecac 1-6 grain. 

Potass, nitrate 1-6 grain. 

Ammonia muriate 1-6 grain. 

1597. Cold. C 

Aconite 1-10 grain. 

Camphor 1-10 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-10 grain. 

Nitrate potass 1-10 grain. 



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1598. Conium Compound. 

Ext. conium 1-30 grain. 

Cubebs 1-10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

1599. Conium Compound with Codeine. 

Ext. conium 1-30 grain. 

Cubebd 1-10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

Codeine < 1-25 grain. 

1600. Copper and Opium. 

Sulph. copper « 1-30 grain. 

Tinct. opium, deodorized.. % minim. 

1601. Corrosive Sublimate Compound 

Corrosive sublimate 1-32 grain. 

Powd. ipecac * % grain. 

1603. Cough Mixture. 

Ammonia muriate % grain. 

Paregoric # 5 minims. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-96 grain. 

1603. Diaphoretic. A 

Morphine sulph 1-32 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-95 grain. 

Atropine sulph •« 1-150 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 

Aconitia 1-1000 grain. 

1604. Diaphoretic. B 

Morphine sulph 1-24 grain. 

Tinct. aconite > y 2 minim. 

Tartar emetic 1-60 grain. 

Powd. ipecac y 8 grain. 

1605. Diarrhoea. A 

Calomel y 8 grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-16 grain. 

Capsicum 1-16 grain. 

Powd. ipecac , 1-32 grain. 

Camphor 1-16 grain. 

1606. Diarrhoea. B 

Powd. opium % grain. 

Camphor , % grain 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

Acetate lead „ 1-6 grain. 

1607. Digitalis Compound. A 

Tinct. digitalis ■. 2 minims. 

Brucia 1-100 grain. 

1608. Digitalis Compound. B 

Tinct. digitalis 2 minims. 

Strychnine sulph 1-100 grain. 



1609. Digitalis and Iron Compound. 

Ext. digitalis 1-10 grain. 

Iron phosphate % grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

1610. Digitalis and Strophanthus. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 minims. 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minims. 

1611. Dipsomania. 

Nitrate strychnine 1-60 grain. 

Chloride gold 1-40 grain. 

1618. Diuretic. 

Caffein % grain. 

Nitrate potassium % grain. 

Carbonate lithia % grai'n. 

1613. Dover's Powder Compound. A 

Quinine sulph % grain. 

Dover's powder % gram. 

1614. Dover's Powder Compound. B 

Dover's powd 2% grains. 

Calomel *4 grain. 

1615. Dyspeptic. 

Strychnine sulph 1-40 grain. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

Powd. rhubarb % grain. 

Capsicum % grain. 

1616. Euonymin Compound. 

Euouymin % grain. 

Podophyllln % grain. 

Aloin % grain. 

1617. Expectorant. 

Fid. ext. belladonna % minim. 

Powd. ipecac 1-10 grain. 

Ext. licorice % grain. 

Codeine 1-16 grain. 

Ext. senega 1-10 grain. 

1618. Fever. 

Dr. H. J. Kenyon. 

Tinct. aconite 1 minim. 

Morphine sulph 1-20 grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-50 grain. 

Ipecac % grain. 

1619. Fever. 

Dr. T. G. Davis. 

Tinct. aconite 1-5 minim. 

Tinct. bryonia 1-10 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 1-10 minim. 



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1620. Fever and Ague. 

Sulphate copper 1-10 grain. 

Powd. opium y 8 grain. 

Sulphate quinine y 2 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-12 grain. 

1631. Haematic. 

Arsenious acid 1-120 grain. 

Powd. iron 1-10 grain. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-200 grain. 

Nux vomica 1-20 grain. 

1623. Headache. 

Acetaniiid > 1 grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 

Ext. gelsemium % minim. 

1623. Heart Tonic. 

Gardiner's. 

Nitroglycerin 1-100 grain. 

Tinct. stropanthus 1 minim. 

Fluid ext. digitalis 1 minim. 

Strycnnine 1-60 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

1624. Heart Tonic and Stimulant. 

Nitroglycerin 1-100 grain. 

Tinct. digitalis i 2 minim. 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna : *4 minim. 

1625. Heart Tonic and Stimulant. 

Tinct. digitalis 2 minim. 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna % minim. 

Nitroglycerin 1-200 grain. 

1626. Hepatica, 

Pil. hydrarg y 2 grain. 

Ext. coloc. comp y 2 grain. 

Ext. hyoscyamus % grain. 

1627. Hepatica. 
Dr. H. J. Kenyon. 

Euonymin y s grain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 

Ipecac y 8 grain. 

Calomel < y 8 grain. 

Aloin 1-12 grain. 

1628. Hydrarg and Ipecac Compound. 

Blue mass 1 grain. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

Powd. opium % grain. 

1629. Hydrarg and Podophyllin. 

Blue mass 1 grain. 

Podophyllin % grain. 



1630. Hydrastin Compound. 

Hydrastin 1-10 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 

1631. Hyoscyamus and Codeine. 

Ext. hyoscyamus y s grain. 

Codeine 1-16 grain. 

1632 Ignatia Compound. 

Powd. ignatia j 1-100 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-10 grain. 

| 1633. Indigestion. A 

Saccharated pepsin 1-40 grain. 

Carbo veg 1-40 grain. 

Subnitrate bismuth 1-40 grain. 

1634. Indigestion. B 

Carbo veg 1-40 grain. 

Powd. rhubarb 1-40 grain. 

Pepsin 1-40 grain. 

Subnitrate bismuth > 1-40 grain. 

1635. Iron and Aloes Compound. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-30 grain. 

Ext. aloes 1-12 grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

1636. Iron, Arsenic and Brucia. A 

Powd. iron 1-10 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 

Brucia 1-33 grain. 

1637. Iron, Arsenic and Brucia. B 

Powd. iron 1-10 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 

Brucia 1-100 grain. 

1638. Iron, Arsenic and Brucia. C 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 

Brucia 1-100 grain. 

1639. Iron, Arsenic and Nux. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 



1640. Iron and Arsenic. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-30 grain. 



1641. Iron and Arsenic Compound. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 

Ignatia 1-40 grain. 



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1642. Iron and Arsenic Compound. B 

Po wd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-50 grain. 

Ignatia 1-40 grain. 

1643. Iron, Arsenic and Strychnine. ,A 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 

Strychnine 1-60 grain. 

1644. Iron, Arsenic and Strychnine. B 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-50 grain. 

Strychnine 1-60 grain. 

1645. Iron, Arsenic and Strychnine. C 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-50 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-100 grain. 

1646. Iron, Arsenic and Strychnine. I> 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-20 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-30 grain. 

1647. Iron and Mercury Compound. A 

Reduced iron 1 grain. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-60 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-60 grain. 

1648. Iron and Mercury Compound. B 

Reduced iron 1 grain. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-50 grain. 

Arsenious acid j 1-100 grain. 

1649. Iron and Mercury Compound. C 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Corrosive sublimate • 1-60 grain 

1650. Iron and Phosphorus Compound. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Arsenious acid i 1-40 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Phosphorus 1-100 grain. 

1651. Iron, Quinine and Arsenic. 

Powd. iron y 2 grain 

Quin. sul y 2 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 

1652. Iron, Quinine, Arsenic and Strychnine, 

Powd. iron i y 2 grain. 

Quinine sulph % grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 

Strychnine « 1-120 grain. 



1653. Iron and Quinine Sulphate. 

Powd. iron % grain. 

Quinine sulph, y 2 grain. 



1654. Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Powd. iron y 2 grain. 

Quinine sul y 2 grain. 

Strych 1-120 grain. 



1655. Iron and Strychnine. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 



1656. [Laxative Compound. 

Ext. cascara sagrada y 2 grain. 

Aloin y 8 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-10 grain. 

Oil peppermint 1-10 grain. 

1657. Lithia Carbonate and Soda Arseniate. 

Lithia carbonate 1 grain. 

Soda arsen 1-30 grain. 



1658. Mercury Compound. 

Blue mass y 2 grain. 

Opium % grain. 

Ipecac 14 grain. 

1659. Mercury Iodide Compound. 

Mercury iodide red 1-32 griin. 

Powd. ipecac y s grain. 



1660. Mercury Iodide Compound. B 

Mercury iodide red 1-16 grain. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 



1661. Mercury Iodide Compound. C 

Mercury iodide red 1-100 grain. 

Powd. belladonna 1-100 grain. 

Bichromate potass 1-100 grain. 



1662. Mercury and Belladonna Compound. 

Mercury iodide red 1-200 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 

Belladonna 1-100 grain. 



1663. Mercury and Charcoal. 

Mercury protiodide % grain. 

Carbo ve~. 1-10 grain. 



1664. Mercury and Charcoal. B 

Mercury protiodide 1-6 grain 

Carbo veg. 1-10 grain. 









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1665. Mercury and Byoscyainus. 

Mercur^ protiodide % grain. 

Ex. hyoscyamus % grain. 

1666. Mercury and Ipecac. 

Mercurv protiodide 1-3 grain. 

Powd. ipecac % grain. 

1667. Mercury and Ipecac Compound. 

Blue mass y 2 grain. 

Ex. hyoscyamus y 2 grain. 

Powd. ipecac *4 grain. 

1668. Mercury and Iron. 

Mercury protiodide % grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

1669. Mercury and Opium. 

Mercury protiodide 1-5 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-12 grain. 

1670. Mercurial Tonic. 

Mercury protiodide % grain. 

Iron citrate % grain. 

1671. Morphine Compound. A 

Morphine sulph y 8 grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-150 grain. 

1672. Morphine Compound. B 

Morphine sulph % grain. 

Atropia sulph l-l£j grain. 

1673. Morphine Compound. C 

Morphine sulph y 8 grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-200 grain. 

1674. Morphine Compound. r> 

Morphine sulph % grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-150 grain. 

1675. Morphine and Aconite. A 

Morphine sulph 1-32 grain. 

Ext. aconite ; 1-100 grain. 

1676. Morphine and Aconite. B 

Morphine sulph y 8 grain. 

Ext. aconite 1-25 grain. 

1677. Morphine and Aconite. C 

Morphine sulph 1-32 grain. 

Tinct. aconite 1 minim. 

1678. Morphine and Belladonna. A 

Morphine sulph y 8 grain. 

Ext. belladonna % grain. 



1679. Morphine and Belladonna. B 

Morphine sulph y s grain. 

Ext. belladonna y s grain. 

1680. Nerve Tonic. A 

Zinc phos 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vom % grain. 

Powd. iron 1 grain. 

1681. Nerve Tonic. B 

Zinc phosphide ■ 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica *4 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-20 grain. 

1683. Nerve Tonic. C 

Zinc phosphide % grain. 

Ext. nux vomica ^ grain. 

Ext. cannabis indica y 8 grain. 

1683. Nerve Tonic. D 

Ext. cannabis indica % grain. 

Hyoscyamia 1-400 grain. 

Zinc pnospnide 1-10 grain. 

1684. Neuralgic. 

Quinine sul % grain. 

Morphine sul 1-80 grain. 

Strycn. sul 1-120 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-80 grain. 

Ext. aconite % grain. 

1685. Neuralgic. 
Dr. H. J. Kenyon. 

Zinc phosphide 1-16 grain. 

Strycn < 1-60 grain. 

Ext. cannab. ind % grain. 

Soda arsen 1-20 grain. 

Aconitia, duq 1-400 grain. 

1686. Nitroglycerin Compound. A 

Nitroglycerin 1-100 grain. 

Tinct. digitalis 2 minims. 

1687. Nitroglycerin Compound. B 

Nitroglycerin 1-100 grain. 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minims. 

1688. Nux Vomica Compound. A 

Ext. nux yom 1-64 gra'n. 

Ext. belladonna 1-32 grain. 

Ipecac 1-16 grain. 

Aloln y s grain. 

Podophyllin t grain. 

1689. Nux Vomica Compound. B 

Ext. nux vomica 1-16 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-80 grain. 

Pepsin 1-32 grain. 

Aromatics q. s. 



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FORMULAS. 


1690. Nux Vomica Compound. 


c 

A 
B 

A 
B 
A 
B 
C 


1704. Opium and Camphor. 


Arsenious acid 1-100 grain. 


Camphor 14 grain. 


1691. Nux and Arsenic. 


1705. Opium and Lead, A 
Powd. opium 1-16 grain. 


Nux vomica 1-10 grain. 




Arsenious acid 1-50 grain. 




1692. Nux and Bryonia. 


1706. Opium and Lead. B 


Nux vomica 1-100 grain. 




Bryonia t 1-100 grain. 

1693. Nux and Bryonia. 

Tinct. bryonia 1 minim. 

1694. Nux and Cantharides. 


Lead acetate % grain. 

1707. Pepsin Compound. 

Powd. pepsin % grain. 

Ext. nux vomica 1-32 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-16 grain. 

1708. Pepsin and Bismuth. 

Pepsin , % grain. 

Bismuth subnitrate 1 grain. 


Cantharides 1-100 grain. 

1695. Nux and Carbo Veg. 


Carbo veg 1-10 grain. 

1696. Nux and Carbo Veg. 


1709. Pepsin and Calomel. 

Pepsin % grain. 

Bismuth subnitrate 1 grain. 

Nux vomica 1-100 grain. 


Nux vomica y 2 grain. 


Calomel . . , 1-40 grain. 


Carbo veg 14 grain. 


1697. Nux and Pepsin. 


1710. Pepsin and Charcoal. 

Pepsin }4 grain. 


Pepsin .... 1-10 grain 


Carbo veg % grain. 


1698. Nux and Pepsin. 


1711. Pepsin and Pancreatin. 

Pepsin 14 grain. 




Pancreatin % grain. 


1699. Nux and Pepsin. 


1712. Podophyllin and L.eptandrin. 

Podophyllin 14 grain. 

Leptandrin % grain. 

1713. Podophyllin, Nux and Hyoscyamus. 


Pepsin s y 2 grain. 

1700. Nux and Pepsin Compound. 

Nux vomica 1-100 grain. 












Ext. nux vomica 1-16 grain. 


Bimuth subnit 1 grain. 

Calomel % grain. 

1701. Nux and Phosphorus. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

Pbospnorus 1-50 grain. 


Ext. hyoscyamus % grain. 

1714. Quinine, Iron and Arsenic. 
Quin. sul y 2 grain. 


Arsen. acid 1-120 grain. 


1702. Nux and Sulphur. 


1715. Quinine and Iiicorice. 

Quinine sulph 1-10 grain. 

Ext. licorice 1-10 grain. 

1716. Rhubarb and Ipecac. 


Sulphur . . . 1-100 grain, 

1703. Nux and Sulphur Compound. 


Sulphur 1-10 grain. 

Arsen. acid 1-100 grain. 


Powd. rhubarb % grain. 

Powd. ipecac. 1-10 grain. 



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1717. Rhubarb and Soda. 

Powd. rhubarb y 2 grain. 

Soda bicarb ¥2 grain. 

1718. Santonin and Calomel. 

Santonin % grain. 

Calomel % grain. 

1719. Santonin and Calomel. 

Santonin . . . . % grain. 

Calomel % grain. 

1720. Santonin and Podophyllin. 

Santonin % grain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 

1721. Santonin and Podophyllin. 

Santonin % grain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 

1722. Sciatica. 

Tinct. aconite 3-4 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 3-4 minim. 

Tinct. colchicum 3-4 minim. 

Tinct. cimicif uga 3-4 minim. 

1723. Senega Compound. 

Tinct. squills 1 minim. 

Tinct. senesra 1 minim. 

Tinct. ipecac 1 minim. 

1724. Sick Headache. 

Irisin 1-10 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-20 grain. 

Sanguinarin 1-20 grain. 

Nux vomica 1-20 grain. 

Euonymin % grain 

1725. Stomachic. 

Pepsin % grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 

Carbo veg % grain. 

Powd. capsicum % grain. 

1726. Strychnine Muriate Compound. 

Corrosive sublimate 1-20 grain. 

Ext. belladonna 1-10 gram. 

Strychnine mur 1-40 grain. 

1727. Sulphur and Ipecac. 

Sulphur 1-10 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-10 grain. 

1728. Tartar Emetic CompVmnd. 

Powd. opium % grain. 

Tartar emetic 1-16 grain. 

Calomel % grain. 



1729. Tartar Emetic and Morphine. A 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-30 grain. 

1730. Tartar Emetic and Morphine. B 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

Morphine sulph 1-100 grain. 



B : 1731. Tartar Emetic and Opium. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 grain. 

Powd. opium 1-50 grain. 

A 1732. Tartar Emetic, Opium and Camphor. 

Tartar emetic 1-100 srain. 

Powd. opium 1-20 grain. 

Camphor 1-10 grain. 

1733. Throat. 

Potass, iodide 1-10 grain. 

Salt 1-10 grain. 

Sugar y 2 grain. 

1734. Tincture Aconite and Belladonna. 

Tinct. aconite 1 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna J 1 minim. 



1735. Tincture Aconite and Gelsemium. 

Tinct. aconite 2 minims. 

Tinct. gelsemium 1 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 2 minims. 



1736. Tincture Strophanthus Compound. A 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minims. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 minims. 

1737. Tincture Strophanthus Compound. B 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minims. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 minims. 

Nitroglycerin 1-100 grain. 



1738. Tincture Strophanthus Compound. 

Dr. C. C. Pike. 

Tinct. stropanthus 2 minims. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 minims. 

Tinct. nux vomica 2 minims. 



1739. Tonic. 

Dr. Hammond. 

Iron pyrophos % grain. 

Quinine sulph i % grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-120 grain. 



1740. Tonic Alterative. A 

Corrosive sublimate 1-50 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-100 grain. 

Powd. ipecac 1-20 grain. 



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1741. Tonic Alterative. B 

Corrosive sublimate 1-30 grain. 

Strychnine sulph 1-60 grain. 

Powd. iron .' 1 grain. 

1742. Tonic. 

Hawkin's. 

Strychnine sulph 1-200 grain. 

Ext. cannab. indica 1-16 grain. 

Phosphorus 1-400 grain. 

Atropia sulph 1-600 grain. 

1743. Tonsilitis. 

Tinct. aconite 1-5 minim. 

Tinct. bryonia 1-10 minim. 

Tinct. belladonna 1-10 minim. 

Red iodide mercury 1-100 grain. 

1744. Tully's Powder Compound. A 

Tully's powder 2y 2 grains. 

Calomel % grain. 

1745. Tully's Powder Compound. B 

Tully's powder 2y 2 grains. 

Podophyllin 1-10 grain. 

1746. Zinc Phosphide and Nux Vomica. 

Zinc phosphide 1-10 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica % grain. 



UNOFFICINAL PILLS. 



1747. Boback's Pills. 

Gum gamboge 100 pounds. 

Socotrine aloes . „ 100 pounds. 

Powdered may apple 16y 2 pounds. 

Powdered cayenne 4 pounds. 

Mix and mass. 

Make into 3 grain pills. 

1748. Sir Andrew Clark's Pills. 

Ferri sulph. y 2 grain. 

Aloin y 2 grain. 

Ext. nuc. vom 1-3 grain. 

Ext. belladcn ; % grain. 

Myrrhae pulv iy 2 grains. 

M. Ft. pil. sec. art. 

1749. Antibilious and Iaver Pills. 

Pulv. antim. tart 48 grains. 

Pil. hydrarg 

1 ounce, 1 dram, 36 grains. 
Pulv. gambogiae 

1 ounce, 1 dram, 36 grains. 
Pulv. capsici 

2 drams, 1 scruple, 24 grains. 
M. Ft. mass. Divide in 4-gr. pills. 

One at bedtime. 



1750. Pills for Chronic Constipation. 

Aloes 4 grains. 

Strychniae sulphat % grain. 

Extract belladonnae 1% grains. 

Ipecac, pulv 5% grains. 

M. Divid. in pil. 12. 
Sig. : One every evening. 



1751. Arsenical Pills for the Complexion. 

These contain very little arsenic. The fol- 
lowing is a safe prescription: 

Ferri arseniatis 2 grains. 

Ferri redact 1% drams. 

Pil. rhei co 2 scruples. 

Ext. nucis vom 10 grains. 

Glycer. tragac q. s. 

Ft. mass, et div. in pil. 60. 
One thrice daily with food. 
For lozenges and tablets use arseniate of 
soda, 1-30 grain in each. 



1753. Gravel and Lumbago Pills. 

Potass, nitrat 2 grains. 

Pulv. ipecac % grain. 

Pulv. scillae y 2 grain. 

Ext. belladonnae % grain. 

Ext. gentianae q. s. 

Ft. pil. 
A pill to be taken thrice daily with half 
tumblerful of B. P. potash-water. 



1753. Digestive Pills. 

Pulv. ext. coloc. co 1 dram. 

Bismuth, trisnit 1 dram. 

Ext. hyoscyam y^ dram. 

Cayenne 1 scruple 

Sp. vin. ten q. s. ut ft 

4-grain pills. 
One an hour before dinner. 



1754. Neuralgic Pills. 

Quininae sulph 1 grain. 

Ext. aloes aq y 2 grain. 

Ferri sulph. ex 1% grains. 

Ext. bellad. % grain. 

Ext. gentian V/ 2 grains. 

Pulv. capsici 1 grain. 

Pulv. camph 1 grain. 

M. Ft. pil. 2. 



1755. Pills for Spermatorrhoea. 

Zinci valer 3 grains. 

Ext. bellad 1-6 grain. 

Quininae sulph 1 grain. 

Conf. rosae q. s. ut f t. pil. 1. 

Mitte 24. 
Sig.: One t. d. s. 



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1756. Toothache Pills. 

Pulv. rhei 12 grains. 

Quininae sulph 24 grains. 

Camphor 12 grains. 

Ext. hyoscyam 36 grains. 

M. Ft. pil. 24. 
One every four hours until relieved. 



1757. Menthol. 

Gelatine 1 ounce. 

Glycerine (hy weight) 2% ounces. 

Orange-flower water 2% ounces. 

Menthol 5 grains. 

Rectified spirit 1 dram. 

Soak the gelatine in the water for two 
hours, then heat on a water-bath until dis- 
solved and add V/ 2 ounces of the glycerine. 
Dissolve the menthol in the spirit, mix with 
the remainder of the glycerine, add to the 
glyco-gelatine mass, and pour into an oiled tin 
tray (such as the lid of a biscuit-box). When 
the mass is cold divide it into ten dozen pas- 
tilles. 

Menthol pastilles are an excellent remedy 
for tickling cough as well as laryngitis. They 
should be freshly prepared, and cut oblong, so 
that the patient may take half of one, or less, 
as he finds them suit. 



1758. Tonic Female Pills. 

(Ch. and Dr.) 

This is not at all a desirable trade to culti- 
vate, as in some cases it is really abortives 
that are wanted. The following pill has been 
in use for twenty years in legitimate practice, 
and it has never been abused: 

Ergotini 1 dram. 

Quininae sulph y 2 dram. 

Pulv. glycyrrhiz % dram. 

Pulv. tragacanth 8 grains. 

Ft. massa, et div. in pil. 30. 
One thrice a day immediately before food 
when the period is delayed or prolonged. 



1759. Pruritus Ani. 

Regulate the bowels with the late Sir An- 
drew Clark's pill taken once, twice, or thrice 
a day, namely: 

Aloin ; % grain. 

Ferri sulph % grain. 

Ext. nucis vomicae % grain. 

Pulv. myrrhae % grain. 

Saponis % grain. 

If no relief is obtained add — 

Acidi arseniosi 1-20 grain. 



1760. 

Also use the following lotion, suggested by 
Dr. A. Cooper Key in the British Medical 
Journal : 

Pulv. sodae bibor 20 grains. 

Glycerini ; 2 drams. 

Naphthae rectificat % ounce. 

Aq. flor. sambuci ad 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. lotio. 
Or— 



1761. 

Calaminae levig V/2 drams. 

Acid, hydrocy. (Scheele's). % dram. 

Glycerini 2 drams. 

Liq. calcis ad 8 ounces. 

M. Ft. lotio. 



1762. 

The following cooling-lotion for pruritus is 
recommended by the Practitioner: 

Liq. ammonii acetatis 2 ounces. 

Acidi hydrocyanici diluti . 1 dram. 

Spiritus rectificati ; 3 drams. 

Aquae rosae ad 8 ounces. 

To be applied locally. 



1763. Little Liver Pills. A 

Aloin 1-10 grain. 

Jalap resin j 1-16 grain. 

Podophyllin 1-5 grain. 

Ext. nux vomica 1-20 grain. 

Extract hyoscyamus 1-20 grain. 

Oleoresin capsicum 1-20 grain. 



1764. Little Liver Pills. B 

Jalap resin ; 1-16 grain. 

Leptandrin 1-16 grain. 

Aloin y% grain. 

Podophyllin , % grain. 

Powdered gamboge • 1-32 grain. 

Powdered capsicum 1-64 grain. 

Extract hyoscyamus ; % grain. 

Oil peppermint • 1-128 grain. 



1765. Chill Pills. 

Quinine 40 grains. 

Ext. cinchona 30 grains. 

Oil of black pepper 12 drops. 

Make into 24 pills in capsules or sugar 
coated. 

Directions: After a chill take at bedtime 
a dose of Co-Cathartic pills, early next morn- 
ing take two of the chill pills; and the same 
number every two hours until 14 are taken. 

The following day take one pill every two 
hours, until 5 are taken. 



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1766. Martindale's Phosphorus Pills. 
(Ch. and Dr.) 

Phosphorus 10 grains. 

Oil of theobroma 490 grains. 

Bisulphide of carbon 200 grains. 

Or q. s. to 750 grains. 

Take of above sol 54 grains. 

Acacia 18 grains. 

Syrup 18 grains. 

Divide into 24 pills. 
3 grains =1-33 grain phosphorus. 
Ten grains of phosphorus is dissolved in 200 
fl. grains of purified carbon bisulphide, and 
490 grains of shredded cocoa-butter added and 
dissolved by shaking; then the solution is 
made up to 750 fl. grains with bisulphide. 

The solution keeps indefinitely, but it is apt 
to become solid in cold weather; the heat of 
the hand, however, suffices to liquefy it. The 
desired quantity of it is mixed with powdered 
acacia, stirred for a little and the syrup 
added, when a mass suitable for rolling is 
soon produced. The pills may be varnished 
with sandarac, but should be thoroughly dried 
after varnishing, otherwise they may stick to- 
gether in the bottle. They keep well if the 
coating is perfect. They also take the pearl 
coating well. The pills are more easily made, 
more quickly assimilated, and do not cause so 
much disturbance as others. Mr. Martindale 
has put them to a number of tests, and he 
referred to the objections which may be urged 
against the mass, particularly its comparative 
softness. This, he said, can be obviated by 
using glucose instead of syrup, and as to the 
permanence of the pill in warm climates, he 
could only say that he had carried one in the 
pocket without affecting it, and when put in 
water at 90° F., a pill did not fail. 



1767. Phosphorus Pills. 

Phosphorus 1 grain. 

Chloroform 10 minims. 

Dissolve and mix with 

Powdered licorice 1 dram, 

Water 20 minims. 

Then mass with 

Ext. nux vomica 10 grains. 

Powd. tragacanth q. s. 

Divide into 50 pills. 



1768. Antimalarial Pills. 

Phosphorus 1-100 grain. 

Strychnia 1-64 grain. 

Arsenious acid 1-20 grain. 

Iron by hydrogen * 1% grains. 

Quinine sulph iy 2 grains. 

Purified aloes V± grain. 



1769. Neuralgic Pills. 

Brown Sequard's. 

Ext. henbane 2-3 grain. 

Ext. conium 2-3 grain. 

Ext. ignatia bean y 2 grain. 

Ext. opium .- % grain. 

Ext. aconite % grain. 

Ext. cannabis indica % grain. 

Ext. stramon 1-5 grain. 

Ext. belladonna >. 1-6 grain. 



METHODS AND TABLES FOR 
PERCENTAGE SOLUTIONS. 



Western Druggist. 
1770. 

In view of the ever-recurring question con- 
cerning the method of calculating percentage 
solutions we find ourselves compelled to refer 
to this frequently discussed subject once more, 
devoting more space to it than ordinarily, so 
as to cover the question. 

Percentum means, for each hundred. Per- 
centage by weight means that all ingredients 
shall be weighed; percentage by volume 
means that all ingredients shall be measured. 
A 1-per-cent cocaine solution, hence, contains 
1 grain of cocaine and 99 grains of water; 
a 2-per-cent. cocaine solution necessarily con- 
tains 2 grains of cocaine hydrochlorate and 
98 grains of water, and so on. A fluid ounce 
(480 minims) of distilled water at normal 
temperature weighs approximately 455.5 
grains, so that 1 per cent of 1 fluid ounce is 
as the proportion, 100:1: :455.5:4.555. Sub- 
tracting 4.5 grains from 455.5 grains gives us 
451 grains of water in which to dissolve 4.5 
grains of cocaine, the resulting solution weigh- 
ing 455.5 grains. In this calculation we have 
assumed 1 grain of cocaine to occupy the 
same space as one minim of water. But this 
is not the case and our 1-per-cent. cocaine 
solution measures probably two or three min- 
ims less than 1 fluid ounce. 

If it be desirable to dispense exactly 1 fluid 
ounce of the solution in question, the only 
practical way to proceed, on a small scale and 
extemporaneously, is to prepare a little more 
than wanted and throw away the surplus. 
To insure the full volume of 480 minims, take 
455.5 grains as a starting point; to this add 
the percentage required in grains, say 4. 
We then have 459.5 grains as the weight of 
the finished product, 4 per cent of which is 
100:4: :459.5:18:38. The 18.38 subtracted from 
the whole 459.5, gives us 441.12 grains of 
water and 18.38 grains of cocaine in a total 
of 459.5 grains of finished solution. This will 
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minims, depending on the bulk the cocaine as- 
sumes in liquefied form. 

The calculations, it must be borne in mind, 
are based on water as a solvent and on a 
low percentage. The principle, but not the 
figures, holds good with respect to fluids spe- 
cifically lighter or heavier than water, while 
in high percentages, exceeding, say, 10 per- 
cent, the increase in bulk is, especially for 
expensive material and large quantities, suffic- 
iently serious to require preliminary experi- 
mental determinations. 

An exceedingly practical method for pre- 
paring a fluid ounce of a solution of a given 
percentage has been suggested by an esteemed 
correspondent. H. M. "Wilder, of Philadelphia, 
His method is in effect the same as explained 
above, excepting that it does not require care- 
ful calculations. Its only possible drawback 
could oe that the excess obtained being about 
one-tenth of an ounce (difference between 456 
and 500 grains) would make the waste (when 
4 p. c. or over) when operating with costly 
material quite appreciable; especially when 
more than one fluid ounce of solution be dis- 
pensed. Mr. Wilder's method, which he has 
employed for many years, is as follows: 

In order to make one fluid ounce of 4-per 
cent colution, he takes the nearest round 
number, which is 500. He dissolves 5 times 
4 grains of the salt in 500 less 20 grains of 
the menstruum (water or other solvent of 
similar specific gravity) and concludes that he 
now has a 4-per-cent solution. If he now 
measures off one fluid ounce, he must neces- 
sarily ha\vi a fluid ounce of a 4-per-cent solu- 
tion. As to the surplus of solution, that is 
thrown away; what little loss that may 
amount to is more than compensated for by 



the ease of calculation, without bothering 
oneself about fractions. 

In lbUl C. C. Sherrard, of Detroit, Mich., 
published in the New Idea tables for prepar- 
ing solutions, which, on account of their prac- 
ticality deserve reproduction. We quote Mr. 
Sherraru's article in full: 

"Witn a view of economizing time, the fol- 
lowing tables for preparing percentage solu- 
tions have been carefully figured out. Many 
pharmacists closely engaged in the practice of 
their art will find that these tables will save 
them much valuable time and also remove the 
possibility of error incidental to rapid calcu- 
lation and figuring. That there is a need for 
such a table is shown by the frequent re- 
quests for information of this sort. The table 
is simple and requires but little explanation. 
There are two tables, the first giving percent- 
age solutions, as, for instance, 4 per-cent. co- 
caine muriate solution; the second gives parts 
in 1.000 or 5,000, as, for instance, corrosive 
sublimate 1 in 1,000. The use of the first is 
as follows: Run down column 1 until the cor- 
rect percentage wanted is found, then move, to 
the right along the line until the column is 
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be made up; at the intersection will be found 
the weieht of salt required. For example, 
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of 4 per-cent. cocaine muriate solution, run 
down tne left hand column to 4, then along 
to the rigut till we reach the column headed 4 
fluid ounces. At the intersection of the two 
will be found 72.91, and this is the number of 
grains needed. It must be remembered that 
this is the amount of water to take, and not 
q. s. water to make the volume. Also that 
these tables are true only for water, and not 
for alcohol or other fluid. The second table 
is similarly employed: 



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Providing other amounts of a solution than 
those given in the tables are required, it will 
be a very simple mathematical calculation 
to determine the amount of drug or salt re- 
quired for a specified amount of solution. For 
example, if 4 fluid ounces of a 4-per-cent so- 
lution is required, follow down the 4 fluid 
ounce column until opposite 4 per cent; the 
number of grains required are 72.912 grains. 
Now, to make 8 fluid ounces, just twice as 
much (145.824 grains) is required. In a sim- 
ilar manner, any solution of any percentage 
strength may readily be found by consulting 
the proper column and per-cent. 

For all dispensing and administering pur- 
poses in any prescribed doses the figures here- 
with given are correct, and for such purpose 
this article is especially designed. 

In further explanation, we may say that, in 
giving the above figures, the resulting solu- 
tion is absolutely correct as regards percent- 
age composition, though it may measure 
slightly more than the water taken, owing to 
the increase in volume, which always takes 
place in some degree when a solid passes into 
solution in a given amount of liquid. This 
expansion is not appreciable for small amounts 
of the solid, say up to 5 per cent, but at 25 
per cent or more it may be noticeable. How- 
ever, as before stated, this expansion has been 
considered, and the resulting solution, not- 
withstanding the increase in volume, is cor- 
rect for the percentage given. From the fore- 
going explanation it is quite clear that, if a 
dram of 1-2 per-cent. solution be prescribed, 
exactly 2 per-cent. of that dram is the salt in 
the soluuon ; the other 98 per cent, being the 
water." 



The following simple rule was communi- 
cated a few years ago to a pharmaceutical 
journal by John P. Judge, of Philadelphia: 

Rule: Multiply the weight (in grains) of a 
dram of water by the number of drams de- 
sired, multiply this product by the percentage 
desired. Dividing all this by 100 gives the 
percentage. The result will be the number of 
grains to be added to the quantity of solution 
desired. For easy memorizing, the rule may 
be run off thus: Multiply the weight of a 
dram by the number of drams and this by the 
percentage. Divide by 100 for percentage. 

Everyone who uses this rule is struck by its 
simplicity, facility, compactness and ex- 
actness. 



SOLUTIONS, ETC. 



1771. Clemen's Arsenical Solution. 

The following is the mode of preparation of 
the liquor arsenici bromatus, used in the treat- 
ment of diabetes mellitus: 

Carbonate potassium 1 dram. 

Arsenious acid 1 dram. 

Distilled water 10 ounces. 

Boil until a clear solution is formed, and 
when cold add 

Bromine 2 drams. 

Water 12 ounces. 

This is allowed to stand until the color dis- 
appears when it is ready for use. 
Dose: One to 5 drops once or twice a day. 



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1772. Colorless Hydrastis. 

Hydrastis white alkaloid.. 20 grains. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Glycerine 8 ounces. 

Dissolve alkaloid in 1 or 2 drops of muriatic 
acid: add water; filter, and add glycerine. 

1773. 

Homoeopathic diluted tinctures are made 
from the mother-tinctures, as follows: The 
mother-tincture is regarded as tincture lx 
when it is made of l-to-10 strength. One part 
of this mother-tincture vigorously shaken 
with 9 parts of alcohol yields tincture 2x;-l 
part of 2x with 9 parts of alcohol yields tinc- 
ture 3x. The centesimal scale is similarly 
worked. One part of mother-tincture with 9 
parts of alcohol yields a tincture lc; 1 part of 
this with 99 parts of alcohol yields a tincture 
2c. and so on. For full instructions as to 

I all homoeopathic preparations, see Keene & 
Ashwell's "Companion to the British Homoeo- 
pathic Pharmacopoeia." 
1774. Liquor Eastoni. 
Iron wire 2% drams. 
Phosphoric acid (s.g. 1.5).. 
2 ounces. 6 drams. 
Water 3 ounces. 
Mix in a flask and heat gently until action 
ceases, then add — 

Powdered strychnine 10 grains. 

Phosphate of quinine 4 drams. 

Hypophosphorous acid % dram. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

Dissolve and filter. 
One part of this solution is to be mixed with 
3 parts of thick syrup. 



1775. Solution of Saccharin, N. F. 

Saccharin 512 grains. 

Soda bicarb 240 grains. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Water, q. s., to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the saccharin and the soda bicarb 
in 10 fluid ounces of water; filter the solution; 
add the alcohol to the filtrate, and pass enough 
water through the filter to make 16 fluid 
ounces. Each fluid dram represents four 
grains of saccharin. 



1776. Saccharin. 

British "Unofficial Formulary. 

Saccharin 480 grains. 

Bicarbonate of sodium 240 grains. 

Alcohol 2^ fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, q. s. 
Rub the saccharin and bicarbonate of so- 
dium in a mortar, with y 2 pint of distilled 

11 



water gradually added. When dissolved add 
the spirit; filter, and wash the filter with 
sufficient distilled water to produce 1 pint of 
elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains 3 grains of sac- 
charin. 



1777. Cochineal Coloring. 

Cochineal 1 ounce. 

Potassium carbonate 1 ounce. 

Potassium bitartrate 1 ounce. 

Alum 1 ounce. 

Water 14 ounces. 

Boil till effervescence ceases; filter, and 
add water to make 16 fluid ounces, in which 
dissolve 16 ounces of sugar. 

ELIXIRS OF CHLORIDES. 

The Indiana Pharmacist comments upon the 
fad for the combining of chlorides or iodides 
into certain preparations, as elixirs, and offers 
a few formulas for those most called for (with 
a little modification and substitution of the 
iodide for the chloride the elixirs of the io- 
dides can be made in the same manner). 

1778. Elixir One Chloride. 

Corrosive sublimate 2 grains. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Syrup orange 8 ounces. 

Dose: Teaspoonful after each meal. 

1779. Elixir Two Chlorides. 

Tincture chloride of iron. . 1 ounce. 
Solution chloride of arsenic 2 drams. 
Simple syrup, to make.... 16 ounces. 
Dose: Teaspoonful after each meal. 

1780. Elixir Three Chlorides. 

Corrosive sublimate 3 grains. 

Chloride of ammonia 2 ounces. 

Solution chloride of arsenic 3 drams. 
Simple syrup, to make.... 16 ounces. 
Dose: Teaspoonful after each meal. 

1781. Elixir Four Chlorides. 

Corrosive sublimate 4 grains. 

Solution chloride of arsenic 3 drams. 
Hydrochloric acid, dilute. . 4 drams. 
Tincture chloride of iron. . 8 drams. 
Simple syrup, to make.... 16 ounces. 

1782. Elixir Five Chlorides. 

Corrosive sublimate 3 grains. 

Solution chloride of arsenic 3 drams. 
Hydrochloric acid, dilute.. 3 ounces. 

Tincture iron chloride 3 ounces. 

Ammonia chloride 3 ounces. 

Simple syrup, to make.... 36 ounces. 
Dose: Teaspoonful after each meal. 



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1783. Hoffman's Red Drops. 

Gum camphor M ounce. 

Powd. capsicum 1 ounce. 

Oil peppermint jounce. 

Oil cassia % ounce. 

Alcohol 1 gallon. 

Aniline red 5 grains. 

Caramel 1 ounce. , 

Laudanum 1 pint. 

Water 4 pints. 

1784. Sedative Liquor. 

Powd. black haw 2 ounces. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Sulph. hydrastis 1 dram. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Sugar, color % ounce. 

Fl. ext. Jam. dogwood 2 ounces. 

Fl. ex. valerian (Eng.) 1 ounce. 

Simple syrup 2 ounces. 

Simple elixir, or elix. lact. 
pepsin, q. s., to make... 1 quart. 
Percolate the black haw with the 8 ounces 
of water and 8 ounces of alcohol; dissolve the 
hydrastia in the 2 ounces of water and mix 
all the ingredients, adding enough simple 
elixir or elixir of lactated pepsin to make up 
to 32 ounces. 



1785. Solution of Ferric Salicylate. 

A permanent solution of ferric salicylate 
may be made as follows: 

Potassium citrate 2 drams. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Ferric salicylate 80 grains. 

Water, enough to make. .. 4 ounces. 
Dissolve the citrate in the glycerine with 
the aid of heat; add the salicylate of iron in 
small portions, stirring after each addition 
until dissolved, and lastly the water, also 
added gradually. Heat to boiling and filter 
while hot. The glycerine may be omitted, 
but if so, the solution will gradually precipi- 
tate. A solution thus prepared is of a deep 
brown color in bulk, lighter and transparent in 
thin layers, odorless and having a sweetish 
ferruginous taste. It contains 2y 2 grains of 
ferric salicylate to the teaspoonful, but the 
amount may be increased or decreased as de- 
sired 



1786. Improved Styptic Colloid. 

Dr. Circular. 

Collodion 100 parts. 

Carbolic acid 10 parts. 

Tannin 5 parts. 

Benzoic acid (from the 
gum) 5 parts. 



Mix the ingredients 
written until perfect 
This preparation has 
leaves, on evaporation, 



in the order above 
solution is effected, 
a brown color, and 
a strongly adherent 



pellicle. It instantly coagulates blood, form- 
ing a consistent clot, and a wound rapidly ci- 
catrizes under its protection. 



1787. Ioduretted Glycerin. 

Iodine 48 grains. 

Pot. Iodid 96 grains. 

Aqua 2 drams. 

Glycerin 4 ounces. 



1788. Hall's Solution of Strychnine. 

Pure crystals strychnine. .. 16 grains. 

Water 7% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Acetic acid y 2 fl. ounce. 

Comp. tinct. cardamom. ... y 2 fl. ounce. 
Mix for solution. 
Dose: Twenty to 30 drops once or twice a 
day. 



1789. Solution for Storm Glass. 

Ammon. chlor 30 grains. 

Potass, nit 30 grains. 

Camphor 30 grains. 

Spt. vin. rect 1 ounce. 

Aquae 1 ounce. 1 dram. 

Weigh S. V. R. into bottle; add camphor and 
dissolve; then add other solids, lastly the 
water (warm); shake, and when dissolved, 
filter into the glass. 

The above quantities are all by weight. 



SOLUTIONS. 



1790. Malate of Iron. 

Am. Journ. Pharm. 

Cranberry juice 14 fl. ounces. 

Iron, in the form of fine 
wire and perfectly clean, 1 ounce. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

The iron is added to the cranberry juice con- 
tained in a suitable vessel and set aside in a 
warm place, being occasionally agitated, for 
several days. It is then boiled for a half to 
one hour, adding water from time to time to 
replace the amount evaporated. Filter and 
wash the filter with sufficient water to yield 
14 fluid ounces of filtrate, add the alcohol and 
again filter if necessary. This yields a reddish 
liquid of a slightly acid and not unpleasant 
ferruginous taste. 



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Solution of Bromides Compound, to Replace 

Bromidia. 
1791. 

Bromide of potash 40 ounces. 

Chloral hydrate crystals. .. 40 ounces. 

Fl. ext. cannabis ind 1 ounce. 

Fl. ext. hyoscyamus 1 ounce. 

Simple elixir 2 pints. 

Hot water 7 pints. 

Chloroform water, q. s., to 

make 10 pints. 

Dissolve the bromide of potash and chloral 
hydrate in the hot water; mix the fluid ex- 
tracts with the simple elixir, and add; make 
up to 10 pints with chloroform water. The 
latter is made by agitating 60 minims of 
chloroform with 25 ounces of distilled water in 
a gallon bottle. Shake vigorously until the 
chloroform is dissolved in the water. The 
water contains % per cent of chloroform. 



1792. Hydrangea, Iathiated. 

Fluid ext. of Hydrangea. .. 2^ fl. ounces. 

Tinct. valerianate ammo- 
nia % fl. ounce. 

Benzoate of lithia 256 grains. 

Carbonate of lithia 128 grains. 

Alcohol, 188 per-cent 2 ounces. 

Caramel 1 dram. 

Distilled water, q. s. to 

make up to 16 ounces. 

1793. Solution of Cocaine, Four Per Cent. 

Cocaine 73 grains. 

Glycerine % fl. ounce. 

Water, distilled 3% fl. ounces. 

For methods and tables for percentage solu- 
tions, see number 1771. 



1794. Solution of Magnesia Cit., Improved 
Era. 

Citric acid (crystals) 1 dram. 

Sulphate of magnesia 1 ounce. 

Simple syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Ext. of lemon 10 drops. 

Bicarb of potash (crystals). 2 scruples. 

Water, q. s., to make 12 fl. ounces. 

Place the acid and epsom salts together in 
a 12-ounce citrate of magnesia bottle, and add 
simple syrup and extract of lemon; agitate for 
a moment and add the water, and lastly the 
bicarb of potash, and cork immediately. 



1795. Hougehold Ammonia, 

Hot water 1 gallon. 

Sal. soda 2 pounds. 

Aqua ammonia, 16° 2 pints. 

When the sal. soda is dissolved and the solu- 
tion is cold, add the aqua ammonia. 



1796. Liquor Potassa, 

Carbonate of potash 1 pound. 

Slaked lime 12 ounces. 

Distilled water 1 gallon. 

Dissolve the carbonate of potash in the 
water, and having heated the solution to the 
boiling point, in a clean iron vessel, gradually 
mix with it the slaked lime and continue the 
boiling for ten minutes with constant stirring; 
then remove the vessel from the fire; when 
cool, put into a large bottle and when settled 
down decant off into 1 pound glass stoppered 
bottles. 



1797. Liquor Ferro-Mangani-Peptonati. 

Iron peptonate (25 p. c. 
iron) , 24.0 grams. 

Liquid manganese gluco- 
sate (2 p. c. manganese). 50.0 grams. 

Sol. soda, s. g. 1.170 10.0 grams. 

Syrup 200.0 grams. 

Alcohol, 90 p. c 100.0 grams. 

Tinct. orange 3.0 grams. 

Aromatic tincture 1.5 grams. 

Tinct. vanilla 1.5 grams. 

Acetic ether 5 drops. 

Water, distilled, enough. 
Dissolve the iron peptonate in 200 grams of 
hot water; allow to cool, then add first the 
syrup, next the soda solution, and then 90 
grams of distilled water, whereby the precipi- 
tate, previously formed, is redissolved. To 
the manganese glucosate add a few drops of 
soda solution, to render faintly but distinctly 
alkaline, and add this to the preceding solu- 
tion. Finally add 320 grams of distilled 
water, then the alcohol, and lastly the flavors. 
This preparation contains 0.6 per-cent of 
metallic iron and 0.1 per cent of manganese. 
Its reaction is alkaline. 



1798. Liquor Ferri Peptonati. 

Iron peptonate in scales, 

containing 25 p. c. of iron 24.0 grams. 

Water, boiling 200.0 grams. 

Syrup 200.0 grams. 

Solution soda (G. P.) dilute 

(1+9) 100.0 grams. 

Water distilled 370.0 grams. 

Alcohol, 90 p. c 100.0 grams. 

Tinct. orange peel 3.0 grams. 

Tinct. aromatic (G. P.).... 1.5 grams. 

Tinct. vanilla (G. P.) 1.5 grams. 

Acetic ether. .". 5 drops. 

Dissolve the iron peptonate in the boiling 
water; allow to cool; add the syrup; then 
gradually add the soda solution, when a pre- 
cipitate forms, but which will be redissolved. 
To the clear solution add the remainder of the 



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ingredients. The finished preparation is of 
alkaline reaction and contains 0.6 per-cent of 
metallic iron. 

It is obvious that the percentage of iron 
peptonate may be changed as well as the 
flavoring ingredients, to suit requirements, 
and in this connection attention is called to 
the stock solutions of the National Formulary 
for preparing aromatic elixirs. 



1799. Dietericli's Solution Peptonated Iron. 

Dried egg albumen 1 part. 

Pepsin, pure 0.05 part. 

Solution of oxychloride of 
iron (Germ. Pharm.) 12 parts. 

Syrup 3 parts. 

Brandy 10 parts. 

Distilled water 100 parts. 

Dissolve the egg albumen in 19 parts of dis- 
tilled water, add the pepsin and digest during 
four hours at 40° C. (104° F.). On the other 
hand, mix the iron solution with the syrup 
and 55 parts of distilled water. Mix this 
liquid with the solution of the peptonized al- 
bumen, and heat the whole in a steam-bath to 
90-96° C. Then allow it to. cool; add the 
brandy; finally, enough water to make 100 
parts. Let the mixture stand during eight 
days, then poxir off the clear solution from the 
insignificant sediment. 



1800. Fowler's Solution, New Method. 

Carb. of potash 37 grains. 

Arsenious acid, powdered. . 37 grains. 

Dilute alcohol 1 ounce. 

Co. tincture of lavender. . 2 drams. 

Water, distilled, q. s., to 

make 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the carbonate of potash in two 
drams of the distilled water; add the arseni- 
ous acid in powder and dissolve. Mix the co. 
tincture of lavender with the dilute alcohol 
and five ounces of distilled water, and then 
add the solution of arsenic and potash; filter. 
Make up to 8 fluid ounces with distilled water. 



1801. Donovan's Solution. U. S. 

Iodide of arsenic 37 grains. 

Iodide of mercury, red.... 37 grains. 
Distilled water, q. s., to 

measure 8 ounces. 

Triturate the Iodides with a half ounce of 
water until dissolved; filter, and pass enough 
water through the filter to make the solution 
measure 8 fluid ounces. 



COD LIVER OIL PREPARA- 
TIONS, ETC. 



Cod Liver Oil Emulsion (50 Per Cent) with 

Hy popho sphite s. 
1802. 

Soap bark, rough ground... 1% ounces. 

Irish moss, white, picked.. 1% ounces. 
Boil the soap bark in a quart of water; boil 
down to 15 ounces; filter and set aside. 

Boil the Irish moss in a quart of water 
down to 15 ounces; strain. 

Hypophosphite of calcium.. 1024 grains. 

Hypophosphite of sodium.. 1024 grains. 

Hypophosphite of potass. . . 512 grains. 

Salicylic acid y 2 dram. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Solution of saccharin 1 dram. 

Oil of wintergreen 1 dram. 

Oil of bitter almonds y 2 dram. 

Cod liver oil 31 ounces. 

Dissolve the hypophosphites in the decoc- 
tion of soap bark and* mix with the mucilage 
of Irish moss; place in an emulsifying ma- 
chine with the saccharine solution. 

Mix the essential oils with the cod liver 
oil and add slowly to the above, working 
the emulsifier rapidly. Dissolve the salicylic 
acid in the glycerine and add to the other in- 
gredients. 

Work the emulsion well for 10 minutes. 
This emulsion contains 5 grains of hypophos- 
phites to the teaspoonful. 

1803. Cod Liver Oil Emulsion (33 Per Cent). 

Soap bark, rough ground. .. 3 ounces. 
Irish moss, white picked. . 3 ounces. 
Boil the soap bark in a half gallon of water; 
boil down to 30 ounces; filter and set aside. 

Boil the Irish moss in a half gallon of water 
down to 30 ounces, strain. 

Cod liver oil 32 ounces. 

Oil of wintergreen 2 drams. 

Oil of bitter almonds,. 1 dram. 

Glycerine 4 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Solution of saccharin 1 dram. 

Add the solution of saccharin to the decoc- 
tion of soap bark and mix with the mucilage 
of Irish moss; place in an emulsifying ma- 
chine. 

Mix the essential oils with the cod liver oil 
and add slowly to the above; working the 
emulsifier rapidly. 

Dissolve the salicylic acid in the glycerine 
and add to the other ingredients. 

Work the emulsion well for 10 minutes. 
Extract of malt, extract of beef; hypophos- 
phites, celery, coca, kola, Jamaica rum, or 
other tonics and invigorators may be added 
to the above as required. 



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1804. Cod Liver Oil Emulsion (with Gums). 

Gum arabic 12 ounces. 

Gum tragacanth 4 ounces. 

Cod liver, oil Norwegian. . 50 ounces. 

Oil of wintergreen . . 2 drams. 

Oil of bitter almonds 1 dram. 

Solution of saccharin^ 2 drams. 

Distilled water 96 ounces. 

Hypophosphite of lime 2 ounces. 

Hypophosphite of soda ... 2 ounces. 

Chloride of sodium 1 ounce. 

Salicylic acid 2 drams. 

Glycerine 4 ounces. 

Mix the esential oils with the cod liver oil. 
Make a mucilage of the gums with a portion 
of the water; place in an emulsifying machine 
and slowly add the oils; stirring rapidly. 

Dissolve the hypophosphites and chloride of 
sodium in another portion of the water and 
add; dissolve the salicylic acid in the glycer- 
ine; add the solution of saccharine and mix 
well for at least ten minutes. 



1805. Cremor Morrh.ua?. 

Cod liver oil 6 ounces. 

The yolk of 1 egg. 

Tragacanth (in powder) ... 10 grains. 

Elixir of saccharin 30 minims. 

Simple tincture of benzoin. 45 minims. 

Spirit of chloroform 3 drams. 

Flavoring oils 12 minims. 

Distilled water to 12 ounces. 

Measure 4 ounces of the water, triturate the 
tragacanth with a little of the oil, then add 
the yolk of egg, and stir briskly, adding water 
as the mixture thickens. When of a suitable 
consistence, add the remainder of the oil and 
water alternately, with constant stirring, 
avoiding frothing. Transfer to a pint bottle, 
add the other ingredients, previously mixed, 
shake well and add distilled water, if neces- 
sary, to make the product measure 12 ounces. 



1806. Extract of Malt and Cod Liver Oil. 

(Ch. & Dr.) 

Cod liver oil 8 ounces by measure. 

Extract of malt . . 8 ounces by weight. 

Yolks of 2 eggs 

Pulv. tragac. ver 16 grains. 

Aqua fervens 1 ounce. 

Ess. limonis opt 10 minims. 

Ess. amygd. amarae 10 minims. 

Weigh the extract of malt in a half-pint 
graduate, and add the aqua ferv. to thin it, 
stirring quickly; beat up the two yolks in a 
large mortar with the pulv. tragac, and add 
the oil and extract alternately, lastly the ess. 
lemon and almonds. 



1807. Aromatic Cod Liver Oil. A 

Cod liver oil 1,000 parts. 

Lemon oil 5 parts. 

Oil of neroli 2 parts. 

English peppermint oil 1 part. 

Vanillin 0.1 part. 

Coumarin 0.01 part. 

Dissolve the last two ingredients in the es- 
sential oils by the aid of a gentle heat, and 
mix the solution with the cod liver oil. 



1808. Iodo-Ferrated Cod Liver Oil. A 

Iron, in fine powder 2 parts. 

Iodine 4 parts. 

Ether 10 parts. 

Cod liver oil to make 1,000 parts. 

Rub the iron, iodine, ether, and 40 parts of 
cod liver oil together until a black mixture re- 
sults, then add sufficient cod liver oil to make 
1,000 parts by weight. — Dieterich's Manual. 



1809. Aromatic Cod Liver Oil. B 

Chloroform 6 minims. 

01. cinnamom 8 minims. 

01. morrhuae 20 ounces. 

M. 



1810. Cod Liver Oil Emulsion. 

Ol. morrhuae 10 ounces. 

Ol. cinnam 5 minims. 

Pulv. acaciae 2 ounces. 

' Liq. calc. sacch Y2 dram. 

Aq 5 ounces. 

Mix the oils with the powdered gum in a 
large mortar, and add all at once the liquor 
and water previously mixed. Stir briskly 
until a crackling emulsion is obtained, then 
add the following solution gradually, and 
with constant stirring: 

Elixir, saccharin IY2 drams. 

Ess. vanillae 10 minims. 

Spt. chlorof ormi . . 2 drams. 

Sodii hyphosphit 2 scruples. 

Calcii hypophos 1 scruple. 

Aq. flor. aurant 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 4 ounces. 

The whole should measure 20 ounces. Oil 
of wintergreen 3 minims may replace the es- 
sence of vanilla if desired. 



1811. Iodized Cod Liver Oil. B 

Cod liver oil 8 ounces. 

Oil of bitter almonds 5 drops. 

Oil of wintergreen 5 drops. 

Powdered iodide of iron... 2 drams. 
Finely powder the iodide and mix with the 
oil; warm on a water bath and strain. 



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1813. Cod Liver Oil with Bock and Rye. 

Gaduol (Merck's) 32 grains. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Rye whisky 11 ounces. 

Rock candy syrup 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the gaduol in the alcohol and add 
to the rye whisky; then add the rock candy 
syrup. 

1813. Wine of Cod Liver Oil. 

Gaduol (Merck's) 32 grains. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 1 ounce. 

Port wine 13 ounces. 

Simple elixir, red, q. s. to 
make 16 ounces. 

Magnesia carbonate % ounce. 

Dissolve the gaduol in the alcohol and add 
to the carbonate of magnesia in a mortar; 
triturate well, slowly adding the wine; filter; 
and add simple elixir q. s. to measure 16 
ounces. 



1814. Cod Liver Oil Mixture. 

It makes a really delicious emulsion: 

Yolks of 2 eggs 

Po wdei ed sugar 4 ounces. 

Essence oil almonds 2 drops. 

Orange flower water 2 ounces. 

Mix carefully, and add an equal bulk of cod 
liver oil. — Heder. 



1815. Petroleum Emulsion. 

Oil of sweet almonds 3 ounces. 

Pure white petrolatum or 

vaseline ... 5 ounces. 

Mucilage of dextrin (1 in 3) 5 ounces. 

Syrup of tolu 2 ounces. 

Lemon, rose, or almond es- 
sence q. s. 

Water to 16 ounces. 

Mix. 
Place the mucilage in a warm mortar; melt 
together the oil and petrolatum, and, while 
still warm, add gradually to the mucilage, 
ensuring that each portion is thoroughly in- 
corporated before adding the next; lastly, add 
flavoring, syrup, and water q. s. 



1816. Phosphorus Butter. 

Fresh butter 17% ounces. 

Potassium iodide 4 grains. 

Potassium bromide 15 grains. 

Sodium chloride 2 drams. 

Phosphorus 1-7 grain. 

About one-third of an ounce is to be taken 
daily, spread on bread. 

This is proposed as a substitute for cod 
liver oil in hot weather. — Bulletin of Phar- 
macy. 



1817. Emulsion of Petroleum with 

Hypophosphites. A 

(McDonnell.) 

Paraffin oil (liquid petrola- 
tum) 16 ounces. 

Acacia 8 ounces. 

Glycerin 4 ounces. 

Calcium hypophosphite. .(?) 256 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite... (?) 256 grains. 

Water enough to make. ... 48 fl. ounces. 
Add the acacia to the oil and mix thor- 
oughly (in a large mortar), then add one pint 
of water (all at once) and rub briskly until the 
emulsion is formed. Dissolve the hypophos- 
phites in a half pint of water, to which add 
the glycerin; then add all the emulsion and 
rub well together — and any water necessary 
to make up the measure of three pints of 
finished product. 



1818. Emulsion of Petroleum with 

Hypophosphites. B 

Liquid petrolatum 4 ounces. 

Oil of sweet almonds 2 ounces. 

Powdered acacia lYz ounces. 

Glycerin 1% ounces. 

Hypophosphite of sodium. . 128 grains. 
Hypophosphite of calcium. 128 grains. 
Lime water enough to 

make 1 pint. 

This is made up in a way similar to the 
preceding. 

The addition of suitable flavoring material 
might improve these preparations somewhat. 



1819. Tasteless Cod Liver Oil. 

Western Druggist. 

Fl. ext. wild cherry 2 fl. ounces. 

Fl. ext. licorice 3 fl. ounces. 

Glycern 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Liquid ext. malt . 6 fl. ounces. 

Syrup hypophosphites 3 fl. ounces 

Gaduol 64 grains. 

Fuller's earth 4 drams. 

Caramel as desired. 
Mix the gaduol with the glycerin, and tri- 
turate with the fuller's earth; add the fluid 
extracts, syrup and malt, shake well and let 
stand one day, ocasionally shaking, filter, and 
to the filtrate add the syrup hypophosphites, 
and mix well. 



1830. Castor Oil Emulsion. A 

Era. 

Castor oil 4 troy ounces. 

Powdered gum arabic. .. 1 troy ounce. 

Distilled water 1% troy ounces. 

Cinnamon water 3 fl. ounces. 



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Syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of cinnamon 12 minims. 

Emulsify the oil with the gum and distilled 
water, then add the other ingredients with 
constant trituration. This emulsion contains 
33 per cent of castor oil. 



1821. Castor Oil Emulsion. B 

Castor oil 1 fl. ounce. 

Powdered acacia 3 drams. 

Oil bitter almonds 2 minims. 

Oil cloves 1 minim. 

Saccharin 1 grain. 

Water to make 4 fl. ounces. 

Mix the oil with the gum in a dry mortar, 
add one-half fl. ounce of water at once, stir- 
ring until emulsion is formed. Then add the 
saccharin, previously dissolved in water by 
the aid of one-half grain sodium bicarbonate, 
and finally the remainder of the water. 



CHLORODYNES AND 
ANODYNES. 

1822. Chandlei's Chlorodyne. 

Muriate of morphia 8 grains. 

Fl. ext. cf cannabis indica. 30 minims. 

Oil of peppermint 10 drops. 

Tincture of capsicum 15 drops. 

Chloroform 2 drams. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Mix. 
Dose: Ten to thirty drops in a winegl 
of water. 



1823. Chlorodyne Clear. 

Chloroform 2 fl. ounces. 

Ether y 2 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol (95 per cent) 7 fl. ounces. 

Essence of peppermint .... 6 fl drams. 

Tinct. of capsicum 6 fl drams. 

Tinct. cardamom comp 2 fl. ounces. 

Fl. ext. of licorice 2 fl. ounces. 

Hydrocyanic acid, diluted.. 1 fl. ounce. 

Glycerine 16 fl. ounces. 

Sulphate of morphia 40 grains. 



1824. Chlorodyne. 

The following formula is from Baily' 
Physician's Pharmacopoeia: 

Hydrochlorate of morphia.. 4 grains. 

Chloroform 48 minims. 

Rectified ether 32 minims. 

Rectified spirit 32 minims. 

Dilute hydrocyanic acid.... 32 minims. 

Tincture of Indian hemp . . 32 minims. 



Tincture of capsicum 24 minims. 

Oil of peppermint, English. 3 minims. 
Hydrochloric acid, pure.... 4 minims. 

Powdered tragacanth 2 grains. 

Molasses, dark green 3 drams. 

Distilled water, to 1 ounce. 



1825. Dr. Brown's Chlorodyne. 

Concentrated muriatic acid 5 parts. 

Ether 10 parts. 

Chloroform 10 parts. 

Tincture of cannabis indica 

(Indian hemp) 10 parts. 

Tincture of capsicum 10 parts. 

Morphine 2 parts. 

Hydrocyanic acid 2 parts. 

Oil of peppermint 1 pa rt - 

Simple syrup 50 parts. 

Tincture of hyoscyamus. . . 3 parts. 
Tincture of aconite 3 parts. 



Chlorodyne. 

Muriate of morphia 64 grains. 

Chloroform 4 ounces. 

Glycerine 4 ounces. 

Fl. ext. cannabis ind 4 ounces. 

Hydrocyanic acid dil. U. S. 2 drams. 

Oil of peppermint % dram. 

Tinct. of capsicum 6 drams. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent to 

make up to 16 A- ounces. 



1827. Anaesthetic Solution. 

Hydrochlorate cocaine 2 drams. 

Chloral hydrate 1 dram. 

Carbolic acid % dram. 

Chloroform Vi dram. 

Glycerine 3 ounces. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Water for rinsing, filter y 2 ounce. 

Mix the carbolic acid and glycerine. 
Mix the chloral hydrate and the chloroform. 
Dissolve the cocaine in the water; mix all to- 
gether and filter; after filtration has ceased, 
run half an ounce of distilled water through 
the filter. This solution contains 4 per cent 
of cocaine. 



1828. Anodyne for Dentists. A 

Cocaine 40 grains. 

Sulph. ether cone 1 ounce. 

Oil of peppermint 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the cocaine in the ether and add 

the oil of peppermint. 



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1829. Anodyne for Dentists. B 

Cocaine 18 grains. 

Menthol 60 grains. 

Oil of cloves 2 drams. 

Sulph. ether q. s. to make 
up to 1 fl. ounce. 

1830. Dental Obtundent. 

The following formula for a local obtundent 
has not the advantage of being a secret pre- 
paration; it has no one to publish quack certi- 
ficates in its favor, and there is no liar, gifted 
as such by nature and perfected by constant 
practice, to vaunt its merits. In all other re- 
spects it is quite equal, if not superior, to any 
of the nostrums now offered by every alter- 
nate cross-roads dentists to a long-suffering 
profession. 

Atropiae 1-10 grain. 

Stropanthii 1-5 grain. 

Cocaine mur 50 grains. 

Acidi carbolici 10 grains. 

01. carophylli 3 minims. 

Aquae destillatae 1 ounce. 

M. 
Each of the ingredients is composed for a 
special purpose. The first is a narcotic and 
antispasmodic. The second is a heart tonic. 
The third is of course that on which the pre- 
paration solely depends for its anaesthetic 
action. The fourth is an antiseptic, preserves 
the preparation from decomposition, and per- 
haps adds to its anaesthetic properties. The 
fifth is also an antiseptic and slightly anaes- 
thetic. It might be left out of the compound 
without seriously changing its character. 
The sixth is simply the diluent. The formula 
contains everything that can be useful in a 
cocaine preparation. — Dental Practitioner. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

1831. Hall's Infant Colic Mixture. 

Tincture of assafoetida 15 drops. 

Tincture of cinnamon y 2 ounce. 

Soda carbonate 1 grain. 

Aromatic syrup of rhubarb 3 drams. 

Water 1% ounces. 

Mix. 
Dose: One teaspoonful. 

1833. Children's Cough Syrup. 

Ammonia muriate 32 grains. 

Potash chlorate 1 scruple. 

Tincture of aconite 15 drops. 

Syrup of Dover's powder.. 2% drams. 
Syrup of tolu q. s. to make 

up to 2 ounces. 

Mix. 
Dose: One teaspoonful every 3 hours. 



1833. Dysentery Cure. 

Claret wine, good quality. 1 bottle. 

Rhubarb, ground y 2 ounce. 

Cassia bark, ground % ounce. 

Alspice, ground y 2 ounce. 

Boil down to three-fourths; strain. 
Adult dose: One wineglassful 3 times a 
day. 



1834. Godfrey's Cordial. 

Salts of tartar 2% ounces. 

Water 26 pints. 

Molasses (sugar house) .... 2 gallons. 

Oil of sassafras y 2 ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 2 pints. 

Laudanum V/ 2 pints. 

Mix the oil with the alcohol, dissolve the 
salts of tartar in the water and add all the 
ingredients to the molasses. Mix well. 



1835. Godfrey's Cordial (without Opium). 

Sodii brom 1 dram. 

Sodii carb 1 dram. 

Ol. sassafras 4 minims. 

01. anisi 3 minims. 

Spt. chloroformi 2 drams. 

Spt. rectificat y 2 ounce. 

Tr. hyoscyam y 2 ounce. 

Molasses % pound. 

Aq. ad 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits, and add the 
tincture. Dissolve the soda salts in the 
water, and mix with the treacle. To this add 
the spirit mixture, shake well, and after four 
days decant the clear portion. 



1836. Godfrey's Cordial. 

There are various formulae for this pre- 
paration. Paris says the following was ob- 
tained from a wholesale druggist, who makes 
and sells many hundred dozen bottles a year: 
Infuse 

Sassafras 9 ounces. 

Caraway 1 ounce. 

Coriander 1 ounce. 

Aniseed 1 ounce. 

Water* 6 pints. 

Simmer till the liquid is reduced to 4 pints, 
add 

Treacle 6 pounds. 

And boil the whole for a few minutes; when 
cold add 

Tincture of opium 3 ounces. 

1837. Bateman's Drops. N. F. 

Tincture of opium 320 minims. 

Tincture of catechu co. ... 240 minims. 
Spirit of camphor 300 minims. 



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Oil of. anise S minims. 

Caramel 120 minims. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. to 

make 16 fl. ounces. | 

Mix. 

Each fluid dram contains 2% minims of tinc- 
ture of opium. 

1838. Paregoric. 

Alcohol, 18S per cent 1 gallon. 

Oil of anise 1 ounce. 

Gum camphor % ounce. 

Benzoic acid 1 ounce. 

Water 1 gallon. 

Laudanum 1 pint. 

Caramel and red sanders, q. s. 



1839. To Prepare Decoctions. 

For making decoctions the substances, if 
dry, should be well bruised, or reduced to a 
very coarse powder, or, if fresh and soft, they 
should be sliced small. In the former case, 
any very fine powder or adhering dust should 
be removed with a sieve, as its presence 
would tend to make the product thick and dis- 
agreeable, and also more troublesome to 
strain. The vessel in which the boiling is 
conducted should be closely covered, the bet- 
ter to exclude the air; and the heat should be 
so regulated that the fluid may be kept sim- 
mering, or only gently boiling, as violent boil- 
ing is both unnecessary and injurious. In 
every case the liquor should be strained while 
hot, but not boiling; and the best method of 
doing this is to employ a fine hair sieve or a 
coarse flannel bag. In preparing compound 
decoctions, those ingredients should be boiled 
first which impart their active principles least 
readily, and those which most readily impart 
them should be added afterward. In many 
cases it will be proper simply to infuse the 
more aromatic substances in the hot decoc- 
tions of the other ingredients, by which 
means their volatile principles will be pre- 
served. When the active principles of the 
principal ingredients are volatile, infusion 
should be had recourse to, instead of boiling. 

Strength of. — Decoctions of substances not 
exerting a very powerful influence on the sys- 
tem may be made, as a general rule, by boil- 
ing an ounce, if dry, or a handful, if green, 
in a pint of water for ten or fifteen minutes. 

Dose of. — The ordinary dose of decoctions 
thus prepared is a half to a wineglassful three 
or four times daily, or more frequently. 



1840. Specific Gravity. 

To Convert Degrees Baume into Specific 
Gravity. — 1. For liquids heavier than water. — 



Subtract the degree of Baume from 115, and 
divide into 115. The quotient is the specific 
gravity. 

2. For liquids lighter than water. — Add the 
degree of Baume to 130, and divide it into 140. 
The quotient is the specific gravity. 

To Convert Specific Gravity into Degrees 
(Baume). — 1. For liquids heavier than water. 
— Divide the specific gravity into 145, and sub- 
tract from 145. The remainder is the degree 
of Baume. 

2. For liquids lighter than water. — Divide 
the specific gravity into 140, and subtract 130 
from the quotient. The remainder will be the 
degree of Baume. 

Comparison of Degrees Twaddell and speci- 
fic Gravity. — In order to change degrees 
Twaddell into specific gravity, multiply by 5, 
add 1,000, and divide by 1,000. 

Example. — Change 168° Twaddell into speci- 
fic gravity. 

16S X 5 

840 
1,000 

1,000) 1,840 

1.84, specific gravity. 

To change specific gravity into degrees 
Twaddell, multiply by 1,000, subtract 1,000, 
and divide by 5. 

Example. — Change 1:84 specific gravity to 

degrees Twaddell. 

1.84 X 1,000 

1,840 

1,000 

5)840 

168° Tw, 



1841. To Pack Chemicals and Drugs 
for Export. 

The following suggestions will be found of 
practical value: 1. Salts should be put in 
stoppered glass bottles or packed in casks, if 
sent in large quantities. Casks used for 
hygroscopic salts should be lined with oil 
cloth or parchment paper. Salts should never 
be packed in tin boxes or in paper only. 

2. The glass stoppers of all bottles con- 
taining either liquids or dry substances 
should be greased with a little vaseline in 
order to avoid any difficulty in removing 
them. 

3. Parts of plants, such as leaves, roots, 
etc., should be packed in sacks, and these 
again in cases; very delicate drugs in tin 
boxes. Vegetable powders should be packed 
in hermetically closed glass bottles or tin 
boxes. Drugs which occupy much space 
should be pressed as much as possible before 
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freight Is calculated according to the bulk of 
the goods. 

4. Boxes and cases should be lined with 
zinc, or where this is too expensive a strong 
and good oil cloth will usually be sufficient. 

5. Although the utmost care is necessary 
in packing, yet packing materials, such as 
hay, straw, etc., should be used as sparingly 
as possible, as duty has usually to be paid for 
the weight of these as well as for the goods 
themselves. 

6. Cases should be secured by iron bauds, 
and it is always desirable that the weight and 
volume of cases should be as small as possi- 
ble. 

7. Acids, caustic or inflammable sub- 
stances, must be packed according to the 
regulations of the different railways by which 
they are transmitted prior to shipment. As 
a rule stone bottles are best for acids and 
ammonia and glass or tin vessels for volatile 
substances. All these should be closed by 
corks saturated with paraffine, and then 
wrapped in sail cloth, which, with the string 
securing it, should also be soaked in paraffine. 

8. Acetic acid may be safely conveyed 
from place to place in carboys of 5 to 10 gal- 
lons capacity. , 

9. Liquor ammonia should never be put 
into iron vessels. 

10. Vessels containing volatile substances 
should never be quite filled. 

11. As acids and caustic and inflammable 
substances are conveyed on the decks of sail- 
ing vessels only, the cases containing tbern 
should be well closed, and the address, mark, 
number, etc., be such as will resist sea water. 

12. Liquids should not be packed in the 
same case with dry substances. 

13. Valuable or expensive chemicals, such 
as ethereal oils and essences, should be 
packed in strong tin vessels and closed with 
corks saturated with paraffine as before de- 
scribed. 

14. The weights and measures of the coun- 
try to which the goods are sent should al- 
ways be used, to avoid loss and inconven- 
ience. 

15. Besides observing these rules for pack- 
ing, consignors of goods should be thoroughly 
acquainted with the customs, tariffs and regu- 
lations of the countries to which they are 
sending, as pecuniary loss and inconvenience 
may occur, from ignorance of them. For in- 
stance, if a case contains various substances, 
the duties on which are different, it is usual 
in some tariffs to calculate the duty of the 
whole of the contents of the case or at least 
of the packing materials at the highest rate. 
The importance of packing together goods 
upon which the customs tariffs are similar is 
self-evident from this. 



16. In cases of urgency small quantities of 
any substance suitable for such transmis- 
sion, e. g., quinine, antipyrine, salicylic acid, 
etc., may be sent as patterns without value, 
and thus avoid the delay caused by the cus- 
toms office. 



1843. Preserving Anatomical Specimens 
for a Private Museum. 

Bones and skulls may be prepared by boil- 
ing them for some hours in water containing 
potash, which process, I know from exper- 
ience gained in preserving specimens for my 
own museum, quickly causes the flesh to be- 
come detached. Another way is to carefully 
remove the flesh with dissecting apparatus, 
and then to place the specimens in weak 
brine, in order to draw away any blood from 
the bones; next wash tbem in fresh water, 
and lay them out to dry. Gullets, stomachs, 
windpipes and intestines may also be put into 
weak brine and then dried. At sea, in the 
case of the albatross, I have preserved these 
objects by simply cleaning them, blowing 
them out, making fast the ends with a clove 
hitch, and banging up to dry. A coat of 
varnish will finish them off. All soft parts 
should be preserved in proof alcohol. Fishes 
and reptiles should be preserved whole in it, 
having first made very carefully an incision in 
the under part to facilitate the introduction of 
the spirit; or, if at its full strength, it would 
harden the exterior and not reach the entrails. 
Neglecting to make these incisions results, I 
have frequently found, in the putrefaction of 
the internals. With large specimens the na- 
tural juices quickly weaken the spirit, which 
should be added to until it keeps its strength. 
The one great advantage of alcoholic speci- 
mens is, that at any time they can be re- 
moved from the preserving jars and examined 
in their entirety. On no account should they 
be allowed to come into close contact with the 
sides of the glass or jar, and they should in- 
variably be suspended by a strong thread, the 
end of which should not protrude above the 
cork or stopper. — C. L. Wragge, in English 
Mechanic. 



1843. Preparations for Preserving 
Specimens. 

1. Nearly saturate water with sulphurous 
acid and add a little creasote. 

2. Dissolve chloride of lime, 4 parts, in 
water 100 parts, to which 3 per cent of hydro- 
chloric acid has been added. 

3. Dissolve corrosive sublimate, 1 part, 
and sodium chloride, 3 parts, in water, 100 
parts, to which 2 per cent of hydrochloric acid 
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1 pint wood naphtha, 7 1844 



4. Babington's: 
pints water. 

5. Burnett's: 1 pound zinc chloride, 1 gal- 
lon water; immerse for 2 to 4 days, and then 
dry in the air. 

6. Morrell's: 14 ounces arsenious acid, 7 
ounces caustic soda, 20 fluid ounces water, and 
sufficient carbolic acid to produce opalescence 
when the mixture is stirred; add water to 
make ud to 100 fluid ounces. Used for general 
disinfecting and embalming purposes. 

7. Muller's: 2 to 2% ounces bichromate of 
potash, 1 ounce soda sulphate; add water to 
make up to 100 fluid ounces. 

8. Mix ammonia with 3 times its weight of 
water and rectified spirit. 

9. Ammonium chloride, 1 part; water 10 or 
11 parts. For muscular parts of animals: 
zinc sulphate, 1 part; water, 15 to 25 parts. 
Used for muscles and cerebral masses. 

10. Passini's: 1 ounce mercury chloride, 2 | 
ounces sodium chloride, 13 ounces glycerine, 
113 fluid ounces distilled water. 

11. Reboulet's: 1 ounce saltpeter, 2 ounces 
alum, 4 ounces calcium chloride, in 16 to 20 
fluid ounces water; dilute according to need. 

12. Seseman's: Dr. Seseman states that a 
corpse may be made to retain the natural form 
of expression for months by: 

13. Injecting into it a solution consisting 
of 4 to 5 per cent of aluminum chloride dis- 
solved in a mixture of 2 parts alcohol of 90 
per cent and 1 part glycerine; or 

14. Painting the entire epidermis with 
vaseline. The quantity of liquid required for 
injection is in the proportion of 1-10 to 1-7 of 
the weight of the corpse. 

15. Thwaites': 1 ounce spirit of wine 
saturated with creasote, rubbed up with chalk 
into a thin paste, and 16 ounces water gradu- i 
ally added. 

16. Von Tetter's: 7 ounces glycerine at | 
36° Tw. (22° B.), 1 ounce raw brown sugar, j 
and % ounce niter; immerse for some days. 

17. Gannel's: Sodium chloride and alum, ! 
of each % pound; niter, y 2 pound; water, 1 | 
gallon. 

18. Goadsby's: Bay salt, 2 ounces; alum, | 
1 ounce; mercury bichloride, 1 grain; water, 1 I 
pint, 4 ounces. 

19. Bay salt, *4 pound; bichloride of mer- 
cury, 1 grain; water, 20 fluid ounces. 

20. Bay salt, *4 pound; arsenious acid, 10 
grains; water, 20 fluid ounces. Dissolve by 
heat. 

21. To the last add 1 grain bichloride of ! 
mercury. 

22. Stapleton's: Niter, 1 dram; alum, 2%' 
ounces; water, 1 quart. For pathological j 
specimens. 

23. Beasley's (for feathers) : Strychnia, 16 
grains; rectified spirit, 1 pint. 



Preserving Natural History 
Specimens. 

1. When ready, wipe the fish and place it 
in the following solution, and it will keep for 
years if good alcohol be used: Alcohol (95 
per cent), 8 parts; distilled water, 2 parts. 

2. If the fish are small, three or four days 
suffice to harden them and the following is a 
better solution for them, viz.: Alcohol, 6 
parts, distilled water, 2 parts. Reptiles, 
rodentia, etc., can be also preserved in the 
same manner. The first alcoholic bath can 
be used over and over again for the same pur- 
pose, if strained. 

3. Take of chloral, in crystals, one ounce, 
and dissolve it in five ounces of distilled 
water; alcohol (95 per cent), 1% ounces; gly- 
cerine, V/ 2 drams; rock salt, 15 grains; salt- 
peter, 30 grains. Dissolve the glycerine, salt, 
and saltpeter in the alcohol, and when well 
mixed add to the chloral solution, shake well 
till thoroughly incorporated, filter, and it is 
ready for use. 

4. The following solution for larvae of in- 
sects, spiders, and other small, delicate ob- 
jects, will be found very valuable: Glycer- 
ine, 1 ounce, common salt, 1 dram; saltpeter, 
1 dram: distilled water, 8 ounces. Mix well 
together. When wanted for use, take two 
ounces of pure alcohol, and add one ounce of 
the mixture; shake well and filter. 

5. For the preservation of tadpoles, young 
frogs, salamanders, and similar objects, take 
1 pound sulphate of zinc, 2 drams burnt alum 
and mix well together. — Sci. Am. 



1845. Fluid for Anatomical Preparations. 

(Objects of natural history, etc.) 

1. Saturate water with sulphurous acid, 
and add a little creasote. 

2. Dissolve 4 parts of chloride of tin in 100 
parts of water, to which 3 per cent of muri- 
atic acid has been added. 

3. Dissolve 5 or 6 parts of corrosive sub- 
limate in 100 of water, to which 2 per cent of 
muriatic acid has been added. 

4. Mix together one part of ammonia 
water (strong) with three times its weight 
(each) of water and spirit of wine. 

Remarks. — These fluids are used by immers- 
ing the objects therein, in close vessels. The 
third formula is apt to render animal sub- 
stances very hard. — Cooley. 

5. To preserve anatomical specimens, im- 
merse in a saturated solution of 100 parts 
alum with 2 parts saltpeter. The article at 
first loses color, but regains it again in a few 
days, when it is removed from the liquid and 
kept in a saturated solution of alum and 
water only. 



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1846. To Preserve Soft and Delicate 
Animals. 

. (Carpenter.) 
Glycerine, 1 part; alcohol, 1 part; 8 to 10 
parts sea water. 



1847. Preservative for Insects and 
Animal Tissues. 
Glycerine, alcohol, distilled water, equal 
parts. 



1848. 



To Preserve Insects. 



1. Laboulbene recommends for the preser- 
vation of insects in a fresh state plunging 
them in a preservative fluid consisting of 
alcohol with an excess of arsenious acid in 
fragments; V/ 2 pints alcohol will take about 14 
troy grains of arsenic. The living insect, put 
into this preparation, absorbs about 3-1000 of 
its own weight. When soaked in this liquor 
and dried, it will be safe from the ravages of 
moths, Anthrenus or Dermestes. This liquid 
will not change the colors of blue, green or 
red beetles if dried after soaking from twelve 
to twenty-four hours. Hemiptera and Orthop- 
tera can be treated in the same way. The 
nests, cocoons, and chrysalids of insects may 
be preserved from injury from other insects 
by being soaked in the arseniated alcohol, or 
dipped into benzine or a solution of carbolic 
acid or creasote. 

2. For spiders, puncture them and steep 
for several days in a strong alcoholic solution 
of pure phenol, and then in dilute alcoholic 
glycerine. Or use a saturated solution of 
salicylic acid in glycerine; dry carefully. 



1849. Preparations for Taxidermy. 

Arsenical soap. White arsenic, 2 pounds; 
white soap, 2 pounds; sugar in powder, 12 
ounces; salt of tartar, 12 ounces; chalk in 
powder, 6 ounces; camphor, 5 ounces. Slice 
the soap and melt in an earthen vessel, with 
water, over a gentle fire, keeping it stirred 
with a wooden spatula. When melted, put in 
the sugar, ialt of tartar, and chalk. Remove 
from the fire, and well stir and mix in the 
arsenic. This soap should be kept in a well 
closed glass or earthen vessel. 

Corrosive Sublimate Solution. 

Corrosive sublimate, 1 dram; spirit of salt, 
2 drams; spirits of camphor, 6- ounces. Dis- 
solve the sublimate in the spirits of camphor, 
and then add the hydrochloric acid. This 
solution is chiefly used for the skins of quad- 
rupeds, to the inner side of which it is to be 
applied with a brush or sponge before stuffing. 
Preservative Powder. 

White arsenic, 2 drams; corrosive sub- 
limate, 2 drams; nutgalls, 1 ounce; capsicum 



in powder, y 2 ounce; sal. ammoniac, y 2 ounce; 
camphor in powder, 6 drams. Well mixed to- 
gether. 

Dr. Richardson's Powder. 

Nut galls coarsely powdered, 2 ounces; 
camphor powdered, 1 ounce; burnt alum, 1 
ounce. Well mixed, and if used in a hot 
climate, with the addition of 2 drams of either 
oxymuriate of mercury or arsenic. One of 
these powders is generally used for dressing 
the skins of birds. 

Preservative Compound. 

Oak bark, powdered, 4 ounces; burnt alum, 
powdered, 3 ounces; sublimate of sulphur, 2 
ounces; camphor, powdered, y 2 ounce; oxy- 
muriate of mercury, y 2 ounce; well mixed. 
This compound is used for dressing the skins 
of reptiles and fishes before stufflng. 
Preservative Baths. 

Bay salt, 4 ounces; alum, 2 ounces; corro- 
sive sublimate, % dram, dissolved in 1 quart 
boiling water, and when cold, strained 
through blotting paper. Or, one-half spirits 
of wine and one-half boiled water. These 
baths are for the immersion of small reptiles, 
such as lizards, snakes, etc., which may be 
kept in them for an unlimited length of time, 
in glass bottles or jars w>ell stoppered, or 
corked and cemented down. 



1850. Prescription for Offensive Breath. 

Tinct. myrrhae 12 parts. 

Tinct. lavandulae 12 parts. 

Glycerin 30 parts. 

Liq. sodae chloi'atae 30 parts. 

Infus. sal viae 250 parts. 

M. 
Sig. : Use as a gargle. 



1851. Chemical Food. 

Water 1 ounce. 

Quinine 20 grains. 

Citric acid 1 dram. 

Hypophosphite sodium y 2 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 pint. 

Simple syrup 3 pints. 

1852. 

Porous-piasters are generally made with a 
rubber base, various medicaments being 
added, according to purpose for which re- 
quired. A formula for the base was published 
some years ago, viz.: 

Indiarubber 2 parts. 

Burgundy pitch 1 part. 

Olibanum 1 part. 

The rubber is well steeped in hot water, to 
soften, then passed through corrugated iron 
rollers, a stream of water being allowed to 
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sheets. It is then left for some days, and 
passed through smooth rollers, when it be- 
comes plastic and ready to incorporate with 
the other ingredients. This is done by pass- 
ing between two rollers again, one revolving 
at double the speed of the other — at this stage 
the various substances used for medication 
are also added. The spreading is done by 
passinar the thoroughly mixed mass through 
other rollers along with the cloth. — (C. and D.) 



1853. Baby Powder (To Cure Severe 

Chafing). 

Druggists' Circular. 

Gum camphor % ounce. 

Carbolic acid 15 drops. 

Oxide zinc % ounce. 

Eng. precip. chalk 2 ounces. 

Oil of neroli 5 drops. 

Oil of rose 2 drops. 

Rub the camphor to a fine powder in a 
mortar; use alcohol to reduce it, and mix the 
other components thoroughly. Sift through a 
bolting clotn of 100 meshes to the inch. 

This powder is invaluable for healing raw 
and irritated surfaces and for curing sunburn. 
Mixed in the proportion of 3 parts of vase- 
line or cold cream it forms one of the most 
useful domestic remedies in the way of a gen- 
eral healing salve that can be svggested. 

1854. Pilot's Infant Powder. 

Fred J. Renner, Jr. — Era Prize. 

Acid, carbolic 50 drops. 

Acid, boracic V/ 2 ounces. 

Powd. French chalk 14% ounces. 

Triturate the French chalk with the car- 
bolic acid gradually added; then add the bo- 
racic acid and thoroughly mix them. 

1855. Anti-Chafe Nursery Powder. 

Hood & Co. — Era Competition. 

Powd. fuller's earth 9 ounces. 

Powd. boric acid 1% ounces. 

Powd. oxide zinc 3 ounces. 

Powd. starch 9 ounces. 

Powd. orris root 1% ounces. 

Oil bergamot 2 drams. 

Mix the powders thoroughly, add the oil, 
and pass through a fine sieve. 



1856. O. K. Baby Powder. 

C. W. Moister. — Era Competition. 

Oxide zinc % ounce. 

Powd. starch V/ 2 ounces. 

Boracic acid 20 grains. 

Oil eucalyptus 10 drops. 

Mix and rub very fine in a mortar. 
Dust on parts affected, as occasion may re- 
quire. 



1857. Cutine or Nursery Powder. 

W. D. Harnist.— Era Competition. 

Talcum (purified) 8 ounces. 

Fuller's earth (powd.) 4 ounces. 

Lycopodium 4 ounces. 

Oil rose 5 drops. 

Rub the oil of rose with the fuller's earth in 
a mortar until thoroughly incorporated; add 
the talcum and lycopodium, triturate thor- 
oughly. 

This makes a harmless and useful sprink- 
ling powder and its cost will not exceed 25c 
per pound. 



1858. Baby Powder. 

Raynale. 

Powd. French chalk 14 ounces. 

Powd. boracic acid 2 ounces. 

Ext. jasmine VJ 2 drams. 

Ext. musk i/ 2 dram. 

Pass through fine sieve. 



1859. Antiseptic Snuff Powder. 

The following is a combination employed by 
Leonard A. Dessar: 

Menthol 10.0 

Tannic acid 2.0 

Boracic acid 30.0 

Bismuth subnitrate 20.0 

Starch 50.0 

Cocaine 0.5 

Aristol 0.5 

Sig. : Make a fine powder. 



1860. Ayer's Formula for Making 
Sarsaparilla. 

(Sci. Am.) 

Fluid extract sarsaparilla. . 3 ounces. 

Fluid extract stillingia 3 ounces. 

Fluid extract yellow dock. 2 ounces. 

Fluid extract May apple. . . 2 ounces. 

Sugar 1 ounce. 

Potassium iodide 90 grains. 

Iron iodide 10 grains. 

Mix them. 



1861. British Cordial. 

Gum opium 1 ounce. 

Gum asafoetida 1% ounces. 

Gum benzoin % ounce. 

Balsam tolu 2 drams. 

Camphor % ounce. 

Gum guiac 1% ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 1 pint. 

Spts. ammon. arom 6 ounces. 

Spts. of juniper 5 ounces. 



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1862. Lemonade for Diabetics. 

Aq. dest l,w\) grains. 

Glycerini pur 20-30 grams. 

Acid, citric 5 grams. 

To be drunk in small quantities during the 
twenty-four hours. 

It can be prescribed for patients who prefer 
a sweet drink. — Journal des Practiciens. 



1863. Cure for Morphinomania. 

M. Comby reports a case of a woman who 
was cured of this vice by the use of the fol- 
lowing mixture: 

Sparteine sulph 1% grains. 

Caffeine 7% grains. 

Sodium benzoate 7% grains. 

The whole to be taken in the twenty-four 
hours. 

The daily dose of morphine was gradually 
diminished, and in about a fortnight totally 
discontinued. The cure was complete in 
twenty-five days. 



1864. Draught for Hysteria. 

Spt. lavand. comp V/ 2 drams. 

Spt. ammon. arom 1% drams. 

Spt. aetheris 1% drams. 

Aq. camph 3% ounces. 

M. 
Cant. 1 ounce ter in die. 



1865. Antacid Draught. 

Magnes. calc y 2 dram. 

Aq. menth. pip 1% ounces. 

Tr. aurant 1 dram. 

M. Ft. haust. 
Suitable for heartburn and other cases of 
acidity in the stomach. 



1866. For Inflammatory Earache. 

Pul v. menthol 20 grains. 

Camphorae 20 grains. 

Vaselin 6 ounces. 

M. Ft. ung. 



1867 To Relieve Cramps. A 

Provide a good, strong cord — a long garter 
will do if nothing else is handy. When the 
cramp comes on, take the cord, wind it round 
the leg over the place that is cramped and 
take an end in each hand and give it a sharp 
pull — one that will hurt a little. The cramp 
will cease instantly, and the sufferer can go 
to bed assured that it will not come again 
that night. — Med. Fortnightly. 



1868. To Relieve Cramps. B 

I anpend a formula which some of my 
brethren may find useful. It is for what I 
think to be a specific for a common complaint, 
not dansrerous, but very painful — viz.: cramp 
in the legs and feet at night. Relief comes 
five minutes after taking the following 
draught: 

Tinct. aconiti 5 minims. 

Sodii bromid 12 grains. 

Tinct. chloroform! co 15 minims. 

Aq. menthae pip. ad 1 ounce. 

Repeat in an hour or two, if required. The 
draught also relieves an attack of stomach- 
spasm in a very few minutes. 



1869. A Remedy for Seasickness. 

Indian Medical Record. 
An Indian medical officer writes after a 
stormy sea-voyage of the following as a 
"marvelous remedy for sea-sickness:" 

Ext. hyoscyami y 2 grain. 

Camphor 1 grain. 

Asafoetidae y 2 grain. 

Ft. pil. One every four hours. 



1870. Calisaya Tonic. 

Cinchona, Loxa 100 grammes. 

Bitter-orange peel 100 grammes. 

Wild cherry bark 15 grammes. 

Cinnamon 10 grammes. 

Calamus 4 grammes. 

Syrup 750 cc. 

Alcohol 

Water, of each sufficient to 

make 2250 cc. 

Reduce the solids to a No. 30 powder, and 
percolate with a menstruum consisting of 2 
volumes of alcohol and 1 of water. 



1871. Beef, Iron and Wine. 

Chemist and Druggist. 

Ammon. citrate of iron Sy 2 ounces. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 1 gallon. 

Ext. of meat 4 ounces. 

Marsala wine, to 5 gallons. 

Dissolve and let stand in demijohn exposed 
to light, shaking occasionally, for seven days; 
filter through charcoal. 

Few put the extract in, as it is argued that 
it gets precipitated along with some coloring- 
matter and iron. Sixteen ounce flat bottles 
sell at 75c. 



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1872. Improved Wine of Beef and Iron. 

J. R. Halley wins the Phar. Rec. prize for 
the following formula: 

Hydrated oxide of iron 2 drams. 

Armour's fluid beef 384 minims. 

Tincture citrochloride of 

iron. (N. F.) 256 minims. 

Alcohol 6 drams. 

California sherry wine, 

enough to make 1 pint. 

Caramel, enough to color. 
To the wine add the alcohol, the hydrated 
oxide of iron, the caramel and beef, in succes- 
sion. Shake well together and allow to stand, 
with occasional agitation, for 48 hours; then 
filter and add the tincture citrochloride of 
iron. The addition of about 6 drams of simple 
syrup is considered an improvement by some 
pharmacists. 



1873. Litliia and Potasli Powders. 

Potash bicarb- powd 1 dram. 

Lithia carb., powd 2 grains. 

For the blue paper. 

Acid, citric, powd 40 grains. 

For the white paper. 

Dissolve in separate tumblers filled one- 
third with cold water. Mix and drink while 
effervescing. 



1874. Sweet Seidlitz Powders. 

Soda bicarb 480 grains. 

Saccharin 3 grains. 

Rochelle salts 1440 grains. 

Mix thoroughly and divide into 12 powders; 
wrap in blue paper. 

Tartaric acid, powd 420 grains. 

Divide in 12 equal parts; wrap in white 
paper. 



1875. Caffeine Seidlitz Powders. 

Soda bicarb 480 grains. 

Rochelle salts 1440 grains. 

Mix and make 12 powders in blue paper. 

Tartaric acid, powd 420 grains. 

Citrate of caffeine, powd. . . 24 grains. 
Mix and make 12 powders in white paper. 



1876. Neutralizing Cordial. 

The following formula is given by Truscott: 

Essence peppermint 2 drams. 

Potassium bicarbonate 4 drams. 

Fluid extract rhubarb 4 ounces. 

Granulated sugar 8 ounces. 

Soft water 2 pints. 



1877. The Proper Tirae to Give Medicines. 

Alkalies should be given before food. Io- 
dine and iodides should be given on an empty 
stomach, when they rapidly diffuse into the 
blood. If given during digestion the acids 
and starch alter and weaken the action. 
Acids, as a rule, should be given between the 
digestive acts, because the mucous membrane 
of the stomach is in a favorable condition for 
the diffusion of the acid into the blood. 
Acids may be given before food when pre- 
scribed to check the excessive formation of 
the acids of the gastric juice. Irritating and 
dangerous drugs — such as the salts of arsenic, 
copper, zinc, and iron — should be given di- 
rectly after food. 



1878. Stimulating Liniment. 

Oleic acid. 3 drams. 

Borax 20 grains. 

Water 4 drams. 

Ammonia 4 fl. ounces. 

Chloroform „ . . . . 1 fl. ounce. 

Oil turpentine 2 fl. ounces. 

Cottonseed oil, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

1879. Orange Wine. 

Sugar 56 pounds. 

Juice of Seville oranges. . . 140 
Parings of the peel of same 

Water 15 gallons. 

Ferment, and add 

Brandy 2 pints. 

Should the color not be sufficiently dark, 
add burnt sugar to give the required shade. 



1880. Kola Wine. 

The Bull. Med. gives this formula: 

Fluid extract kola 30 parts. 

Tincture nux vomica 10 parts. 

Malvoisie or sherry wine, 

sufficient to make 1,000 parts. 

1881. Coca Wine. 

Claret 1 gallon. 

Cologne spt 16 ounces. 

White sugar 1 pound. 

Fl. ext. coca 4 ounces. 

Tinct. cudbear q. s. to color. 

Add the spirit to the claret to fortify it, 
I as soon as it is opened; when all is ready, 
i shake occasionally for seven days, and filter 
through charcoal. 

Resembles vin. mariani, and is bottled after 
1 the same style. 



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1882. Kola Coca. 

Bonhani's Guide is authority for this 
formula: 

Kola wine 8 ounces. 

Coca wine 8 ounces. 

Simple syrup % gallon. 

Albumen foam 2 ounces. 

Color with caramel and cochineal. 

1883. Compound Wine of Cinchona. 

French Codex. 

Yellow cinchona 10 parts. 

Bitter orange peel 1 part. 

Chamomile 1 part. 

Alcohol 10 parts. 

Stronger white wine 90 parts. 



1884. Alterative Tonic. 

The following, according to the Medical 
and Surgical Reporter, is said to be Dr. Good- 
ell's favorite mixture: 

Hydrarg. biehlor 1 grain. 

Liq. arsen. chlor 1 dram. 

Acidi mur. dil 

Tr. ferri, chlor., aa 2 drams. 

Syr. zingib 2 ounces. . 

Aquae ad 6 ounces. 

Sig.: One to two tea spoonfuls three times 
daily in water, after meals. 

1885. Foot Powder. 

(Chemist & Druggist.) 

Bismuth subnitrate 45 parts. 

Talcum 40 parts. 

Potassium permanganate. . 3 parts. 

Sodium salicylate 2 parts. 

An excellent application for perspiring feet. 



1886. Show Bottle Colors. 

Blue: 

Sulphate of copper 1 pound. 

Water 1 gallon. 

Dissolve and add liq. ammon. fort, until a 
clear liquid is obtained, then dilute to the 
shade desired. 

Green: The above solution without am- 
monia, but add 

Salt 2 pounds 

to produce a green tint, or use solution of 
nitrate of copper. Sulphate of nickel makes 
a pretty and permanent solution, but is more 
expensive. 

Red: Dissolve alizarine paste in liq. am- 
mon. fort, and dilute to the color desired. 
This is a permanent color. Or 

Iodine 2 drams. 

Potasium iodide 2 drams. 

Hydrochloric acid 3 drams. 

Water cong. 3 

Orange: Solution of potass, bichrom. 



Pink: 

Nitrate of cobalt l pound. 

Water 2 gallons. 

Dissolve and add a solution of carbonate of 
ammonia until the precipitate formed is re- 
dissolved; dilute to 3 gallons (or as desired), 
and set aside in the sun for a month, then de- 
cant. 



1887. Preston Salts. 

William W. Bartlett, in a note read at the 
New Bedford meeting of the Massachusetts 
Pharmaceutical Association, gave the follow- 
ing formula for this "salt:" 
Powdered chloride of am- 
monium iy 2 ounces. 

Powdered carbonate of po- 
tassium 1 ounce. 6 drams. 

Powdered camphor l dram. 

Coarsely powdered carbon- 
ate of ammonium 3 drams. 

Oil of cloves 10 drops. 

Oil of bergamot 10 drops. 

Mr. Bartlett also gave a formula for a 
"menthol pungent," which he said was quite 
agreeable to the smell and a novelty for vari- 
ous kinds of headache and faintness. It is 
prepared by leaving out the essential oils in 
the above formula and substituting in their 
place 

Menthol l dram. 



1888. Smelling Salts. 

The Seifensieder Zeitung gives the follow- 
ing directijns for preparing a superior article 
of smelling salt: 

Ammonium carbonate 120 grams. 

Spirit of ammonia 60 grams. 

Bergamot oil 12 drops. 

Lavender oil 8 drops. 

Oil of cloves 4 drops. 

Neroli oil 4 drops. 

Cinnamon oil 4 drops. 

The ammonium carbonate, which should be 
quite fresh, and in lumps about the size of a 
hazelnut, is put into a wide-mouthed jar. The 
oils and ammonia are then mixed and poured 
into the jar and the stopper at once applied. 
Set aside for two days, at the end of which 
time the ingredients will be found to have 
united in a solid mass. 

If it is desired to prevent this occurrence 
and have the substance in the shape of a dry 
salt, instead of letting the container remain 
quiet, shake it frequently and violently every 
day for a week. The salt thus obtained can 
be easily removed from the container, coarsely 
pulverized and put into little smelling 
bottles, should it be desirable so to do. 



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1889. Monocarbonate of Ammonia for 
Smelling Salts. 

Amnion, carb 2 pounds. 

Liq. ammon. fort 1 pound. 

01. bergani 1 dram. 

01. lavand 2 drams. 

01. myrist 15 minims. 

01. caryoph 15 minims. 

01. cinnam 1 dram. 

Break the ammon. carb. into small pieces, 
and in a large Wedgewood mortar pour over 
it the liq. ammon. fort., with which previously 
mix the perfumes. Cover the mortar, and let 
stand for a few days to effect the conversion 
of the ammon. carb. to monocarbonate. Re- 
duce to coarse powder, and keep closely 
stoppered. 



1890. Incense for Churches. 

Benzoin 3 ounces. 

Storax 3 ounces. 

Olibanum 4% ounces. 

Myrrh 4% ounces. 

Cascarilla 2% ounces. 

Oil of lavender 20 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 20 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon 8 minims. 

Oil of cloves 10 minims. 

Mix well. 



1891. Patent Insect Powder. 

Powdered white helebore. .. 1 pound. 

Powdered borax 2 pounds. 

Powdered angelica root 1 pound. 

Insect powder true 6 pounds. 

1892. Bed Bug Poison. 

Corrosive sublimate 8 ounces. 

Distilled water 4 pints. 

Salt 8 ounces. 

Sulphuric ether 1 ounce. 

Mix. 



1893. Death on Rats. 

Fine corn meal 2 parts. 

White arsenic, powdered.. 2 parts. 
Mix thoroughly and color to suit the trade, 
either with burnt umber, charcoal, ultrama- 
rine, or vermilion, q. s. 



1894. Cockroach Powder. 

Equal parts of powdered borax, Persian in- 
sect-powder, and powdered colocynth, well 
mixed together, and thrown about such spots 
as are infested with these troublesome insects 
will prove an effectual means of getting rid of 
the scourge if used persistently.— C. & D. 

12 



1895. Fly Poison. A 

A strong solution of white arsenic (say 
1 dram to the pint) sweetened with moist 
sugar, molasses or honey. Poison. 



1896. Fly Poison. B 

Molasses, honey or moist sugar, mixed 
with about one-twelfth their weight of King's 
yellow or orpiment. 

Both the above are dangerous preparations, 
and should never be employed where there are 
children. 



1897. Fly Poison. C 

(Redwood) quassia chips 

(small) % ounce. 

Water 1 pint. 

Boil ten minutes, strain and add 

Molasses 4 ounces. 

Flies will drink this with avidity, and are 
soon destroyed by it. 



1898. Fly Poison. . I> 

Black pepper 1 teaspoonful. 

Brown sugar 2 teaspoonfuls . 

Cream 4 teaspoonfuls. 

Fly powder. The dark gray colored powder 
(so called suboxide) obtained by the free ex- 
posure of metallic arsenic to the air. Mixed 
with sweets, it is used to kill flies. See also 
above. 



1899. Insecticides. A 

Scientific American Cyclo. 
Kerosene Emulsion. — One of the most satis- 
factory formulas is as follows: 

Kerosene 2 gallons, 67 per cent. 

Common soap or whale oil 

soap y 2 pound, 

Water 1 gallon, 33 per cent. 

Heat the solution of soap and add it boiling 
hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by 
means of a force pump and spray nozzle for 
five or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, 
forms a cream which thickens upon cooling 
and should adhere without oiliness to the sur- 
face of glass. For use against scale insects 
dilute 1 part of the emulsion with 9 parts of 
water. For most other insects dilute 1 part 
of the emulsion with 15 parts of water. For 
soft insects like plant lice, the dilution may 
be carried to from 20 to 25 parts of water. 



1900. Insecticides. B 

The milk emulsion is produced by the 
same methods as the above. 



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1901. The Resin Washes. A 

These insecticides act by contact, and 
also, in the case of scale insects, by forming 
an impervious coating which effectually 
smothers the insects treated. These resin 
washes vary in efficacy according to the in- 
sect treated. Experience has shown that the 
best formula for the red scale (Aonidia au- 
rantii Maskell) and its yellow variety (A. 
citrinus Coquillett) is as follows: 

Resin 18 pounds. 

Caustic soda (70 per cent 

strength) 5 pounds. 

Fish oil 2y 2 pints. 

Water to make 100 gallons. 

The necessary ingredients are placed in a 
kettle and a sufficient quantity of cold water 
added to cover them; they are then boiled 
until dissolved, being occasionally stirred in 
the meantime, and after the materials are dis- 
solved the boiling should be continued about 
an hour, and a considerable degree of heat 
should be employed, so as to keep the prepara- 
tion in a brisk state of ebullition, cold water 
being added in small quantities whenever 
there are indications of the preparation boiling 
over. Too much cold water, however, should 
not be added at one time, or the boiling pro- 
cess will be arrested and thereby delayed, but 
by a little practice the operator will learn how 
much water to add so as to keep the prepa- 
ration boiling actively. Stirring the prepara- 
tion is quite unnecessary during this stage of 
the work. When boiled sufficiently it will as- 
similate perfectly witb water, and should then 
be diluted with the proper quantity of cold 
water, adding it slowly at first and stirring 
occasionally during the process. The undi- 
luted preparation is pale yellowish in color, 
but by the addition of water it becomes a very 
dark brown. Before being sprayed on the 
trees it should be strained through a fine wire 
sieve, or through a piece of Swiss muslin, and 
this is usually accomplished when pouring the 
liquid into the spraying tank, by means of a 
strainer placed over the opening through 
which the preparation is introduced into the 
tank. 

The preparing of this compound will be 
greatly accelerated if the resin and caustic 
soda arc first pulverized before being placed 
in the boiler, but this is quite a difiicult task 
to perform. Both of these substances are put 
up in large cakes for the wholesale trade, the 
resin being in wooden barrels, each barrel con- 
taining a single cake weighing about 375 lbs., 
while the caustic soda is put up in iron drums 
containing a single cake each, weighing about 
800 lbs. The soda is the most difficult to dis- 
solve, but this could doubtless be obviated by 



first dis§olv!ng it in cold water and then using 
the solution as required. This insecticide 
may be applied at any time during the grow- 
ing season. 



1903. The Resin Washes. B 

A stronger wash is required for the San 
Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus Comstock), 
and the following formula gives the best re- 
sults: 

Resin 30 pounds. 

Caustic soda (70 per cent ).. 9 pounds. 

Fish oil 4% pints. 

Water enough to make.... 100 gallons. 

Place all the ingredients in a kettle and 
cover with water to a depth of 4 or 5 inches; 
boil briskly for about two hours or until the 
compound can be perfectly dissolved with 
water. When this stage is reached the kettle 
should be nlled up with water, care being 
taken not to chill the wash by adding large 
quantities of cold water at once. It may be 
thus diluted to about 40 gallons, the additional 
water being added from time to time as it 
is used. 

This preparation should only be applied 
during winter or during the dormant period. 
Applied in the growing season it will cause 
the loss of foliage and fruit. 

In the application of both of these washes a 
very fine spray is not essential, as the object 
is not simply to wet the tree but to thoroughly 
coat it over with the compound, and this can 
be best accomplished by the use of a rather 
coarse spray, which can be thrown upon the 
tree with considerable force. 



1903. For Subterranean Insects. A 

For Subterranean Insects. — Recent exper- 
iments have shown the practical value of the 
resin compounds against the grape phylloxera, 
and thev will also be applicable to the apple 
root louse and other underground insects. 
The cheapesi and at the same time one of the 
most satisfactory compounds experimented 
with is the following: 

Caustic soda, 77 per cent. . 5 pounds. 

Resin 40 pounds. 

Water to make 50 gallons. 

Dissolve the soda over fire with 4 gallons of 
water, add the resin, and after it is dissolved 
and while boiling add water slowly to make 
50 gallons or compound. For use dilute in 500 
gallons. Excavate basins about the vines 
6 inches deep and about 2 feet in diameter 
and armly to each vine 5 gallons. The results 
will be more satisfactory if the treatment is 
made early in the spring, so that the rain of 
the season will assist in disseminating the 
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1904. For Subterranean Insects. B 

The kerosene emulsion made according 
to the formula given above is also applicable 
to certain underground insects in cases where 
it will not prove too expensive, as, for in- 
stance, the grape phylloxera or where white 
grubs are infesting a valuable lawn. It may 
then be usea in the proportion of 1 part of 
the emulsion to 15 gallons of water, applied 
liberally to the soil, and afterward washed 
down at frequent intervals with large quan- 
tities of water for several days. This can be 
done only where there is plenty of water at 
hand, but will be found of great value in 
special cases. 



1905. For Subterranean Insects. C 

In other cases bisulphide of carbon may 
be used for specific and local underground 
forms. Nests of ants, for instance, may be 
destroyed by pouring 1 ounce of this substance 
into several holes, covering them with a wet 
blanket for ten minutes and afterward ex- 
ploding the vapor at the mouth of the holes 
with a torch. Against onions, cabbage and 
radish ma erots this substance may also be 
used by punching a hole with a sharp stick 
at the base of the plant and pouring in a tea- 
spoonful of the liquid, covering afterward 
with earth. 



1906. Tbe Arsenites— London Purple, Paris 
Green and White Arsenic. A 

The Arsenites. — London Purple, Paris 
Green and White Arsenic. — These poisons are 
of the greatest service against all mandibu- 
late insects, as larvae and beetles, and 
they furnish the most satisfactory means 
of controlling most leaf feeders and the best 
wholesale remedy against the codling moth. 
Caution must be used in applying them on ac- 
count of the liability of burning or scalding 
the foliage. The poisons should be thor- 
oughly mixed with water at the rate of from 
1 pound to 100-250 gallons water, and applied 
with a force pump or hand spray nozzle. In 
preparing the wash it will be best to first 
mix the poison with a small quantity of 
water, making a thick batter, and then dilute 
the latter and add to the reservoir or spray 
tank, mixing the whole thoroughly. 



1907. The Arsenites. B 

When freshly mixed, either London purple 
or Paris Green may be applied to apple, 
plum and other fruit trees except the peach, 
at the rate of 1 pound to 150-200 gallons, the 
latter amount being recommended for the 
plum, which is somewhat more susceptible to 



scalding than the apple. White arsenic does 
little if any injury at the rate of 1 pound to 
50 gallons of water. As shown by Mr. Gil- 
lette, however, when allowed to remain for 
some time (two weeks or more) in water, the 
white arsenic acts with wonderful energy, 
scalding when used at the rate of 1 pound to 
100 gallons, from 10 per cent to 90 per cent 
of the foliage. The action of the other arse- 
nites remains practically the same, with per- 
haps, a slight increase in the case of London 
purple. 

1908. The Arsenites. C 

With the peach these poisons, when ap- 
plied alone, even at the rate of 1 pound to 
300 or more gallons of water, are injurious in 
their action, causing the loss of much of the 
foilage. 

By the addition of a little lime to the 
mixture, London purple and Paris green may 
be safely applied at the rate of 1 pound to 125 
to 150 gallons of water, to the peach or the 
tenderest fcliage, or in much greater strength 
to strong foliage, such as that of the apple or 
most shade trees. 

1909. Tbe Arsenites. D 

Whenever, therefore, the application is 
made to tender foliage or when the treating 
with a strong mixture is desirable, lime water, 
milky, but not heavy enough to close the 
nozzle, should be added at the rate of about 
2 gallons to 100 gallons of the poison. Pure 
arsenic, however, should never be used with 
lime, as the latter greatly increases its action. 

With the apple, in spraying for the cod- 
ling moth, at least two applications should be 
made — the first on the falling of the blossoms, 
the apples being about the size of peas, and 
the second a week or ten days later; but the 
poison should never be applied after the fruit 
turns down on the stem, on account of the 
danger of the poison collecting and remaining 
permanently in the stem cavity. — Circular U. 
S. Depart. Agriculture. 

1910. To Destroy Insects. 

Hot alum water destroys red and black 
ants, cockroaches, spiders and chinch bugs. 

1911. Formula for Insect Bites. 

One of the very best applications for the 
bites of mosquitoes and fleas, also for other 
eruptions attended with intense itchings, is: 
Menthol in alcohol, one part to ten. This is 
very cooling and immediately effectual. It is 
also an excellent lotion for application to the 
forehead and temples in headache, often at 
once subduing the same. — Weekly Med. Re- 
view. 



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1912. To Discover Insects. 

If the leaves of the plant turn reddish or 
yellow, or if they curl up, a close inspection 
will generally disclose that the plants are in- 
fested with a very small green insect, or 
else with the red spider, either of which must 
be destroyed. For this purpose, scald some 
common tobacco with water until the latter 
is colored to a yellow, and when cold 
sprinkle the leaves of the plants with it; but a 
better plan is to pass the stems and leaves of 
the plants between the fingers, and to then 
shake the plant and well water the bed imme- 
diately afterward. The latter operation de- 
stroys a large proportion of the insects shaken 
from the plant. This latter method is the 
only infallible one. 



1913. Expelling Insects. 

All insects dread pennyroyal; the smell of it 
destroys some and drives the others away. 
At the time that fresh pennyroyal cannot be 
gathered, get oil of pennyroyal; pour some 
into a saucer and steep in it small pieces of 
wadding or raw cotton and place them in 
corners, closet shelves, bureau drawers, 
boxes, etc., and the cockroaches, ants, or 
other insects will soon disappear. It is also 
well to place some between the mattresses 
and around the bed. It is also a splendid 
thing for brushing off that terrible little in- 
sect, the seed tick. 



1914. Insects and How to Fight Them. 

Cut Worms. — Where cut worms are trouble- 
some in the field, a very old and at the same 
time a very good remedy is to entrap them in 
holes made near the plants, or hills, if in 
the cornfield. An old rake handle, tapered at 
the end so as to make a smooth hole five or 
six inches deep, or more, will answer very 
well for this purpose. In the morning the 
worms that have taken refuge in these holes 
may be crushed by thrusting the rake handle 
into them again, and the trap is set for the 
next night. It is always well in planting to 
make provisions for the loss of a stalk or 
two by cut worms or other causes, as it is 
easier to thin out than to replant. 



1915. May Beetles. 

May Beetles. — These are the perfect insects 
of the white grub, so destructive to lawns and 
sometimes to meadows. A French plan for 
destroying or rather catching the cockchafer, 
a very similar insect, is to place in the center 
of the orchard after sunset an old barrel, the 
inside of which has been previously tarred. 
At the bottom of the barrel is placed a 



lighted lamp, and the insects, circling around 
to get at the light, strike their wings and 
legs against the tarred sides of the barrel, 
and either get fast or are rendered so helpless 
that they fall to the bottom. Ten gallons of 
beetles have been captured in this way in a 
single night. 



1916. Slugs. 

Slugs. — English gardeners place handfuls of 
bran at intervals of eight or ten feet along the 
border of garden walks. The slugs are at- 
tracted to the bran, and in the morning each 
little hean is found covered with them. 
The ground is then gone over again, this time 
the operator providing himself with a dust- 
pan and small broom and an empty bucket, 
and it is an easy matter to sweep up the 
little heaps and empty them, slugs and all, 
into the bucket. In this way many hundreds 
have been taken in a single walk, and if a 
little salt and water be placed on the bottom 
of the bucket the slugs coming in contact 
with it ar > almost instantly destroyed. 



1917. Ants. 

Ants. — When these insects are troublesome 
in the garden, fill small bottles two-thirds 
with water, and then add sweet oil to within 
an inch of the top; plunge these into the 
ground near the nest or hills to within half 
an inch of the rim, and the insects coming 
for a sip will get into the oil and perish, as 
it fills the breathing pores. The writer once 
entrapped in a pantry myriads of red ants in 
a shallow tin cover smeared with lard, the 
vessel having accidently been left in their 
track. Another means of entrapping them, 
suggested to me by Professor Glover many 
years ago, is to sprinkle sugar into a damp- 
ened sponge near haunts to attract the in- 
sects. When they have swarmed through the 
sponge it is squeezed in hot water, and the 
trap is reset until the majority of the insects 
are killed. 

1918. Aphis. 

Aphis. — A remedy for plant lice upon the 
terminal shoots of rose bushes (or similar 
hardy plants), said to work like a charm, is 
as follows: Take 4 ounces of quassia chips 
and boil for ten minutes in a gallon of soft 
water. Take out the chips and add 4 ounces 
of soft soap, which should be dissolved in 
it as it cools. Stir well before using, and 
apply with a moderate sized paint brush, 
brushing upward. Ten minutes after, syr- 
inge the trees with clean water to wash off 
the dead insects and the preparation, which 
would otherwise disfigure the rose trees. 



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1919. Scale. 

Scale. — A French composition for destroy- 
ing scaie insects, plant lice, etc., on fruit 
and other trees, is as follows: Boil 2 gallons 
barley in water, then remove the grain 
(which may be fed to the chickens), and add 
to the liquid quicklime until it approaches 
the consistency of paint. When cold add 2 
pounds of lampblack, mixing it for a long 
time, then add 1% pounds flowers of sulphur 
and 1 quart alcohol. 

The mixture is applied with a paint brush, 
first using a stiff bristle brush to remove 
moss. etc. It not only destroys the insects, 
but gives the bark greater strength. — Prairie 
Farmer. 

A year or two ago the Ontario Agricultural 
College published a list of formulas for pre- 
parations useful in destroying the various in- 
sects and fungi injurious to plants, from 
which the following likely to prove most use- 
ful to druggists in agricultural districts are 
reproduced: 



1920. Insecticides and Fungicides. A 

A good general fungicide is the Bordeaux 
mixture, the formula most used being the fol- 
lowing: 

Copper sulphate 6 pounds. 

Lime 4 pounds. 

Water 22 gallons. 

Dissolve the copper compound in 16 gallons 
of water; slake the lime in 6 gallons of water, 
and, when the latter is cooled, pour it into the 
copper solution and mix thoroughly. 

A modified form, known as eau celeste, con- 
sists of — 

Copper sulphate 2 pounds. 

Ammonia 1 quart. 

Water 50 gallons. 

Dissolve the copper sulphate in 2 gallons of 
hot water; as soon as cool add the 1 quart of 
ammonia, and dilute to 50 gallons. 

The mixture should be sprayed over the in- 
fected parts. 

The most useful insecticides are those con- 
taining, as a basis, Paris green. This sub- 
stance, being insoluble, does not injure the 
foliage. A good formula is, 1 pound of Paris 
green to 200 gallons of water. This is very 
effective against leaf-eating insects. To de- 
stroy plant-lice and scale insects, the follow- 
ing emulsion should be used: 

Soft soap 1 quart. 

Boiling water 2 quarts. 

Mix, and while hot add 1 pint of coal oil. 
When using, dilute with twice the amount 
of either hard or soft water. Many other pre- 
parations are used, the chief being carbolic 
acid and tobacco dust; but the above emul- 



sion is most useful. If a combined insecti- 
cide and fungicide be preferred, it may be 
made by adding 4 ounces of Paris green .to the 
Bordeaux mixture. 



1931. Precautions to be Adopted in 
Spraying. 

1. Keep poison labeled, and out of the way 
of children. 

2. Do not spray so far into the season as 
to affect the fruit. 

3. In making emulsions remember the in- 
flammable nature of coal oil. 

4. Never spray trees in bloom. 

5. Try solutions on a small scale if likely 
to injure foliage, and watch results. 

As copper compounds act upon tin and iron, 
it is well to prepare such mixtures in earthen, 
wooden, or brass vessels. 

For certain fungi and insects special mix- 
tures must be used. 

1923. 

Pear-leaf Blight, which appears on both 
leaves and fruit, giving the leaves a spotted 
appearance and causing the fruit to crack. — 
Spray with ammonical solution of copper car- 
bonate as soon as the leaves begin to open, 
and repeat two or three times at intervals of 
two weeks. 

1933. Grape Black-rot. 

Grape Black-rot. — Spray with ammoniacal 
solution of copper carbonate or Bordeaux 
mixture six times, every two weeks, com- 
mencing early in May. If the last two spray- 
ings are with the copper carbonate the fruit 
will not be disfigured. 

1934. Smut. 

Smut. — (1) Immersing seed in hot water of 
135° F. for five minutes will destroy the 
spores of smut; 5 degrees above or below that 
point will fail. (2) Put 1 pound of copper 
sulphate in 20 gallons of water and allow the 
seed to remain in this for about fifteen hours; 
then put the seed for ten minutes in lime 
water made by slaking the lime in ten times 
its weight of water. 

1935. Cucumber Beetles. 

Cucumber-beetles, which are often so trou- 
blesome, can only be kept away by covering 
the plants with netting. 

1936. Strawberry Slugs. 

Strawberry-slugs may be destroyed by the 
use of pyrethrum. either dry or mixed with 
water. If this fails to remove all, the Paris 
green mixture will finish them. 



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1937. Cabbage Worm. 

Cabbage worru. — The same treatment (with- 
out using Paris green) will prove effective in 
destroying the common cabbage worm. 



1938. To rid Trunks and Cupboards of 
Moths. 

It frequently happens that in spite of care 
moths are discovered in the middle of the sum- 
mer in trunks or closets supposed to have 
been so impregnated with preventives that 
their entrance would have been impossible. 
They hide in the crevices, and many attempts 
to dislodge them are futile. A simple and ef- 
fective plan, according to a writer in Harper's 
Bazaar, is to heat stove lids or an iron shovel 
red hot, pour vinegar upon the iron, and let 
the fumes penetrate the cracks which could 
not be reached with a powder gun. Moths 
are particularly fond of new plaster, and the 
settling of the walls of houses affords them 
numberless hiding places which cannot well 
be reached except by fumigation. Burning 
sulphur is excellent for ridding walls of any 
sort of. vermin, but the fumes of this are ob- 
jectionable to many and they do not pass off 
so quickly as those of vinegar. 



1939. Moth Pastilles. 

Camphor 5 

Black pepper 10 

Absinthe 10 

Patchouli 2 

Oil lavender 2 

Oil clove 1 

Paraffin 100 

Melt together, and make into pastilles. 



1930. Bedbug Exterminator. 

Soft soap 20 

Water 65 

Oil turpentine 5 

Kerosene 10 

Dissolve the soap in the water, with the aid 
of heat, add the turpentine, stir until the 
latter is thoroughly mixed, and finally add to 
the coal oil. continuing the heat and stirring 
until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. 

Directions to go with the above: Wash the 
parts of the bedstead, let dry, and apply the 
mixture with a brush to all parts frequented 
by the bugs. The preparation may also be 
painted on walls, etc. 



1931. Cockroach Exterminator. ' 

Mix 3 pounds of oatmeal, or cornmeal, with 
a pound of white lead; add treacle to form a 
good paste, and put a portion down at night 



in the infested places. Repeat for a few 
nights alternately, and in the morning remove 
the paste and the corpses to a convenient 
place. 



1933. Vermin Killer, for Bats and Mice. 

Sulphate of strychnia % ounce. 

Powdered sugar 1 ounce. 

Wheaten flour 14% ounces. 

Oil of anise % dram. 

Solution of aniline q. s. 

Droo the oil of anise on the flour and mix 
thoroughly with the other ingredients; spray 
with a solution of aniline of any color de- 
sired, before mixing. 



1933. Sticky Fly Paper Mixture. 

Yellow resin 2 pounds. 

Boiled linseed oil 2 pounds. 

Castor oil 1 pound. 

Molasses % pound. 

Beeswax % pound. 

Melt the resin and the beeswax in the oils 
by the heat from a water bath; whilst still 
hot mix in the molasses, and spread on sized 
parchment paper. 



1934. Sizing for Fly Paper. 

Glue X A pound. 

Water % pound. 

Dissolve the glue in the water by the heat 
of a water bath; and while hot brush on to 
sheets of parchment paper; when the sizing 
has set on the paper, put on the sticky fly 
paper mixture (see preceding formula) with a 
varnish brush, using a metal edge to keep 
the margin of the paper free from the mix- 
ture. 



1935. Fly Paint. 

Arsenic powdered 1 ounce. 

Sal soda 1 ounce. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Glycerine 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the arsenic and sal soda in the 
water, using heat, when dissolved, filter and 
add the glycerine; mix well and apply with 
a brush to windows or other places infested 
with flies. 



1936. Phosphorus Paste, for Exterminating 
Bats, Mice, Boaches and Ants. 

Carbon bisulphide 1 pound. 

Phosphorus % ounce. 

Oil of anise % ounce. 

Wheaten flour 24 ounces. 

Gluocose 6 pints. 



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Dissolve the phosphorus in the carbon, bi- 
sulphide, and add the oil of anise; set aside 
until needed; heat the gluocose to 150° F., and 
stir in the flour when the temperature of the 
mixture has fallen to 100° (and not sooner); 
add the solution of phosphorus and mix well 
into the paste with a wooden stirring stick 
until thoroughly incorporated. A wide porce- 
lain dish is the most suitable vessel to use for 
mixing the paste; be careful that no dry flour 
adheres to the side of the vessel whilst stirring 
in the solution of phosphorus. This paste 
will not ferment and will remain in good con- 
dition for a long time; when the oil of anise 
has been used for some time to perfume the 
paste with a change may be made to oil of 
rhodium; or oil of fennel, alternating the 
odors, as may seem fit. 



1937. Fly Lotion. 

(Ch. & Dr.) 

Quillaia bark 1 ounce. 

Boiling water 2 pints. 

Infuse for an hour, strain and add 

Corrosive sublimate % ounce. 

Hydrochloric acid y 2 ounce. 

Turpentine 5 ounces. 

Oil of tar 5 ounces. 

Directions for use: 
To prevent the fly striking, and for maggot. 
— Mix two tablespoonfuls with a wine bottle 
of cold water. 

To kill iice. — Mix three tablespoonfuls with 
a wine boitle of cold water, and rub on with 
a brush. 

For mange. — Mix four tablespoonfuls with 
a wine bottle of cold water, and rub in the 
mixture with a. brush every day until cured. 



1938. Mosquito Oil. 

Oil of eucalyptus 1 ounce. 

Oil of pennyroyal 1 ounce. 

Sweet oil 6 ounces. 

Mix. 

Anoint the hands and face with the oil. 



1939. Nursery Insecticide. 

Ch. and Dr. 

Vinegar of cantharides 

or 

Vinegar of stavesacre 3 drams. 

Glycerin 1 ounce. 

Infusion of quassia (1 to 7) 

enough to make 1 pint. 



1940. Fumigating Pastilles (Insecticide. A 

Ch. and Dr. 

Charcoal, in powder 500 parts. 

Saltpetre 60 parts. 

Carbolic acid 40 parts. 

Insect powder 250 parts. 

Make into a paste with tragacanth mucil- 
age, and divide into suitable sized cones. 



1941. Fumigating Pastilles. B 

Charcoal powder 500 parts. 

Saltpetre 50 parts. 

Insect powder 150 parts. 

Benzoin 100 parts. 

Tolu balsam 100 parts. 

Make as above. 

1942. Window-Polishing Paste. 

Castile soap 2 ounces. 

Boiling water 3 ounces. 

Dissolve, and add the following in fine pow- 
der: 

Precipitated chalk 4 ounces. 

French chalk 3 ounces. 

Tripoli 2 ounces. 

Mix, and reduce with water to the con- 
sistency desired. 



1943. Invisible Writing on Glass. 

Glass written upon with French chalk 
shows the design only when breathed upon. 
The glass is written on with a French-chalk 
pencil, cleaned with a handkerchief. 



1944. To Destroy Ants. 

Sci. Am. Cyc. 
Flour of sulphur, % pound; potash, 4 
ounces; set in at earthen vessel, over the fire, 
till dissolved ana united. Afterward heat to 
powder; infuse a little of the powder In 
water, and sprinkle in places infested by ants. 



1945. Black Ants. 

A few leaves of green wormwood scattered 
among the haunts of black ants will drive 
them away. 



1946. Red Ants. 

Powdered borax sprinkled around the in- 
fested places will drive them away, as also 
will powdered cloves. Grease a plate with 
lard, they will leave sugar to go to it, and 
then turn them into the fire; cracked nuts 
will answer the same purpose. Oil of tur- 
pentine run into the cracks with a sewing ma- 
chine oil can. 






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1947. Ant Poison. 

Cape aloes 1 pound. 

Water 1 gallon. 

Boil together and add to the mixture 

Camphor, in small pieces. . 6 ounces. 
This can be used for other insects by dilut- 
ing with water and sprinkling through a gar- 
den pump or watering can. 



1948. To Exterminate Ants. 

Sprinkle their haunts with quick lime con- 
taining a twentieth of its weight of powdered 
camphor. 



1949. Caterpillars. 

Rue v Equal parts 

Wormwood > of 

Tobacco ^ each. 

Make a strong decoction in water and 
sprinkle it on the leaves and young branches 
every morning and evening during the time 
the fruit is ripening. 



1950. 

Artificial sea water for use in aquaria is 
made by fish dealers as follows: 
Take of 

Chloride of sodium 94 parts. 

Sulphate of magnesium. ... . 7 parts. 

Sulphate of potassium .... 2 parts. 

Chloride of magnesium 9 parts. 

Water 3328 parts. 

It is claimed that the above mixture will 
make sea fish feel perfectly at home. 



1951. Carbolized Sponges. 

Carbolic acid 50.0 grams. 

Alcohol 200.0 grams. 

Water 750.0 grams. 

Bleached sponges are allowed to remain in 
this solution for 24 hours, when an equal 
volume of water is added. The sponges re- 
main in the fluid. 



1952. Blackboard Paint. 

Shellac 4 ounces. 

Ivory black, in fine powder 2 ounces. 

Emery 1 ounce. 

Ultramarine 1 ounce. 

Spirit 40 ounces. 

Mix, and shake occasionally until the 
shellac is dissolved. 



FERTILIZERS, ETC. 



1953. Guano. 

Dissolved bones 4 bushels. 

Sulphate of ammon 100 pounds. 

Pearl ash 5 pounds. 

Dry sulphate of soda 10 pounds. 

Mix. 

1954. Fertilizer for Gardens. 

(Rev. Chem. «Ind.) 

Ammonium sulphate 10 

Sodium nitrate 15 

Ammonium phosphate 30 

Potassium nitrate 45 

1955. Fertilizer for Lawns. 

(Rev. Chim. Ind.) 

Potassium nitrate 30 

Sodium nitrate 30 

Calcium sulphate 30 

Calcium superphosphate . . 30 



1956. Fertilizer for Fruit Trees. 

(Rev. Chem. Ind.) 

Potassium chloride 100 

Potassium nitrate 500 

Potassium phospate 570 

This total amount of 1170 grams to be used 
for one tree. 



1957. Chemical Guano, Grandeau. 

(Rev. Horticult.) 

Calcium nitrate 100 

Potassium nitrate 25 

Potassium phosphate 25 

Magnesium sulphate 25 

Dissolve from 4 to 10 grams of this powder 
in 1 liter of water, and water each pot plant 
with this once or twice a month. The plants 
must be in full vegetation. 



1958. Bottle Capping (Common). 

Glue 4 ounces. 

Whiting 2 ounces. 

Glycerine % ounce. 

Aqua 9 ounces. 

Chinese vermilion 1 ounce. 

1959. Bottle Capping (Best). 

Gelatine 4 ounces. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Dry white lead 3 ounces. 

Cochineal q. s. 

Glycerine % ounce. 

Mix. 



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I960. Capsules for Bottles (Gelatine). 

Soak 

Russian gelatine 7 pounds. 

Glycerine 10 ounces. 

Water 60 ounces. 

Heat over a water-bath and add any desired 
color. Pigments may be used, and very beau- 
tiful tints obtained by the use of aniline 
colors. Store the substance in jars. 

Modus operandi. — Liquify the mass and dip 
the cork and portion of neck of bottle into the 
liquid; it sets very quickly. 

This capping is particularly applicable for 
varnishes, benzine, liquid glue, glycerine 
jelly, and other little odds and ends which we 
wish to make attractive on the shop counter, 
and it is at the same time a most "hermetical 
seal." 



CEMENTS. 



1961. Clarke's Anodyne Cement. 

Balsam, Canada 1 dram. 

Slaked lime q. s. to make a paste. 



1963. Cement for Bicycle Tires. 

Asphalt 2 pounds. 

Gutta percha 1 pound. 

Melt together, apply to hot wheel, then slip 
on tire. 



1963. Roman Cement. 

Ordinary clay 60 pounds. 

Calcine and mix with 

Lime 40 pounds. 

Recalcine the whole. 



1964. Cement for Roofs. A 

Roofs, Cement for. — Melt together in an 
iron pot two parts by weight of common 
pitch and one part gutta percha. This 
forms a homogeneous fluid much more 
manageable than gutta percha alone. To re- 
pair gutters, roofs or other surfaces, care- 
fully clean out of the cracks all earthy mat- 
ters, slightly warm the edges with a plumb- 
er's soldering iron, then pour the cement in 
a fluid state upon the cracks while hot, finish- 
ing up by going over the cement with a mod- 
erately hot iron, so as to make a good con- 
nection and a smooth joint. The above will 
repair zinc, lead or iron, and is a good cement 
for aquariums. 



1965. Cement for Roofs. B 

Take 

Rosin 4 pounds. 

Linseed oil 1 pint. 

Red Lead , 2 ounces. 

Stir in fine sand until the proper consis- 
tency is secured, and apply warm. This ce- 
ment becomes hard, and yet possesses con- 
siderable elasticity, is durable and water- 
proof. 

1966. Rubber Cement. A 

Rubber Cements. — Rubber cements are very 
common and very useful, but great care 
should be taken in their preparation to guard 
against fire; they should not be prepared at 
night, as the carbon bisulphide, naptha, or 
chloroform is very inflammable. Vessels 
which are used to digest the rubber should 
be closed and if possible put out of doors. If 
heat is required, use a sand or hot water 
bath; on no account bring near a fire. 



1967. Rubber Cement. B 

Rubber Cement. — Digest caoutchouc, cut in 
fine shreds, with about 4 volumes of naphtha 
or carbon bisulphide in a well covered vessel 
for several days. 



1968. Rubber Cement. C 

Cement for sticking on leather patches and 
for attaching rubber soles to boots and shoes 
is prenared from virgin or native India rubber, 
by cutting it into small pieces or else shred- 
ding it up; a bottle is filled with this to about 
one-tenth of its capacity, benzine is then 
poured on till about three parts full, but be 
certain that the benzine is free from oil. It 
is then kept till thoroughly dissolved and of 
a thick consistency. If it turns out too thick 
or thin, suitable quantities must be added of 
either material to make as required. 



1969. Rubber Cement. D 

Cement used for repairing holes in rubber 
boots and shoes is made of the following so- 
lution: 

Caoutchouc 10 parts. 

Chloroform 280 parts. 

This is simply prepared by allowing the 
caoutchouc to dissolve in the chloroform. 

Caoutchouc 10 parts. 

Resin 4 parts. 

Gum turpentine 40 parts. 

For this solution the caoutchouc is shaved 
into small pieces and melted up with the 
resin, the turpentine is then added, and all is 
then dissolved in the oil of turpentine. The 
two solutions are then mixed together. To 



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repair the shoe with thia cement first wash 
the hole over with it, then a piece of linen 
dipped in it is placed over it; as soon as the 
linen adheres to the sole, the cement is then 
applied as thickly as required. 

1970. Rubber Cement. E 

Good rubber cement for sheet rubber, or 
for attaching rubber material of any descrip- 
tion or shape to metal, may be made by soft- 
ening and dissolving shellac in ten times its 
weight of water of ammonia. A transparent 
mass is thus obtained, which, after keeping 
three or four weeks, becomes liquid, and may 
be used without requiring heat. When ap- 
plied it will be found to soften the rubber, 
but when the ammonia is evaporated it forms 
a kind of hard coat, and causes it to become 
both impervious to gases as well as liquids. 

1971. Rubber Cement. F 

A cement for uniting India rubber is com- 
posed as follows: 

Rubber, finely chopped 100 parts. 

Resin 15 parts. 

Shellac 10 parts. 

These are dissolved in bisulphide of carbon. 

1973. Rubber Cement. G 

Another India rubber cement is made of 

India rubber. .. 15 grains. 

Chloroform 2 ounces. 

Mastic 4 drams. 

First mix the India rubber and chloroform 
together, and when dissolved, the mastic is 
added in powder. It is then allowed to stand 
for a week or two before using. 

1973. Rubber Cement. H 

Rubber Cement to Mend Boots. — Dissolve 1 
dram of gutta percha in 1 ounce of bisulphide 
of carbon; filter through coarse filter paper; 
add 15 grains of pure rubber; rub the whole 
smooth with a palette knife, taking care to 
do it quickly. If necessary, thin with bisul- 
phide of carbon. Keep it away from fire or 
light, as it is volatile and inflammable. 

1974. To Cement Hard Rubber. 

Dissolve bleached gutta percha in carbon 
bisulphide. Cement, and when dry brush over 
carbon bisulphide in which sulphur has been 
dissolved. 

1975. Cement to Mend Rubber. 

Equal parts of pitch and gutta percha are 
melted together and linseed oil is added, 
which contains litharge. Melt until all are 
well mixed, use no more of the linseed oil than 
necessary. Apply warm. 



1976. Cement for Rubber Shoes. 

Cement for Rubber Shoes. — 2% parts India 
rubber are dissolved in 70 parts of chloroform 
by mastication. For the second solution melt 
2!/2 parts India rubber with 1 part of resin, 
V 2 part of Venice turpentine is added, and 
lastly 10 parts oil of turpentine. Mix the so- 
lutions. 

1977. To Fasten Hard Rubber to Metal. 

To Fasten Hard Rubber to Metal. — Make a 
thin solution of glue, and gradually add pul- 
verized wood ashes till you have a stiff 
varnish. Use this cement hot. 

1978. Cement for Mending Hard Rubber. 

Rubber (Hard) Cement for Mending. — Fuse 
together equal parts of gutta percha and genu- 
ine asphaltum; apply hot to the joint, closing 
the latter immediately with pressure. See 
Ammonia and Shellac Cement. No. 1970. 

1979. Oil and Sulphur. 

Oil and Sulphur. — 1 of sulphur to 12 of oil 
gives a substance like molasses; 4 to 12 of oil 
a stiff substance like rubber. To be success- 
ful in making this compound, take an iron 
ladle, such as is used for the melting of lead, 
and fill it not more than one-third full, and 
place it over a clear fire. Owing to a quan- 
tity of water being held in the oil by the 
vegetable matter, it will begin to seethe, and, 
if not closely watched, boil over into the fire. 
After a little time it will subside, the surface 
remaining quite placid, with now and then 
little flickers of smoke flitting across the sur- 
face. Your sulphur must be either roll brim- 
stone or the crude sublimed, i. e., not washed 
or treated with acid. If the first, finely 
powder it, and mix by degrees in the oil, 
stirring all the time until incorporated. 

1980. Cement to Fasten Rubber to 

Wood and Metal. 

Rubber to Wood and Metal, Cement to 
Fasten. — As rubber plates and rings are now 
almost exclusively used for making connec- 
tions between steam and other pipes and ap- 
paratus, much annoyance is often experienced 
by the impossibility or imperfectness of an 
air tight connection. This is obviated entirely 
by employing a cement which fastens equally 
well to the rubber and to the metal or wood. 
Such cement is prepared by a solution of shel- 
lac in ammonia. This is best made by soak- 
ing pulverized gum shellac in 10 times its 
weight of strong ammonia, when a slimy mass 
is obtained, which, in three or four weeks, will 
become liquid without the use of hot water. 
This softens the rubber, and becomes, after 
volatilization of the ammonia, hard and im- 
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1981. Rnst Cement. 

Rust Cement. — Rust Cements for Water and 
Steam Pipes, Steam Boilers, etc. 1. Make a 
stiff paste with 

Sal ammoniac 2 parts. 

Iron borings 35 parts. 

Sulphur and water 1 part. 

and drive it into the joint with a chisel; or, to 

Sal ammoniac 2 parts. 

Flowers of sulphur 1 part. 

add 

Iron chips 60 parts. 

Mix the whole with water, to which one- 
sixth part yinegar or a little sulphuric acid is 
added. Another cement is made by mixing 
100 parts of bright iron filings or fine chips ] 



or borings with 1 part powdered ammo- 
niac, and moistening with urine; when thus 
prepared, force it into the joint. It will prove 
serviceable under the action of fire. 



1982. Metallic Cement. A 

Metallic Cement.— From 20 to 30 parts of 
finely divided copper, obtained by the reduc- ! 
tion of oxide of copper with hydrogen, or by 
precipitations from solutions of its sulphate 
with zinc, are made into a paste with oil of j 
vitrol, and 70 parts of mercury added, the ! 
whole being well triturated. When the amal- ! 
gamation is complete the acid is removed by | 
washing with boiled water, and the compound ! 
allowed to cool. In ten or twelve hours it ! 
becomes sufficiently hard to receive a brill- | 
iant polish, and to scratch the surface of tin 
or gold. By heat it assumes the consistence 
of wax, and, as it does not contract by cool- 
ing, it is recommended by a noted chemist for | 
dentists' use for stopping teeth. This is a 
splendid cement for attaching to the surface 
of wood, glass, metal and porcelain. 



1983. Metallic Cement. B 

The following recipe for a metallic cement 
for repairing broken stone is given by Prof. 
Brune, of the School of Fine Arts. It was 
used in the restoration of the colonnade of the 
Louvre, of the Pont Xeuf, and of the Conserv- 
atoire des Arts et Metiers. It consists of a 
powder and a liquid. The powder: 

Oxide of zinc, (by weight) . 2 parts. 

Crushed limestone (of hard 
nature) 2 parts. 

Crushed grit 1 part. 

The whole intimately mixed and ground. 
Ocher in suitable proportions is added as a 
coloring matter. The liquid: A saturated 
solution of zinc in commercial hydrochloric 
acid, to which is added a part, by weight, of 
hydrochlorate of ammonia equal to one-sixth 
that of the dissolved zinc. This liquid is di- 



luted with two-thirds of its bulk of water. 
To use the cement, 1 pound of the powder is 
to be mixed with 2% pints of the liquid. 
The cement hardens very quickly and is very 
strong. 

1984. Cement for Casein. 

Casein, Cement for. — Mix with 
Water quartz sand (elutri- 
ated) 5 parts. 

Casein 4 parts. 

Lime (slaked) 5 parts. 

1985. To Cement Metals. 

Any fibrous material can be stuck to metal, 
whether iron or other metal, by a mixture 
composed of good glue dissolved in hot vine- 
gar with one-third of its volume of white pine 
pitch, also hot. This composition, it is said, 
will give a sure and certain result. 

1986. Cement for Fastening Metal Letters 

on Glass, Marble, Wood. Etc. 

Copal varnish 30 parts. 

Linseed oil varnish 10 parts. 

Oil of turpentine 10 parts. 

Glue 10 parts. 

Place the mixture in a water bath, to dis- 
solve the glue, then add 

Slaked lime 20 parts. 

1987. 

Copal varnish 15 parts. 

Drying oil 5 parts. 

Turpentine 3 parts. 

Melt in a water bath, and add 
Slacked lime 10 parts. 

1988. 

Into melted resin, 180 parts, are stirred 

Burnt umber 30 parts. 

Calcined plaster 15 parts. 

x Boiled oil 8 parts. 

1989. 

Rosin 4 to 5 parts. 

Wax 1 part. 

Colcothar 1 part. 

The whole melted together. A little pow- 
dered plaster is often added. 

1990. 

Sandarac or galipot varnish 13 parts. 

Boiled linseed oil 5 parts. 

Turpentine 2y 2 parts. 

Essence turpentine 2% parts. 

Marine glue 5 parts. 

Pearl white 5 parts. 

Dry carbonate of lead 5 parts. 

Mixed. 



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1991. 

Copal or lac varnish 15 parts. 

Drying oil 5 parts. 

India rubber or gutta 

percha 4 parts. 

Coal oil 7 parts. 

Roman cement 5 parts. 

Plaster 5 parts. 

1993. 

Copal or rosin varnish 15 parts. 

Turpentine 2% parts. 

Essence Turpentine 2% parts. 

Fish isinglass (in powder). 2 parts. 

Iron filings 3 parts. 

Ocher or rotten stone 10 parts. 

These cements are much used for fixing me- 
tallic letters to glass, marble or wood. The 
two following are particularly good for unit- 
ing brass aDd glass: 



1993. 

Caustic soda 1 part. 

Rosin 3 parts. 

Plaster 3 parts. 

Water 5.parts. 

The whole is boiled. This compound hard- 
ens at the end of half an hour; the hardening 
may be retarded by replacing the plaster by 
zinc white, white lead, or slaked lime. 



1994. 

Fine litharge 2 parts. 

White lead 1 part. 

Copal 1 Part. 

Boiled linseed oil 3 parts. 

The whole is triturated together. Dissolve 
by heat. 



1995. 

For joining metallic surfaces where solder- 
ing is inconvenient, recourse may be had to a 
composition formed in the following way: 
Pure and finely divided copper, such as that 
obtained by the reduction of sulphate of cop- 
per with ainc clippings, 20 to 36 parts, ac- 
cording to the degree of hardness desired in 
the cement, dissolved in a sufficient quantity 
of sulphuric acid to make a thick paste; with 
this is incorporated, by trituration in a mor- 
tar, mercury 70 parts. The mass is soft, but 
hardens at the end of some hours. For use it 
is heated to 212° F. (100° C), and powdered 
in an iron mortar heated to 302° F. (150° C); 
it then assumes the consistence of wax, and is 
harder in proportion, as it contains more 
copper. 



1996. Cement for Metal. 

Metal, Cement for. — Melt over a water bath 

Copal varnish 30 parts. 

Drying oil 10 parts. 

Turpentine 6 parts. 

When melted add 

Slaked lime 20 parts. 

1997. Cement for Metal and Rubber. 

Metal and Rubber, Cement for. — Powdered 
shellac is softened in ten times its weight of 
strong water of ammonia, whereby a trans- 
parent mass is obtained, which becomes fluid 
after keeping some little time without the use 
of hot water. In three or four weeks the mix- 
ture is perfectly liquid, and when applied, it 
will be found to soften the rubber. As soon 
as the ammonia evaporates the rubber hard- 
ens again — it is said, quite firmly — and thus 
becomes impervious botfi to gases and to 
liquids. For cementing sheet rubber, or 
rubber material in any shape, to metal, glass, 
and other smooth surfaces, the cement is 
highly recommended. 

1998. To Cement Thin Metal Sheets. 

Metal Sheets, Thin, to Cement. — Dissolve 
isinglass, cut fine, in warm water, and add a 
little nitric acid. If more acid is used than 
is necessary the cement will not dry. 

1999. Linseed Oil Cement for Metal. 

Metal, Linseed Oil Cement for. — Linseed oil 
and well slaked lime are made into a paste. 
Great pressure must be used. 

2000. Metal to Porcelain, Glass, Etc. 

Metal to Porcelain, Glass, etc. — Dissolve 
good glue in water, heat and add one-half as 
much linseed and varnish and one-quarter as 
much Venice turpentine as the amount of glue 
used. 



3001. Cement for Mica. 

Mica, Cement for. — A colorless cement for 
joining sheets of mica is prepared as follows: 
Clear gelatine is softened by soaking it in a 
little cold water, and the excess of water is 
pressed out by gently squeezing it in a cloth. 
It is then heated over a water bath until it 
begins to melt, and just enough hot proof 
spirit (not in excess) stirred in to make it 
fluid. To each pint of this solution is grad- 
ually added, while stirring, one-quarter ounce 
of gum ammoniac and one and one-third 
ounces of gum mastic previously dissolved in 
4 ounces of rectified spirit. It must be 
warmed to liquefy it for use and kept in stop- 
pered bottles when not required. This ce- 
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2002. Microscope Cement. 
Microscope Cement. — Put into a bottle 

Isinglass 2 parts. 

Gum arabic 1 part. 

Cover them with proof spirit, cork the 
bottle loosely, and place it in a vessel of 
water, and boil it till a thorough solution is 
effected, when it must be strained for use. 
This is a highly valuable cement for many 
purposes, and is used for mounting opaque 
objects for the microscope. 

2003. Minerals, Fossils, Etc. A 
Use best fish glue (hot) and tie well. 

2004. Minerals, Fossils, Etc. B 

Starch % ounce. 

White sugar 1 ounce. 

Gum arabic % ounce. 

Dissolve the gum in a little hot water, and 
the sugar and starch, and boil until the starch 
is cooked. 

2005. Mohr's. 

Mohr's. — Equal parts of pulverized brick 
and litharge are made into a paste with lin- 
seed oil. After application a little fine sand 
is dusted over the lute, and it is dried in the 
oven. 



GLUES. 



2006. Sci. Am. Cyclo. 

Glue is a cement used for joining pieces of 
wood together and has for its chief constit- 
uent a substance called gelatine, obtained 
from the cuttings of hides, skins, tendons and 
other refuse parts of animals, as well as 
from cuttings of leather and parchment, 
which, after being well soaked in milk 
of lime, to dissolve any blood, flesh or fat, are 
thoroughly washed in a stream of water to 
remove the lime. The material is then boiled 
in water until the required adhesive strength 
is obtained, when the liquid is run off into a 
cistern and clarified with powdered alum, 
which precipitates in the form of sulphate 
any lime that may remain, as well as other 
impurities. Before cooling it is drawn off 
into moulds, and is then in the form of size, 
which, when cut into slices and dried in the 
air, hardens into glue. 

2007. Hints About Glue. 

Hints about Glue. — Good glue should be a 
light brown color, semi-transparent, and free 
from waves or cloudy lines. Glue loses much 
of its strength by frequent remelting; there- 
fore, glue which is newly made is preferable 



to that which has been reboiled. The hotter 
the glue the more force it will exert in keep- 
ing the joined parts glued together. In all 
large and long joints it should be applied im- 
mediately after boiling. Apply pressure until 
it is set Ox hardened. 

The following, translated from Des Ingen- 
ieurs Taschenbuch, contains a great deal of 
valuable information which will probably be 
acceptable to many of our readers. 

Common Glue. — The absolute strength of a 
well glued joint is: 

Pounds per square inch. 
Across the grain, With the 
end to end. grain. 

Beech 2,133 1,095 

Elm 1,436 1,124 

Oak 1,735 568 

White wood 1,493 341 

Maple 1,422 896 

It is customary to use from one-sixth to one- 
tenth of the above values, to calculate the 
resistance which surfaces joined with glue 
can permanently sustain with safety. 



2008. Bank Note or Mouth Glue. 

Bank ISote or Mouth Glue. — Is made by 
dissolving 1 pound of fine glue or gelatine, in 
water, evaporating it till most of the water 
is expelled; adding one-half pound brown 
sugar, and pouring it into moulds. Some add 
a little lemon juice. It is also made with 2 
parts of dextrine, 2 of water and 1 of spirit. 



2009. Bookbinders' Glue. 

Bookbinder's glue. — Use best carpenter's 
or white glue, to which, after soaking and 
heating, one-twentieth its weight of glycer- 
ine is added. 



2010. Glue of Caseine. 

Glue of Caseine. — 1. (Braconnet.) — Dissolve 
caseine in a strong solution of bicarbonate of 
soda. 2. (Wagner.) — Dissolve caseine in a 
cold saturated solution of borax. Superior to 
gum, and takes the place of glue in many 
cases. May be used for backs of adhesive 
tickets. 

2011. To Make Compound Glue. 

Compound Glue, to Make. — Take very fine 
flour, mix it with white of eggs, isinglass and 
a little yerst; mingle the materials and beat 
them well together; spread them, the batter 
being made thin with gum water, on even 
tin plates and dry them in a stove, then cut 
them out for use. To color them tinge the 
paste with Brazil or vermilion for red; indigo 
or verditer, etc., for blue; saffron, turmeric 
or gamboge, etc., for yellow. 



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3012. To Prevent Glue from Cracking. 

Cracking, to prevent Glue from. — Glue 
frequently cracks because of the dryness of 
the air in rooms warmed by stoves. An Aus- 
trian contemporary recommends the addition 
of a little chloride of calcium to glue to pre- 
vent this disagreeable property of cracking. 
Chloride of calcium is such a deliquescent 
salt that it attracts enough moisture to pre- 
vent the glue from cracking. Glue thus pre- 
pared will adhere to glass, metal', etc., and 
can be used for putting on labels without 
danger of their dropping off. 

Add a very small quantity of glycerine to 
the glue. The quantity must be modified ac- 
cording to circumstances. 



2013. Glue for Damp Wood. A 

Damp Wood, Glue for. — Soak pure glue 
in water until it is soft; then dissolve it in 
the smallest possible amount of proof spirit 
by the aid of a gentle heat In 2 ounces of this 
mixture dissolve 10 grains of gum ammoni- 
acum, and while still liquid add one-half 
dram of mastic dissolved in 3 drams of recti- 
fied spirit. Stir well and keep the cement 
liquefied in a covered vessel over a hot water 
bath. It is essentially a solution of glue in 
mastic varnish. 



2014. Glue for Damp Wood. 

Shellac, 4 ounces; borax, 1 ounce 



B 

boil in a 

little water until dissolved and concentrate by 
heat to a paste. 



2015. 

Elastic Glue, which does not spoil, is ob- 
tained as follows: Good common glue is dis- 
solved in * ater, on the water bath, and the 
water evaporated down to a mass of thick 
consistence, to which a quantity of glycerine, 
equal in weight with the glue, is added, after 
which the heating is continued until all the 
water has been driven off, when the mass is 
poured out into the moulds or on a marble 
slab. This mixture answers for stamps, 
printer's rollers, galvano-plastic copies, etc. 



2016. Ether Glue. 

Ether Glue. — Dissolve glue in nitric ether. 
The etber will only dissolve a certain amount 
of glue, therefore the solution cannot be 
made very thick; it will be about the con- 
sistency of molasses, and is much more te- 
nacious than glue made with hot water, it 
is improved by adding a few bits of India 
rubber, cut into pieces about the size of a 
buckshot. Let the solution stand a few 
days, stirring frequently. 



2017. Fire Proof Glue. 

Fireproof Glue.— Mix a handful of quick- 
lime in 4 ounces of linseed oil; boil to a good 
thickness; then spread on tin plates in the 
shade, ana it will become exceedingly hard, 
but may be easily dissolved over the fire and 
used as ordinary glue. 



2018. Glue for Cementing Labels on 
Flower Pots. 

Flower Pots, Glue for Cementing Labels on. 
—Use thin paper for label and attach with 
white gelatine in solution, to which has been 
added one per cent of bichromate of potash. 
This must be done in a dark or obscure room. 
Then expose the labels to sunlight. After 
writing varnish with solution of shellac in 
alcohol. 



2019. Frozen Glue. 

Frozen Glue.— The glue while gelatinous is 
sliced, placed on nets and allowed to freeze 
by natural cold. Of course the process can 
only be conducted in cold weather. The pro- 
duct is porous and much more bulky than 
hard glue, but is a better article, as it dis- 
solves more easily. It sells largely in New 
England, where it is preferred by buyers to 
the hard glue. 



2020. Glue for Joining Glass to Wood. 

Glass to Wood, Glue for Joining. — Finely 
sifted wood ashes are added to glue when hot; 
use immediately. 



2021. Glue for Repairing Glass. 

Glue for Repairing Glass. — Dissolve fine 
glue in strong acetic acid to form a thin 
paste. 

2022. Hardening Glue. 

Hardening Glue. — Try a little finely pow- 
dered brick dust, which will harden quickly in 
proportion to the quantity used. 



2023. Isinglass Glue. 

Dissolve isinglass in water and strain it 
through coarse linen. Then add a little alco- 
hol and evaporate to such a consistency that 
when cold it will be dry and hard. This will 
be found to be more tenacious than common 
glue and therefore preferable in many cases. 



2024. Glue for Ivory and Bone. 

Isinglass is boiled in water until very thick, 
when enough zinc white is added to make the 
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2025. To Glue Labels to Iron. 

Labels, to Glue to Iron. — Make a paste of 
rye flour and glue. Add linseed oil varnish 
and turpentine, one-half ounce of each to the 
pound of the paste. 



2026. Sticking Labels to Tinned Plate. 
From the Chemists' and Druggists' Diary 

for 1879, p. 18S, the following seven methods 
of making a cement for affixing paper to tin: 

Add to ordinary paste a little honey or 
glycerine. 

Add muriatic acid to the gum; this is apt to 
cause the metal to rust under and around the j 
label. 

Add a little ammonia, or 

Tartaric acid to the starch paste or mucil- j 
age. 

Add aluminum sulphate (not alum) to the 
mucilage. 

The best plan is said to be to add 20 drops 
of a solution of chloride of antimony to 8 
ounces of paste of mucilage. 

2027. To Glue Leather to Iron. 

There is a constant inquiry as to the best 
plan for fastening leather to iron, and there \ 
are many recipes for doing it. But probably ! 
the simplest mode, and one that will answer 
in a majority of cases, is the following: To 1 
glue leather to iron, paint the iron with some | 
kind of lead color, say white lead and lamp ! 
black. When dry, cover with a cement made : 
as follows: Take the best glue, soak it in j 
cold water till soft, then dissolve it in vinegar i 
with a moderate heat, then add one-third of ; 
the bulk of white pine turpentine, thoroughly | 
mix, and by means of the vinegar make it of j 
the proper consistency to be spread with a j 
brush, and apply it while hot; draw the | 
leather on quickly, and press it tightly in • 
place. If a pulley, draw the leather round 
tightly, lap and clamp. 

2028. Glue for Leather Goods. 

This glue, though rather complex in compo- 
sition, gives good results. Eight ounces of 
rye whisky are diluted with 8 ounces of water 
and the mixture is made into a paste with 2 ■ 
ounces of starch, three-quarters of an ounce 
of good glue are dissolved in the same 
amount of water, an equal amount of turpen- 
tine is added and the mixture and the paste 
are combined. 

2029. Leather, Etc., to Metals. 

Leather, etc., to Metals. — One part crushed 
nut galls digested six hours with 8 parts dis- 
tilled water and strained. Glue is macerated 



in its own weight of water for twenty-four 
hours, then dissolved. The warm infusion of 
nut galls is spread on the leather; the glue 
solution upon the roughened surface of the 
warm metal; the moist leather is then pressed 
upon it and dried. 

2030. Liquid Glue. A 

A liquid glue possessing great resisting 
power, recommended for wood and iron, is 
prepared, according to Hesz, as follows: Clear 
gelatine, 100 parts; cabinet-makers' glue, 100 
parts; alcohol, 25 parts; alum, 2 parts; the 
whole mixed with 200 parts of 20 per cent 
acetic acid, and heated on a water bath for 
six hours. An ordinary liquid glue, also well 
adapted for wood and iron, is made by boiling 
together for several hours 100 parts glue, 260 
parts water, and 16 parts nitric acid. — En- 
glish Mechanic. 

2031. Liquid Glue. B 

An improved liquid glue, according to the 
Journal of Applied Chemistry, may be pre- 
pared by dissolving 3 parts of glue, broken 
into small pieces, in 12 to 15 parts of saccha- 
rate of lime. On warming, the glue dissolves 
rapidly, and remains liquid when cold, with- 
out losing its strength. Any desirable con- 
sistency may be secured by varying the 
amount of saccharate of lime. 



2032. Liquid Glue- C 

Two ounces gelatine, 4 ounces water; when 
the gelatine has fully swelled, add 2 ounces 
glacial acetic acid. It is capital for mending 
china, glass, etc. — A. Pumphrey. 

2033. Liquid Glue Without Acid. 

Liquid Glue Without Acid. — An excellent 
liquid glue is made thus: Take of best white 
glue, 16 ounces; white lead, dry, 4 ounces; 
rain water, 2 pints; alcohol, 4 ounces. With 
constant stirring dissolve the glue and mix 
the lead in the water by means of a water 
bath. Add the alcohol, and continue the heat 
for a few minutes. Lastly, pour into bottles 
while it is still hot. 



2034. 

Take a wide mouthed bottle, and dissolve 
in it 8 ounces best glue in one-half pint water, 
by setting it in a vessel of water, and heat- 
ing until dissolved. Then add slowly 2^ 
ounces strong aquafortis (nitric acid), 36° 
Baume, stirring all the while. Effervesence 
takes place under generation of nitrous acid. 
When all the acid has been added, the liquid 
is allowed to cool. Keep it well corked, and it 
will be ready for use at any moment. 



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2035. 

Take of best white glue, 16 ounces; white 
lead, dry, 4 ounces; rain water, 2 pints; 
alcohol, 4 ounces; with constant stirring, dis- 
solve the glue and lead in the water by means 
of a water bath. Add the alcohol and con- 
tinue the heat for a few minutes. Lastly 
pour into bottles while hot. 



3036. 

Take 1 pint of the common turpentine and 
mix in a quart bottle with 4 fluid ounces 98 
per cent alcohol. Agitate well, and let stand 
until the two fluids separate. Decant the 
turpentine (which will form' the lower layer) 
from the alcohol, and mix it with 1 pint clear 
water. Agitate thoroughly, and let stand un- 
til these two fluids separate, then from the 
water decant the turpentine (which this time 
will form the upper layer), and, finally, mix 
with the turpentine about 1 ounce powdered 
starch, and filter through paper. 



2037. 

Lehner publishes the following formula for 
making a liquid paste or glue from starch and 
acid. Place 5 pounds potato starch in 6 
pounds water, and add one-quarter pound pure 
nitric acid. Keep it in a warm place, stir- 
ring frequently for forty-eight hours. Then 
boil the mixture until it forms a thick and 
translucent substance. Dilute with water, if 
necessary, and filter through a thick cloth. 
At the same time another paste is made from 
sugar and gum arabic. Dissolve 5 pounds 
gum arabic and one pound sugar in 5 pounds 
water, and add 1 ounce nitric acid and heat 
to boiling. Then mix the above with the 
starch paste. The resultant paste is liquid, 
does not mould, and dries on paper with a 
gloss. It is useful for labels, wrappers, and 
fine bookbinders' use. Dry pocket glue\ is 
made from 12 parts glue and 5 parts sugar. 
The glue is boiled until entirely dissolved, the 
sugar dissolved in the hot glue, and the mass 
evaporated until it hardens on cooling. The 
hard substance dissolves rapidly in lukewarm 
water, and is an excellent glue for use on 
paper. — Polytech. Notiz.; Pharm. Record. 



2038. 

Gut 6 parts glue in small pieces. Pour 16 
parts water over it, allow it to stand for a 
few hours. Add 1% part sulphate of zinc, 
1 part hydrochloric acid gas. Keep the mix- 
ture at a temperature of 175° to 190° P. for 
ten or twelve hours. This glue may be used 
for joining all articles, even porcelain, glass, 
mother of pearl, etc. It does not congeal. 



2039. 

Take of best white glue, 16 ounces; white 
lead, dried, 4 ounces; rain water, 2 pints; al- 
cohol, 4 ounces. Dissolve the glue and lead 
in the water by means of a water bath, stir- 
ring constantly. Add the alcohol, and con- 
tinue the heat for a few minutes. Pour into 
bottles while it is hot. 



2040. Very Strong Liquid Glue. 

Very Strong Liquid Glue. — Glue 4% parts; 
water t 12 parts. Let them stand several 
hours. To soften the glue: Add muriatic 
acid % parts; sulphate of zinc, 1% part. 
Heat the mixture to 185° F. for ten or twelve 
hours. This glue remains liquid after cool- 
ing. Used for sticking wood, crockery, and 
glass. 



2041. Russian Liquid Glue. 

Russian Liquid Glue. — Soften 50 parts best 
Russian glue in 50 parts warm water. Add 
slowly, from 2% to 3 parts aquafortis and 3 
parts powdered sulphate of lead. 



2042. Marine Glue. A 

Although now far from new, the extremely 
valuable marine glue of Jeffrey, does not 
seem to be as well known in this country as 
it deserves. Prepared by dissolving 1 part 
India rubber in crude benzine, and mix- 
ing with 2 parts shellac by the aid of heat. 
The waterproof character of this cement, in 
connection with its slight elastic flexibility, 
the ease with which it is applied when warm, 
and the promptness with which it sets on 
cooling, make it a most useful substance in 
many applications to house construction and 
furniture, as well as on board ship, where it 
was originally intended to be chiefly em- 
ployed. 



2043. Marine Glue. B 

Caoutchouc, 1 ounce; genuine asphaltum, 2 
ounces; benzole or naptha, q. s. The caout- 
chouc is first dissolved by digestion and oc- 
casional agitation, and the asphaltum is grad- 
ually added. The solution should have about 
the consistency of molasses. 



2044. Marine Glue. C 

Take of coal naphtha, 1 pint; pure (not 
vulcanized) rubber, 1 ounce; cut in shreds; 
and macerate for ten or twelve days, and then 
rub smooth with a spatula on a slab; add at 
heat enough to melt, 2 parts shellac by weight, 
to 1 part of this solution. To use it, melt at 
a temperature of about 248° F.— B. H. H., of 
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2045. Elastic Marine Glue. 

Elastic Marine Glue. — Dissolve unvulcan- 
ized rubber in cbloroform, benzole or bisul- 
phide of carbon. Ropes or other material ex- 
posed to the action of air and water are 
coated with this glue. Whiting or fine sand 
may be added. 



2046. Hints in Melting and Using Glue. 

Glue. Hints in Melting and Using. — The 
hotter the glue, the more force it will exert 
in keeping the two parts glued together; 
therefore, in all large and long joints, the 
glue should be applied immediately after 
boiling. Glue loses much of its strength by 
frequently remelting; that glue, therefore, 
which is newly made is much more preferable 
to that which has been reboiled. 



3047. A Glue to Resist Heat or Moisture. 

A Glue to Resist Heat or Moisture. — Mix a 
handful of quicklime in % pound of linseed 
oil; boil them to a good thickness and then 
spread it on a slab to cool. 



2048. Moisture Proof Glue. 

Moisture proof glue is made by dissolving 16 
ounces of glue in 3 pints of skim milk. If a 
still stronger glue be wanted, add powdered 
lime. 



2049. Parchment Glue. 

Parchment, 10 parts, is cut into small pieces 
and boiled in 128 parts water until the liquid 
is reduced to 80 parts. The decoction is 
filtered through linen, and evaporated over a 
gentle fire until it presents the required con- 
sistence. 



2050. Dry Pocket Glue. 

Dry pocket glue is made from 12 parts of 
glue and 5 parts of sugar. The glue is 
boiled until entirely dissolved, the sugar dis- 
solved in the hot glue, and the mass evapo- 
rated until it hardens on cooling. The hard 
substance dissolves rapidly in lukewarm 
water, and is an excellent glue for use on 
paper. 



2051. Portable or Mouth Glue. 

Fine pale glue 1 pound, dissolve over a 
water bath in sufficient water; add brown 
sugar % pound, continue the heat till amal- 
gamation is effected; pour on a slab of slate 
or marble, and when cold cut into squares. 

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2052. Rice Glue. 

The fine Japanese cement is made by mixing 
rice flour with a sufficient quantity of cold 
water, then boiling gently, with 'constant stir- 
ring. 

2053. Spaulding's Glue. 

Soak the glue in cold water, using only 
glass, earthern or porcelain dishes. Then 
by gentle heat dissolve the glue in the same 
water, and pour in a small quantity nitric 
acid, sufficient to give the glue a sour taste 
like vinegar, about 1 ounce to every pound of 
glue. 

2054. Glue for Tablets. 

For 50 pounds of the best glue (dry) take 9 
pounds glycerine. Soak the glue for ten min- 
utes and heat to solution and add the glycer- 
ine. If too thick, add water. Color with ani- 
line. 



2055. Tungstic Glue. 

Tungstic glue has been suggested as a sub- 
stitute for hard India rubber, as it can be 
used for all the purposes to which this latter 
is applied. It is thus prepared: Mix a thick 
solution of glue with tungstate of soda and 
hydrochloric acid. A compound of tungstic 
i acid and glue is precipitated, which, at a 
temperature of 86 to 104 F., is sufficiently 
elastic to be drawn out into very thin sheets. 



2056. Veneering Glue, Well Suited for 

Inlaying. 

The best glue is readily known by its trans- 
parency, and being of a rather light brown, 
free from clouds and streaks. Dissolve this 
in water, and to every pint add a half gill of 
the best vinegar and one-half ounce of isin- 
glass. 

2057. Waterproof Glue. A 

Glue may be rendered insoluble by tannic 
acid dissolved in a small quantity of soft 
water. 



2058. Waterproof Glue. B 

In order to render glue insoluble in water, 
even hot water, it is only necessary when dis- 
solving the glue for use to add a little potas- 
sium bichromate to the water and to expose 
the glued part to light. The proportion of po- 
tassium bichromate will vary with circum- 
stances; but for most purposes about one- 
fiftieth of the amount of glue used will suffice. 
In other words, glue containing potassium bi- 
chromate, when exposed to the light, becomes 
insoluble. 



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8059. Waterproof Glue. C 

To make an impermeable glue, soak ordi- 
nary glue in water until it softens, and re- 
move it before it has lost its primitive form. 
After this, dissolve it in linseed oil over a 
slow fire until it is brought to the consistence 
of a jelly. This glue may be used for join- 
ing any kinds of material. In addition to 
strength and hardness, it has the advantage 
of resisting the action of water. — Revue In- 
dustrielle. 



2060. Fire and Waterproof Glue. 

Fire and Waterproof Glue. — Mix a handful 
of quicklime with 4 ounces of linseed oil; 
thoroughly lixiviate the mixture. Boil until 
quite thick, and spread on tin plates. It will 
become very hard, but can be dissolved over a 
fire like common glue/ 



3061. Cheap Waterproof Glue. 

Cheap Waterproof Glue. — Melt common glue 
with the smallest quantity of water possible. 
Add to this by degrees, linseed oil, rendered 
drying by boiling it with litharge. While the 
oil is added the ingredients must be well 
stirred, so as to mix them thoroughly. 



3063. White Glue. 

A writer in the Moniteur Scientifique says 
that to add oxalic acid and white oxide of 
zinc in the proportion of 1 per cent to glue 
gives a whiter and clearer product than any 
of the measures now in use. The glue should 
first be reduced with water and heated to a 
thick sirup, and the chemicals added while 
the mass is hot. 

3063. Waterproof Glue for Wood. A 

Very thick solution of glue, 100 parts; lin- 
seed oil varnish, 50 parts; and 10 parts of 
litharge. Boil for ten minutes and use while 
hot. 

3064. Waterproof Glue. B 

There is no glue for wood which must be 
kept in contact with water that is better than 
bichromated glue. Allow it to harden thor- 
oughly. 

3065. Waterproof Glue. C 

Liquid glue for wood and iron is made, ac- 
cording to Hesz, as follows: Clear gelatine, 
100 parts; cabinetmaker's glue, 100 parts; al- 
cohol, 25 parts; alum, 2 parts; the whole 
mixed with 200 parts of 20 per cent acetic 
acid and heated in a water bath for six hours. 



3066. Waterproof Glue. D 

An ordinary glue for wood and iron is made 
by boiling together for several hours 100 parts 
glue, 260 parts water and 16 parts nitric acid. 

3067. Waterproof Glue. E 

Waterproof glue may be made by boiling 1 
pound of common glue in 2 quarts of skimmed 
milk. This withstands the action of the 
weather. 

3068. Waterproof Glue. F 

Glue, 12 parts; water, q. s. to dissolve. Add 
yellow resin, 3 parts; and, when melted, tur- 
pentine, 4 parts. Mix thoroughly together in 
a water bath. 

3069. Glue Which Stands Moisture 

Without Softening. 

Dissolve in 8 fluid ounces of strong 
methylated spirit, y 2 ounce each of' sandarac 
and mastic; next add y 2 ounce of turpentine. 
This solution is then added to a hot, thick 
solution of glue, to which isinglass has been 
added, and is next filtered while hot through 
cloth or a sieve. 

3070. Glue Dressing for Wounds. 

Cabinetmakers and woodworkers generally 
are familiar with the uses of glue in dressing 
tool cuts and other slight wounds incident to 
their calling. The addition of acetic acid to 
the glue and a little otto of roses will cover 
the odor of the glue and the acid. This com- 
pound spread on paper or muslin makes 
a good substitute for adhesive plaster for 
surgical use. It is easily and quickly pre- 
pared simply by putting into a vessel of boil- 
ing water a bottle containing 1 part of glue 
to 4 parts by measure of the acid, and letting 
the bottle remain in this bath until the glue 
is fully dissolved and mixed with the acid. 
Common glue may be used and officinal acetic 
acid, to be had at any drug store. The mix- 
ture should be kept in a wide mouthed bottle 
well stoppered by a long cork, which can al- 
ways be removed by heating the neck of the 
bottle. Care should be taken to keep the 
mouth of the bottle clean by wiping it well 
with a cloth dipped in hot water. A bottle 
of this cheap and easily prepared dressing 
would be a good thing to have at home as 
well as at the workshop. 

3071. Cement for China and Glass. 

Russian glue 8 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Macerate for four hours; then dissolve in 
water bath and add strong acetic acid 6 

ounces. 



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2073. China Cement. 

Isinglass 1 ounce. 

Mastich (in powder) 4 scruples. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Glacial acetic acid 4 ounces. 

Soak the isinglass in the water, and when 
all has been absorbed, add the acid pre- 
viously mixed with the mastich. Heat gently 
till a clear solution is formed. 



2073. Cold Liquid Glue. 

To make glue liquid in the cold, nitric acid 
is generally added, thus we may take 

Glue 8 parts. 

Water 8 parts. 

Nitric acid 2y 2 parts. 

The nitric acid may be replaced by acetic 
acid. Thus an excellent liquid gum is made 
by dissolving one part of glue in two parts 
of vinegar. 

Another process consists in dissolving by 
the aid of heat: 

Glue 30 parts. 

Water 80 parts. 

and immediately adding, 

Hydrochloric acid 5 parts. 

Zinc sulphate 7 parts. 

A very strong liquid glue is obtained by the 
action of caustic soda upon glue. The fol- 
lowing proportions are used: 

Glue t 1000 parts. 

Water 1500 parts. 

Commercial caustic soda. .. 40 parts. 



2074. Liquid Glue. 

Chloral hydrate 2y 2 ounces. 

Gelatine 4 ounces. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Mix all together. 
The solution is ready in forty-eight hours, 
and is said to be excellent for mounting 
photographs. 

2075. Cement for Porcelain Letters. 

Boiled linseed oil 3 ounces. 

Litharge 2 ounces. 

White lead 1 ounce. 

Gum copal 1 ounce. 

Free the surface from grease before apply- 
ing. 

2076. Cement for Mending Rubber Shoes 

and Tires. 

Western Druggist. 

Caoutchouc in shavings 10 

Resin 4 

Gum turpentine 40 

Oil turpentine enough. 

Melt together, first, the caoutchouc and 
resin, then add the gum turpentine, and when 



all is liquefied, add enough of oil of turpen- 
tine to preserve it liquid. A second solution 
is prepared by dissolving together: 

Caoutchouc 10 

Chloroform 280 

For use these two solutions are mixed. 
First wash the hole in the rubber shoe over 
with the cement, then a piece of linen dipped 
in it is placed over it; as soon as the linen 
adheres to the sole, the cement is then ap- 
plied as thickly as required. 



2077. Waterproof Glue for Wood. 

Glue 12 parts. 

Water enough. 

Soak the glue in water and liquefy by 
means of a water bath, then add: 

Resin 3 parts. 

And when this is melted add 
Turpentine 4 parts. 

2078. 

To mend broken mortars or pestles, use a 
thick paste of either calomel or litharge with 
glycerine. It forms an excellent cement, al- 
though rather long in drying. 

2079. Mucilage Stick. 

Glue - 5 ounces. 

Granulated sugar 1 ounce. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Dissolve by the heat of a water bath; pour 
into molds and dry. 

2080. Acacia Mucilage. 

Gum acacia granld 16 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Salicylic acid 90 grains. 

Dissolve the gum in the water by the aid 
of heat: dissolve the salicylic acid in the gly- 
cerine and add. 



COLORED FIRES. 



2081. Red Fire. 

Strontia nit 10 ounces. 

Sulphur 3y 2 ounces. 

Chlor. pot 2 ounces. 

Ant. sulph 6 drams. 

Veg. black 10 drams. 

Mix. 

2082. Crimson Fire. 

Chlorate potash 1 dram. 

Sulphur 4 drams. 

Willow charcoal 1 dram. 

Nitrate of strontia 1% ounces. 

Mix. 



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3083. Red Fire for Parades. Cheap. 

Strontium nitrate 4 

Potassium chlorate 1 

Linseed meal 1 

The proportion of linseel meal may be in- 
creased or decreased. This makes a slow- 
burning mixture. Green and blue fires can- 
not be produced in this manner. 

3084. Green Fire. 

Potassium chlorate 18 

Barium nitrate 60 

Sulphur 22 

To get a mixture which will burn more 
quickly reduce the proportion of barium 
nitrate and increase that of potassium 
chlorate. For a slower burning fire adopt a 
reverse process. 

3085. Red Fire. 

Potassium chlorate 18 

Strontium nitrate 60 

Sulphur 21 

Carbon 1 

For quicker or slower burning fires proceed 
as above, reading strontium for barium. 

3086. Violet Fire. 

Potassium chlorate 51 

Calcium carbonate 18 

Malachite powdered 16 

Sulphur 15 

By increasing the calcium salt and reduc- 
ing the malachite a slower burning flame is 
obtained, and vice versa. 

3087. White Fire. 

Druggists Circular. 

Nitrate of potassa 18 parts. 

Sulphur 10 parts. 

Black sulphide of antimony 3 parts. 

Powdered quicklime 4 parts. 

The lime must not be slaked, but fresh and 
caustic. 

3088. Red Fire. 

Nitrate of strontia 13 parts. 

Sulphur 1 part. 

Powdered gunpowder 1 part. 

3089. Blue Fire. 

Nitrate of potassa 5 parts. 

Sulphur 2 parts. 

Metallic antimony 1 part. 

3090. Green Fire. 

Nitrate of baryta 60 parts. 

Chlorate of potassa 18 parts. 

Sulphur 22 parts. 



3091. Lilac Fire. 

Chlorate of potassa 49 parts. 

Sulphur 25 parts. 

Dry chalk 20 parts. 

Black oxide of copper 6 parts. 

3093. Yellow Fire. 

Sulphur 6 parts. 

Chlorate of potassa 12 parts. 

Bicarbonate of soda 3 parts. 

Sulphate of strontia 3 parts. 

3093. Dark Blue Fire. 

Sulphur 6 ounces. 

Copper sulphate l 1 /^ ounces. 

Potassium chlorate 17 ounces. 

3094. Light Blue Fire. 

Sulphur 4 ounces. 

Burnt alum 6 ounces. 

Potassium chlorate 15 ounces. 

3095. Caution. 

Caution. — Competent druggists need no di- 
rections for properly mixing the chemicals of 
a colored fire, but as the compounding of fire- 
works is oftentimes the great ambition of be- 
ginners, a word of advice will not be amiss 
in regard to the dangers of the manipulation, 
and the way to avoid them. Each substance 
must be dried and powdered separately, and 
afterwards mixed together in small quanti- 
ties with a card or a wooden spatula on a 
piece of paper. Sifting with a hair sieve is 
a good way also, but the use of a mortar 
and pestle is extremely dangerous. 

3096. Butter Coloring. 

Sal soda 2 pounds. 

Carbonate of potash 2 pounds. 

Cold water 5 gallons. 

Dissolve the soda and potash in the water 
and set aside. 

Annatto T 2 pounds. 

Cold water 4 gallons. 

Let stand one day stirring thoroughly 
meantime. 

Mix the two preparations together; let 
stand for a week, stirring occasionally; use 
'clear water and stone crocks for mixing pur- 
poses. 

Directions: Use one teaspoonful of the 
coloring in 5 quarts of cream; add just before 
churning. 

3097. Infants' Food. A 

Best wheaten flour 24 ounces. 

Fine oatmeal 12 ounces. 

Fine lentil flour 6 ounces. 

Powdered sugar of milk... 6 ounces. 



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Mix well in a mortar, pass through a sieve; 
place in a large dish and bake in a slow 
oven for two hours; when cool pass through 
a sieve and pack in air tight packages. 

Directions: Mix one tablespoonful of the 
food with water or milk into a paste, then 
add half a pint of boiling milk (or milk and 
water according to age of child), and boil for 
a few minutes; if not sufficiently sweet add 
sugar to suit taste. 



Infants' Food. B 

Baked wheaten flour 1 pound. 

Soda bicarb 30 grains. 

Sugar of milk V 2 ounce. 

Mix. 



Hektograpli Copying Pad. 

Best glue y 2 pound. 

Clear soft water 12 ounces. 

Granulated sugar 4 ounces. 

Glycerin 16 fl. ounces. 

Powd. precptd. chalk or 

oxide of zinc 2 ounces. 

Soap, white castile . . . % ounce. 

Dissolve the glue, sugar and soap in the 
water by the aid of water bath heat; when 
dissolved add the glycerine; when nearly cold 
stir in the oxide of zinc or the chalk, and 
pour into tins of the size desired. The tins 
should have a depth of at least y s of an inch. 



2100. Hektograpli Copying Ink. 

Purple aniline 3. B 1 ounce. 

Alcohol, 18S per cent 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Gluocose 1 ounce. 

Water, hot 7 ounces. 

Dissolve the aniline in the alcohol add the 
glycerin, gluocose and hot water. 



2101. Black Marking Ink for Linen. 

Nitrate of silver crystals. . 1 ounce. 

Distilled water 10 ounces. 

Acacia mucilage 4 ounces. 

Nigrosine, black 30 grains. 

Aqua ammonia q. s. 

Dissolve the silver in the water and add 
ammonia water until the precipitate first 
formed is dissolved (shake the solution after 
each portion of the ammonia water is added); 
then add the nigrosine and lastly the 
mucilage. Write on the linen (tightly 
stretched) with a gold pen, and pass a hot 
iron over the writing. A quill pen or a new 
steel pen may be used in place of a gold pen. 



2102. Crimson Marking Ink for Linen. 

Nitrate of silver crystals. . 1 ounce. 

Carmine 10 grains. 

Distilled water 10 ounces. 

Acacia mucilage 4 ounces. 

Aqua ammon. q. s. 
Dissolve the silver in the water and add 
ammonia water until the precipitate first 
formed is dissolved (shake the solution after 
each portion of the ammonia water is added) ; 
then add the carmine in fine powder; and 
lastly add the mucilage; mix well. Write 
on the linen (tightly stretched) with a gold 
pen and pass a hot iron over the writing. 



2103. Violet Stamp Ink. 

Methyl violet 3B 3 drams. 

Distilled water 10 drams. 

Dilute acetic acid 10 drams. 

Rectified spirit V/ 2 ounces. 

Glycerine 7 ounces. 

Triturate the violet in a mortar with the 
water, add the glycerine gradually, then the 
acid and spirit. 



2104. Cheap Blue-Black Ink. 

Tannin 1 ounce. 

Sulphate of iron &/ 2 drams. 

Sulphuric acid 20 minims. 

Methyl blue 1 scruple. 

Spirit y 2 ounce. 

Water 25 ounces. 

Dissolve the tannin in half of the water, 
and the sulphate of iron and acid in the rest. 
Dissolve the methyl blue in the spirit, and 
add to the iron solution; then add the tannin 
solution. 



2105. Aniline Copying Ink. 

The following is adapted for use without 
a press: 

Nigrosin 1 ounce. 

Hot water 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Glucose 1% drams. 

Rub all these together, and dilute with as 
much water as will give the ink the necessary 
character — i. e., about 10 ounces. 



2106. Ink Powder. 

Tannin 1 ounce. 

Dried sulphate of iron 2y 2 drams. 

Powdered gum arabic .... 4 scruples. 

Sugar 2 scruples. 

Aniline blue, B 2 scruples. 

Mix. 



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CLEANSING, RENOVATING 
AND PROTECTING. 



Sci. Amer. Cyclo. 
8107. To Remove Acid Stains. A 

Chloroform will restore the color of gar- 
ments, where the same has been destroyed by 
acids. 



2108. To Remove Acid Stains. B 

When acid has accidentally or otherwise 
destroyed or changed the color of the fabric, 
ammonia should be applied to neutralize the 
acid. A subsequent application of chloroform 
restores the original color. 

3109. To Remove Acid Stains. C 

Spots produced by hydrochloric or sul- 
phuric acid can be removed by the application 
of concentrated ammonia, while spots from 
nitric acid can scarcely be obliterated. 



2110. Acids, Vinegar, Sour Wine, 
Must, Sour Fruits. 

White goods, simple washing, followed up 
by chlorine water if a fruit color accompanies 
the acid. Colored cottons, woolens, and silks 
are very carefully moistened with dilute am- 
monia, with the finger end. (In case of deli- 
cate colors, it will be found preferable to 
make some prepared chalk into thin paste, 
with water, and apply it to the spots.) 



2111. To Clean Alabaster. A 

The best method of cleaning these orna- 
ments is to immerse them for some time in 
milk of lime, and then wash in clean water, 
and when dry dust them with a little French 
chalk. MhK of lime is made by mixing a 
little slaked lime in water. This has a 
"milky" appearance, whence its name. Ben- 
zol or pure oil of turpentine is very highly 
recommended. 



2112. To Clean Alabaster. B 

Use soap and water, with a little washing 
soda or ammonia, if necessary, Rinse it thor- 
oughly. 



2113. Alkali Stains. 

To remove from garments. A mixture of 
acetic a:*d, diluted with a large quantity of 
water, will remove stains brought by soda, 
soap, boilers, lye, etc., if the solution is read- 
ily applied. 



2114. To Remove Stains of Aniline 
from the Hands. 

Wash with strong alcohol, or what is more 
effectual, wash with a little bleaching powder, 
then with alcohol. 



2115. To Clean Stuffed Animals. 

Give the animal a good brushing with a 
stiff clothes brush. After this warm a quan- 
tity of new bran in a pan, taking care it does 
not burn, to prevent which, quickly stir it. 
When warm, rub it well into the fur with 
your hand. Repeat this a few times, then 
rid the fur of the bran, and give it another 
sharp brushing until free from dust. 



2116. Scouring Balls. A 

Curd soap 8 ounces. 

Oil of turpentine 1 ounce. 

Oxgall 1 ounce. 

Melt the soap, and when cooled a little, stir 

in the rest, and make it into cakes while 

warm. 



2117. Scouring Balls. B 

Soft soap 1 pound. 

Fuller's eaixn 1 pound. 

Beat them well together in a mortar, and 
form into cakes. To> remove grease, etc., 
from cloth. The spot first moistened with 
water is rubbed with the cake, and allowed to 
dry, when it is well rubbed with a little warm 
water, and afterward rinsed or rubbed off 
clean. 



2118. To Clean Barometer Tubes. 

Try a small quantity of warm nitric acid. 
Then rinse with water, rinse with absolute 
alcohol, and finally with ether; warm to expel 
the vapor of ether. 



2119. To Cleanse Barrels, 

Put a few pounds unslaked lime in the bar- 
rel, add water, and cover. In a short time 
add more water and roll the barrel. Rinse 
with clean water. 



2120. To Remove Grease from Blackboards. 

Make a strong lye of pearlashes and soft 
water, and add as much unslaked lime as it 
will take up. Stir it together and let it set- 
tle a few minutes, bottle it and stopper close. 
Have ready some water to dilute it when 
used, and scour the part with it. The liquor 
must not remain long on the board, as it will 
draw the color with it. Hence use it with 
care and expedition. 



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3121. To Cleanse Blankets. A 

Put two large tablespoonfuls of borax and 
a pint bowi of soft soap into a tub of cold 
water. When dissolved put in a pair of 
blankets, and let them remain over night. 
Next day rub and drain them out, and rinse 
thoroughly in two waters, and hang them up 
to dry. Do not wring them. 



2133. To Cleanse Blankets. B 

Scrape 1 pound of soda soap, and boil it 
down in sufficient water, so that when cooling 
you can beat it with the hand to make a sort 
of jelly. Add 3 tablespoonfuls spirit of tur- 
pentine and 1 tablespoonfui of spirit of harts- 
horn, and with this wash the article well and 
rinse in cold water until all the soap is taken 
off. Then apply salt and water and fold be- 
tween two sheets, taking care not to allow 
two folds of the article washed to lie to- 
gether. Smooth with a cool iron. Only use 
the salt where there are delicate colors that 
may ru.M. If you can get potash soap, it will 
be better, as woolen manufacturers do not use 
soda soap. 

2123. To Remove Blood Stains. A 

An accidental prick of the finger fre- 
quently spoils the appearance of work, and if 
for sale, decreases its value. Stains may be 
entirely obliterated from almost any sub- 
stance by laying a thick coating of common 
starch over the place. The starch is to be 
mixed as if for the laundry, and laid on quite 
wet. 



2124. To Remove Blood Stains. B 

The free and early application of a weak 
solution of soda or potash, and the subsequent 
application of the solution of alum, is recom- 
mended. • 

2125. Blood and Albuminoid Matters. 

Steeping in lukewarm water. If pepsine, 
or the juice of carica papaya, can be pro- 
cured, the spots are first softened with luke- 
warm water, and then either of these sub- 
stances is applied. 

2126. To Clean and Prepare Bones 

and Ivory. 
The curators of the anatomical museum 
of the Jardin des Plantes have found that 
spirits of turpentine is very efficacious in re- 
moving the disagreeable odor and fatty eman- 
ations of bones or ivory, while it leaves them 
beautifully bleached. The articles should be 
exposed in the fluid for three or four days 
in the sun, or a little longer if in the shade. 
Thev should rest upon strips of zinc, so as 



to be a fraction of an inch above the bottom 
of the glass vessel employed. The turpentine 
acts as an oxidizing agent, and the product 
of the combustion is an acid liquor which 
sinks to the bottom, and strongly attacks the 
ivory if allowed to touch it. 

2127. 

Make a thick paste of common whiting in a 
saucer. Brush well with a toothbrush into 
the carved work. Brush well out with plenty 
of clean *water. Dry gently near the fire. 
Finish with a clean dry hard brush, adding 
one or two drops (not more) of alcohol. 

2128. 

Mix about a tablespoonfui of oxalic acid in 
y 2 pint of boiling water. Wet the ivory over 
first with water, then with a toothbrush 
apply the acid, doing one side at a time and 
rinsing, finally drying it in a cloth before the 
fire, but not too close. 

2129. 

Take a piece of fresh lime, slake it by 
sprinkling it with water, then mix into a 
paste, which apply by means of a soft brush, 
brushing well into the interstices of the carv- 
ing; next set by in a warm place till perfectly 
dry, after which take another soft brush and 
remove the lime. Should it still remain dis- 
colored, repeat the process, but be careful to 
make it neither too wet nor too hot in dry- 
ing off, or probably the article might come 
to pieces, being most likely glued or cemented 
together. If it would stand steeping in lime 
water for twenty-four hours, and afterward 
boiling in strong alum water for about an 
hour and then dried, it would turn out white 
and clean. Rubbing with oxide of tin (putty 
powder) and a chamois leather will restore a 
fine gloss afterward. 

2130. 

Clean well with spirits of wine, then mix 
some whiting with a little of the spirits, to 
form a paste, and well brush with it. It is 
best to use a rubber of soft leather where 
there are no delicate points; put a little soap 
on the leather, and dip into the paste and 
rub the ivory until you get a brilliant polish, 
finish off with a little dry whiting; the leather 
should be attached to a flat wood surface and 
rub briskly. 

2131. 

When ivory ornaments get yellow or dusky 
looking, wash them well in soap and water, 
with a small brush to clean the carvings, and 
place them while wet in full sunshine; wet 
them two or three times a day for several 



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days with soapy water, still keeping them in 
the sun; then wash them again, and they 
will be beautifully white. To bleach ivory, 
immerse it for a short time in water contain- 
ing a ittle sulphurous acid, chloride of lime 
or chlorine. 



3133. 

Soda ash 1 pound. 

Lime (burned) y 2 pound. 

Hot water 3 quarts. 

Mix, and soak the bones for twenty-four 
hours in the liquid; wash them thoroughly 
and bleach them. 

3133. 

Put the bones in a strong warm alcoholic 
solution of caustic potash for a short time, 
then immerse in running water. 



3134. To Clean Straw. 

Wash in warm soap liquor, well brushing 
them both inside and out, then rinse in cold 
water, and they are ready for bleaching. 



3135. To Bleach Straw. 

To bleach. — Put a small quantity of salts of 
sorrel or oxalic acid into a clean pan, and 
pour on it sufficient scalding water to cover 
the bonnet or hat. Put the bonnet or hat 
into this liquor, and let it remain in it for 
about five minutes; to keep it covered hold it 
down with a clean stick. Dry in the sun or 
before a clear tire. Or, having first dried the 
bonnet or hat, put" it, together with a saucer 
of burning sulphur, into a box with a tight- 
closing lid. Cover it over to keep in the 
fumes, and let it remain for a few hours. 
The disadvantage of bleaching with sulphur 
is that the articles so bleached soon become 
yellow, which does not happen to them when 
they are bleached by oxalic acid. 



3136. To Finish or Stiffen Straw. 

To Finish or Stiffen. — After cleaning and 
bleaching, white bonnets should be stiffened 
with parchment size. Black or colored bon- 
nets are finished with a size made from the 
best glue. Straw or chip plaits, or leghorn 
hats and bonnets, may also be cleaned, 
bleached and finished as above. 



3137. Removal of Stains from and 
Cleaning Books. 

Dust can be removed by using bread or 
very soft rubber. 



3138. 

Water stains are removed by boiling water 
and alum. It will be necessary to float the 
sheet on this bath for some hours. Dry be- 
tween clean blotting paper. The amount of 
alum is immaterial. 

3139. 

Damp stains are treated the same way, but 
with less chance of success. 

3140. Mud. 

Mud. — Very little can be done. Wash in 
cold water, then in dilute hydrochloric acid 
and afterward in a weak solution of chloride 
of lime. Rinse and dry. 

3141. Fox Marks. 

Fox Marks. — Use very dilute hydrochloric 
acid or Javelle water. 



3143. Finger Marks. 

Finger Marks. — Very difficult to erase. Ap- 
ply a jelly of white or curd soap, then wash 
with a brush in cold water. 



3143. Blood Stains. 

Blood Stains. — Soak in cold water, wash 
with soap and rinse. 

3144. Writing Ink Stains. 

Ink stains (of writing ink) usually try 
oxalic acid followed by chloride of lime. 
Wash well. 



3145. Marking Ink Stains, Etc. 

Ink Stains (Marking Ink, etc.). — Apply tinc- 
ture of iodine. The silver in the ink forms 
silver iodide, which is removed by weak solu- 
tion of potassium cyanide (deadly poison). 



3146. Grease Spots. 

Grease Spots. — Put over the spot a piece of 
blotting paper, apply a hot iron. 

Or, apply Fr. chalk, put a piece of paper 
over it and apply the iron. 

Or, try ether or benzine, put blotting paper 
above and below the spot. 



3147. To Clean Ink Bottles. 

For cleaning ink bottles, the best and quick- 
est agent is oxalic acid, but it is a violent 
poison. Try shaking small nails, with water 
or vinegar in them, and if this does not an- 
swer, use hydrochloric acid, carefully wash- 
ing out two or three times after its applica- 
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3148. To Clean Oily or Greasy Bottles. 

Pour into theni a little strong sulphuric 
acid; after they have heen allowed to drain 
as much as possible, the bottle is then corked, 
and the acid caused to flow into every por- 
tion of it, for about five minutes. It is then 
washed with repeated rinsings of cold water. 
All traces of oil or grease left will be re- 
moved in a very expeditious manner, and no 
odor whatever will be left in the bottle after 
washing. 



3149. To Clean Brass. A 

There are many substances and mixtures 
which will clean brass. Oxalic acid, muriatic 
acid, and several other acids will clean brass 
very effectively; oxalic acid is the best, but 
the acids must be well washed off, the brass 
dried, and then rubbed with sweet oil and 
tripoli, otherwise it will soon tarnish again. 
Mixture to clean brass is: 

Soft soap 1 ounce. 

Rotten stone 2 ounces. 

3150. To Clean Brass. B 

Oxalic acid 1 ounce. 

Rotten stone 2 ounces. 

Sweet oil 1% ounces. 

Spirits of turpentine enough to make a 
paste. 

When used, a little water is added and fric- 
tion applied. If brass is very dirty, it re- 
quires a strong acid to make it bright; such 
is chromic acid, best prepared by mixing bi- 
chromate of potassa, sulphuric acid, and 
water, equal parts of each. This makes the 
dirtiest brass bright and clear at once, but 
it must be immediately washed off with 
plenty of water, rubbed dry, and polished 
with rotten stone. There are no patents on 
any of these proceedings; and if there were, 
the patentees would not be sustained in their 
claims. 

3151. To Clean Brass. C 

Wash with rock alum, boiled in a strong 
lye in the proportion of 1 ounce to 1 pint; j 
polish with dry tripoli. 



rubbed with sawdust. This immediately 
changes them to a brilliant color. If the 
brass has become greasy, it is first dipped in 
a strong solution of potash and soda in warm 
water; this cuts the grease, so that the acid 
has free power to act. 



3153. To Clean Brass. E 

Rub the surface of the metal with rotten 
stone and sweet oil, then rub off with a piece 
of cotton flannel, and polish with soft leather. 
A solution of oxalic acid rubbed over tar- 
nished brass soon removes the tarnish, ren- 
dering the metal bright. The acid must be 
washed off with water, and the brass rubbed 
with whjting and soft leather. A mixture of 
muriatic acid and alum dissolved in water im- 
parts a golden color to brass articles that are 
steeped in it for a few seconds. 



3154. To Clean Brass. F 

First boil your articles in a pan with or- 
dinary washing soda, to remove the old lac- 
quer; then let them stand for a short time in 
dead nitric acid; then run them through 
bright dipping nitric acid. Swill all acid off 
in clean water, and brighten the relieved 
parts with a steel burnisher, replace in clean 
water, and dry out in beech sawdust. Next 
place your work on the stove till heated, so 
that you can with difficulty bear your hand 
on articles, and apply pale lacquer with 
brush, the work will burn if heated too much 
or too ranidly. 



3155. To Clean Brass. G 

Put a coat of nitric acid over the part you 
want cleaned, with a piece of rag; as soon as 
it turns a light yellow, rub it dry and the 
brass will present a very clean appearance; if 
not satisfactory, repeat. 



3156. To Clean Brass. H 

Oxalic acid and whiting mixed and applied 
wet, with brush, and brushed again when dry 
with soft plate brush to polish with dry whit- 
ing. 



3453. To Clean Brass. D 

The government method prescribed for 
cleaning brass, and in use at all the United 
States arsenals, is claimed to be the best in 
the world. The plan is to make a mixture of 
1 part common nitric acid and V 2 part sul- 
phuric acid, in a stone jar, having also ready 
a pail of fresh water and a box of sawdust. 
The articles to be treated are dipped into the 
acid, then removed into the water, and finally 



3157. Brass Instruments. A 

Brass Instruments. — If the instruments are 
very much oxidized, or covered with green 
rust, first wash them with strong soda and 
water. If not so very bad, this first process 
may be dispensed with. Then apply mixture 

J of 1 part common sulphuric acid and 12 parts 
of water, mixed in an earthen vessel, and 

' afterward polish with oil and rotten stone, 



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well scouring with oil and rotten stone, and 
using a piece of soft leather and a little dry 
rotten stone to give a brilliant polish. In 
future cleaning, oil and rotten stone will be 
found sufficient. 



3158. Brass Instruments. B 

Take a strip of coarse linen, saturate with 
oil and powdered rotten stone, put round the 
tubing of instrument, and work backward and 
forward; polish with dry rotten stone. Do 
not use acid of any kind, as it is injurious to 
the joints. To hold the instrument, get a 
piece of wood turned to insert in the bells; fix 
in a bench vise. The piece of wood will also 
serve for taking out any dents you may get in 
the bells. 

2159. Brass Instruments. C 

Oil and rotten stone for this purpose, 
though very efficacious, are objectionable on 
account of dirt, the oil finding its way to the 
pistons, and because the instrument cleaned 
in this manner so soon tarnishes. Dissolve 
some common soda in warm water, shred into 
it some scraps of yellow soap, and boil it till 
the soap is all melted. Then take it from the 
fire, and when it is cool add a little turpentine 
and sufficient rotten stone to make a stiff 
paste. Keep it in a tin box covered from the 
air, and if it gets hard, moisten a small 
quantity with water for use. 



3160. Brass Instruments. D 

If very much oxidized or covered with 
green rust, first wash it with strong soda and 
water. If not so very bad, this first process 
may be dispensed with. Then apply a mix- 
ture of 1 part of common sulphuric acid and 
12 parts of water, mixed in an earthen vessel; 
wash well, first with clear water, and then 
with water containing some ammonia, after- 
ward scouring well with oil and rotten stone, 
and using a piece of soft leather and a little 
dry rotten stone to give a brilliant polish. In 
subsequent cleaning oil and rotten stone will 
be found sufficient. 



3161. 

Brass work that is so dirty by smoke and 
heat as not to be cleaned with oxalic acid, 
should be thoroughly washed or scrubbed 
with soda, or potash water, or lye. Then dip 
in a mixture of equal parts of nitric acid, 
sulphuric acid, and water; or, if it cannot be 
conveniently dipped, make a swab of a small 
piece of woolen cloth upon the end of a stick, 
and rub the solution over the dirty or smoky 
parts; leave the acid on for a minute, and 
then wash clean and polish. 



3163. Paste for Cleaning Brass. 

Paste for Gleaning Brass. 

Starch 1 part. 

Powdered rotten stone ... 12 parts. 

Sweet oil 2 parts. 

Oxalic acid 2 parts. 

Water to mix. 

3163. 

Soft soap 2 ounces. 

Rotten stone 4 ounces. 

Beat them to a paste. 

3164. 

Rotten stone made into a paste with sweet 
oil. 

3165. 

Rotten stone 4 ounces. 

Oxalic acid 1 ounce. 

Sweet oil 1% ounces. 

Turpentine enough to make a paste. 

3166. 

Oxalic acid 1 part. 

Iron peroxide 15 parts. 

Powdered rotten stone. ... 20 parts. 

Palm oil 60 parts. 

Petrolatum 4 parts. 

See that solids are thoroughly pulverized 
and sifted, then add and thoroughly incor- 
porate oil and petrolatum. 

3167. Cleaning Brass Inlaid Work. 

Mix tripoli and linseed oil, and dip felt into 
the preparation. With this polish; if the 
wood be rosewood or ebony, polish it with 
finely powdered elder ashes, or make a pol- 
ishing paste of rotten stone, a pinch of starch, 
sweet oil, and oxalic acid, mixed with water. 



3168. To Restore Brass Gas Fixtures. 

Have the water clean and boiling in two 
vessels. Dip in one water and then in the 
next as soon as taken from the nitric acid 
bath, so that there shall be no traces of acid 
on the fittings. Dry in box-wood sawdust 
while hot, and place upon a piece of hot sheet 
iron over a stove. As soon as all traces of 
water have left, quickly lacquer with very 
thin shellac varnish, using a camel's hair 
brush. You can make the lacquer, by dis- 
solving shellac in best alcohol. Do not touch 
the metal with the fingers before lacquering. 



3169. To Clean Brass Gun Shells 

For such as have been used, boil in a strong 
solution of caustic soda, rinse in hot water, 
then dip in a hot pickle of sulphuric acid, 1 
part; water, 4 parts; and ricse in hot water. 



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2170. To Clean Britannia Metal. 

Use finely powdered whiting, 2 tablespoon- 
fuls of sweet oil and a little yellow soap. 
Mix with spirits of wine to a cream. Rub on 
with a sponge, wipe off with a soft cloth, and 
polish with a chamois skin. 



2171. To Remove Stains from Broadcloth. 

Grind fine 1% ounces pipe clay; mix with 18 
drops of alcohol and the same quantity spirits 
of turpentine. Moisten a little of this mix- 
ture with alcohol and rub on the stains. 
When dry, rub off with a woolen cloth. 



3172. To Cleanse Bronze. 

Clean the surface, first of all, with whiting 
and water, or crocus powder, until it is pol- 
ished; then cover with a paste of plumbago 
and crocus, mixed in the proportions that will 
produce the desired color. Heat the paste 
over a small charcoal fire. Perhaps the 
bronzing has been produced by a corrosive 
process; if so, try painting a solution of sul- 
phide of potassium over the cleaned metal. 



2J 73. To Clean Bronze Statuary. 

Use weak soap-suds or aqua ammonia. 



2174. To Wash Brushes. 

Dissolve a piece of soda in some hot water, 
allowing a piece the size of a walnut to a 
quart of water. Put the water into a basin, 
and after combing out the hair from the 
brushes, dip them, bristles downward, into 
the water and out again, keeping the backs 
and handles as free from the water as possi- 
ble. Repeat this until the bristles look clean; 
then rinse the brushes in a little cold water; 
shake them well, and wipe the handles and 
backs with a towel, but not the bristles, and 
set the brushes to dry in the sun, or near the 
fire; but take care not to put them too close 
to it. Wiping the bristles of a brush makes 
them soft, as does also the use of soap. 



2175. To Clean Calico and Linen. 

When linen or calico is discolored by wash- 
ing, age, or lying out of use, the best method 
of restoring the whiteness is by bleaching in 
the open air, and exposure on the grass to the 
dews and winds. There may occur cases, 
however, where this may be difficult to ac- 
complish, and where a quicker process may 
be desirable, and the following is the best: 

Lay the linen for twelve hours in a lye 
formed of 1 pound soda to a gallon of boiling 



hot soft water; then boil it for half an hour 
in the same liquid. Then make a mixture of 
chloride of lime with 8 times its quantity of 
water, which must be well shaken in a stone 
jar for three days, then allowed to settle, and 
being drawn off clear, the linen must be 
steeped in it thirty-six hours, and then 
washed out in the ordinary way. This will 
remove all discoloration. 



2176. To Renovate Cane seated Chairs. 

Clean the articles with a solution of oxalic 
acid. Their color will be restored. 

2177. 

Wash with hot water and a sponge, using 
soap if necessary. Dry in a current of air. 



2178. To Renovate Canvas. 

Coat it with a black leather varnish, such 
as the following: 

Digest shellac 12 parts. 

White turpentine . . . . 5 parts. 

Gum sandarac 2 parts. 

Lampblack 1 part. 

Spirits of turpentine 4 parts. 

Alcohol 96 parts. 



2179. To Clean Carpets. 

If brooms are wet with boiling suds once 
a week, they will become very tough, will not 
cut a carpet, and will last much longer. A 
handful or so of salt sprinkled on a carpet 
will carry the dust along with it and make 
the carpet look bright and clean. A very 
dusty carpet may be cleaned by dipping the 
broom in cold water, shaking off all the drops, 
and sweeping a yard or so at a time. Wash 
the broom and repeat until the entire carpet 
has been swept. 



2180. 

Use 1 pint oxgall to a pailful of water; 
after washing apply cold water to rinse out 
the oxgall, and finally sponge as dry as possi- 
ble. 

2181. Dry Cleaning. 

Dry Cleaning. — Have ready a number of 
dry coarse cotton or linen cloths, some coarse 
flannels and one or more large pieces of 
coarse sponge; two or more hard scrubbing 
or scouring brushes, some large tubs or pans, 
and pails, and also a plentiful supply of both 
hot and cold water. First take out all grease 
spots; this may be effected in several ways. 
Well rub the spot with a piece of hard soap 
and wash out with a brush and cold water, 
and well dry each spot before leaving it. 



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2183. 

Or use, instead of the soap, a mixture of 
fuller's earth, gall and water, well rinsing 
and drying each spot as before. When this 
has been done, the carpet may be cleaned by 
one of the three following methods: 



2183. How to Sweep Carpet. 

It is not an easy matter to sweep well, at 
any rate, if we may judge by experience; for 
when a broom is put into the hands of the 
uninitiated, more harm than good generally 
results from the use of it. Without the 
greatest care and some little knowledge, 
furniture and paint, by being knocked about 
with the broom, may soon receive an irrepara- 
ble amount of damage. Before sweeping 
rooms, the floors should be strewed with a 
good amount of dry tea leaves, which should 
be saved for the purpose; these will attract 
the dust and save much harm to other furni- 
ture, which as far as possible, should be cov- 
ered up during the process. Tea leaves also 
may be used with advantage upon druggets 
and short piled carpets. Light sweeping and 
soft brooms are here desirable. Many a car- 
pet is prematurely worn out by injudicious 
sweeping. Stiff carpet brooms and the stout 
arms of inexperienced servants are their de- 
struction. In sweeping thick piled carpets, 
such as Axminster and Turkey carpets, the 
servant should be instructed to brush always 
the way of the pile; by so doing they may be 
kept clean for years; but if the broom is used 
in a different way, all the dust will enter the 
carpet and soon spoil it. Salt sprinkled upon 
the carpet before sweeping will make it look 
bright and clean. This is also a good pre- 
ventive against moths. 



2184. To Remove Grape Stains from Carpet. 
Wash out with warm soap-suds and a little 
ammonia water. 



2185. To Preserve Carriages. 

Ammonia cracks varnish and fades the 
colors both of painting and lining. A carriage 
should never, under any circumstances, be 
put away dirty. In washing a carriage, keep 
out of the sun, and have the lever end of the 
"setts" covered with leather. Use plenty of 
water, which apply (where practicable) with 
a hose or syringe, taking care that the water 
is not driven into the body to the injury of 
the lining. When forced water is not attain- 
able, use for the body a large soft sponge. 
This, when saturated, squeeze over the 
panels, and by the flow down of the water 
the dirt will soften and harmlessly run off, 



then finish with a soft chamois leather and oil 
silk handkerchief. The same remarks apply 
to the under works and wheels, except that 
when the mud is well soaked, a soft mop, free 
from any hard substance in the head, may be 
used. Never use a "spoke brush," which, in 
conjunction with the grit from the road, acts 
like sandpaper on the varnish, scratching it, 
and of course effectually removing all gloss. 
Never allow water to dry itself on the car- 
riage, as it invariably leaves stains. Be care- 
ful to grease the bearings of the fore car- 
riage so as to allow it to turn freely. Examine 
a carriage occasionally, and whenever a bolt 
or slip appears to be getting loose, tighten it 
up with a wrench, and always have little 
repairs done at once. Top carriages should 
never stand with the head down, and aprons 
of every kind should be frequently unfolded 
or they will soon spoil. 



3186. To "Whiten Celluloid Collars and Cuffs. 

If the coloring does not disappear when the 
affected portions are rubbed with a woolen 
cloth and a little tripoli, and then polished 
with a clean woolen rag, the injury is a 
permanent one. 

Cream of tartar is excellent. Use with a 
little water. 



3187. To Clean Celluloid Covered Mountings. 

Rub the covered parts with a woolen cloth 
and a little tripoli, and polish with a clean 
woolen rag. 



3188. To Clean China. 

Use a little fuller's earth and soda or 
pearlash with your water. 



3189. To Clean Chromos. 

Keep a wet towel lying on its face till the 
dirt is thoroughly softened, say 3 or 4 days, 
occasionally rubbing off carefully with a 
sponge; then rub with clear nut or linseed oil. 



2190. To Clean Clocks and Watches. 

In cleaning clock and watch movements 
take 1 quart water, about 1 teaspoonful or 5 
grains liquid ammonia or alkali; into this 
liquid should be grated or scraped fine 5 
grains common soap. These proportions can 
be varied as desired, if the following remarks 
are kept in view: The articles to be cleaned 
should be plunged into this bath, where they 
should be allowed to remain at least ten 
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especially for clocks. The articles should be 
wiped dry when removed from the bath, or 
polished up with a brush dipped in some pol- 
ishing powder. Rectified benzine is prefer- 
able, as ammonia is apt to turn the movement 
black if in excess. Use great care in using 
benzine, as it is very inflammable and never 
should be used at night. 



3191. To Clean Black Cloth. 

Dissolve 
Bicarbonate of ammonia. .. 1 ounce. 

Warm water 1 quart. 

With this liquid rub the cloth, using a piece 
of flannel or black cloth for the purpose. 
After the application of this solution, clean 
the cloth well with, clear water, dry and iron 
it, brushing the cloth from time to time in 
the direction of the fiber. 



3192. Cloth Cleaning Compound. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Sulphuric ether 1 ounce. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Ammonia 4 ounces. 

Castile soap 1 ounce. 

Mix together and add sufficient water to 
make 2 quarts. Apply and rinse. 



3193. 



To Brush Clothes. 



Brushing clothes is a very simple but very 
necessary operation. Fine clothes require to 
be brushed lightly, and with rather a soft 
brash, except where mud is to be removed, 
when a hard one is necessary, being pre- 
viously beaten lightly to dislodge the dirt. 
Lay the garment on a table, and brush it in 
the direction of the nap. Having brushed it 
properly, turn the sleeves back to the collar, 
so that the folds may come at the elbow 
joints; next turn the lapels or sides back over 
the folded sleeves, then lay the skirts over 
level with the collar, so that the crease may 
fall about the center, and double one-half over 
the other, so that the fold comes in the center 
of the back. , 



2194. To Clean Coins, Medals, Etc. 

If the coins are silver, clean with potassium 
cyanide. This is a deadly poison, and should 
be handled with care. 

3195. 

Dip in strong hot solution of potash or soda, 
rinse and dip for a moment in nitric acid, 
after which rinse quickly in running water. 



3196. 

Coins can be quickly cleansed by immersion 
in strong nitric acid, and immediate washing 
in water. If very dirty, or corroded with 
verdigris, it is better to give them a rubbing 
with the following: 

Pure bichromate of potash. % ounce. 

Sulphuric acid 1 ounce. 

Nitric acid 1 ounce. 

Bub over, wash with water, wipe dry, and 
polish with rotten stone or chalk. — Lyle. 



3197. To Restore Color. 

When color on a fabric has been accident- 
ally or otherwise destroyed by acid ammonia 
is applied to neutralize the same, after which 
an application of chloroform will, in almost 
all cases, restore the original color. The ap- 
plication of ammonia is common, but that of 
chloroform is but little known. 



3198. To Revive the Color of Faded 
Black Cloth or Leather. 

Take of the best quality of 

Blue galls 4 ounces. 

Logwood 1 ounce. 

Clean sulp. iron (copperas) 1 ounce. 

Clean iron filings 1 ounce. 

Sumac leaves 1 ounce. 

Put the galls, logwood and sumac berries 
into 1 quart of the best white wine vinegar 
and heat to nearly the boiling point in a sand 
bath, then add the iron filings and copperas; 
digest for twenty-four hours and strain for 
use. Apply with a sponge. 



3199. To Clean Combs. 

If it can be avoided, never wash combs, as 
the water often makes the teeth split and the 
tortoiseshell or horn of which they are made 
rough. Small brushes, manufactured pur- 
posely for cleaning combs, may be purchased 
at a trifling cost; with this the comb should 
be well brushed, and afterward wiped with a 
cloth or towel. 



3300. To Clean Copper. 

Take 

Oxalic acid 1 ounce. 

Rotten stone 6 ounces. 

Gum arabic % ounce. 

All in powder. 

Sweet oil 1 ounce. 

And sufficient of water to make a paste. 
Apply a small portion, and rub dry with a 
flannel or leather. 



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2301. 

Use soft soap and rotten stone, made into a 
stiff paste with water, and dissolved by gently- 
simmering in a water bath. Rub on with a 
woolen rag, and polish with dry whiting and 
rotten stone. Finish with a. leather and dry 
whiting. 

2303. 

Copper plates are cleaned by laying them 
on the hob near the fire, and ponring on them 
some turpentine, and then rubbing them with 
a small soft brush. 



3303. To Clean and Bleach Coral. 

The secret in cleaning coral is to turn the 
mass bottom upward and suspend it by means 
of a piece of wire in the saucepan, so that 
the dirt, as it boils off, may drop into the 
water, instead of down the septa. A strong 
solution of ordinary washing soda, or better, 
oxalic acid, is to be used to boil it in. The 
mass is to be boiled at least three hours. 
This is not only to clean the coral, but to 
bleach it also. 

3304. 

Apply a mixture of hydrochloric acid and 
water, or wash the coral with a stiff brush in 
cold salt and water, with a little soap powder, 
a little chloride of lime will improve it, then 
put in the sun to dry and bleach. 



3305. To Restore Crape. 

Skimmed milk and water, with a little bit 
of glue in it, made scalding hot, is excellent 
to restore rusty Italian crape. If clapped and 
pulled dry like muslin, it will look as good as 
new; or, brush the veil till all the dust is 
removed, then fold it lengthwise, and roll it 
smoothly and tightly on a roller. Steam it till 
it is thoroughly dampened, and dry on the 
roller. 

3306. To Clean Crape. 

Crape is cleansed by rinsing it in oxgall 
and water to remove the dirt, afterward in 
pure water to remove the gall, and lastly in a 
little gum water to stiffen and crisp it. It 
is then clapped between the hands until dry. 



3307. To Wash Curtains. 

Shake every curtain, or hang them on a line 
and brush them down with a soft haired 
brush. Prepare a soaking liquid by melting 
a small quantity of borax in warm water, 
soak for an hour or two, then squeeze be- 
tween the hands to remove the superfluous I 



water. Take some good soap and chip it in 
hot water, stir until all the soap is melted, 
and a fine lather produced. By this time the 
water will be moderately warm. Immerse 
the curtains in this, pass them repeatedly 
through the lathered water, or work them up 
and down. Rubbing should be avoided; when 
absolutely necessary, do it gently and without 
a brush. Squeeze out the soapy water, 
and rinse in plenty of soft warm water. 
Wring carefully. Curtains should be dried 
quickly. If in the country, they may be 
spread to dry on clean grass. Otherwise cur- 
tains are always better for being stretched 
and pinned to wooden frames while drying. 

It is advisable to use cooked starch for cur- 
tains. Use good starch, mix it thoroughly in 
warm water, which should be made to boil for 
fifteen or twenty minutes. While cooling add 
a very little indigo blue. This is only to be 
used for pure white curtains. The starch 
should be decidedly thick. Draw the curtains 
through the starch, squeeze out gently, and 
dry rapidly. 



3308. Coloring Curtains. 

Many persons prefer tinted curtains to pure 
white ones. If they have to be colored, do 
not put any blue in the starch, but use water 
that has been slightly tinted with coffee (for 
ecru curtains), tea for a more decided hue, 
or saffron (for yellow tint) for preparing the 
starch. A decoction of logwood may be used 
if you wish to give the curtains a delicate 
pink hue. 



3309. How to Prepare Special Coloring 
Starches for Curtains. 

The basis of these coloring starches is thus 
prepared: 

Soak 1 pound of good white glue for twelve 
hours, using just enough water to make it 
into a jelly; dissolve this with boiling water 
adding about 18 to 19 pounds of Paris white; 
add more water until the compound is diluted 
to the consistency of milk. This starch may 
be colored to taste. A little Prussian blue 
and vermilion (in the proportions of 2 to 1) 
gives a fine lilac. Raw umber and a pinch of 
lamp-black gives a gray. Vermillion and red 
lead (in the proportion of 3 to 1) produce a 
tender rose. Indigo blue just tinted with ver- 
milion gives a lavender. Chrome yellow and 
a pinch of Spanish brown gives lemon yellow. 
Indian yellow and burnt sienna (in the pro- 
portion of 2 to 1) gives a buff hue. Experi- 
ments should be tried, as some of the colors 
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2310. To Clean Diamonds. 

Clean all diamonds and precious stones by 
washing them with soap and water with a 
soft brush, adding a little ammonia in the 
water, and then dry in fine boxwood sawdust. 
A little potash or pearlash put in the water 
will answer the same purpose. 



2311. To Clean Drawing Instruments. 

If the lacquering is badly spotted, clean it 
off with strong alcohol, and then polish the 
brass or German silver with the following 
paste by means of flannel and a little water, 
and polish off with clean chamois leather or 
cotton cloth and a little whiting, after which 
you might re-varnish with shellac dissolved in 
alcohol, colored with a little dragon's blood, 
which can be got from any apothecary: 

Soft soap 3 ounces. 

Sweet oil % ounce. 

Turpentine % ounce. 

Powdered rotten stone 4 ounces. 

Finest flour emery 1 ounce. 

Fine powd. crocus of anti- 
mony % ounce. 

Melt the soap, oil and turpentine together, 
add the powders, a little water to make a 
stiff paste and mix well. 



3313. To Clean Engravings. 

Presuming these to be mounted, proceed 
in the following manner: Cut a stale loaf in 
half, with a perfectly clean knife; pare the 
crust away from the edges. Place the engrav- 
ings on a flat table, and rubbing the surface 
with the fresh cut bread, in circular sweeps, 
lightly but firmly performed, will remove all 
superficial markings. Soak the prints for a 
short time in a dilute solution of hydrochloric 
acid, say 1 part acid to 100 of water, and then 
remove them into a vessel containing a suffic- 
ient quantity of clear chloride of lime water 
to cover them. Leave them here until 
bleached to the desired point. Remove, rinse 
well by allowing to stand an hour in a pan in 
which a constant stream of water is allowed 
to flow, and finally dry off by spreading on 
clean cloths. Perhaps they may require iron- 
ing between two sheets of clean paper. 

3313. 

Put the engraving on a smooth board, cover 
it thinly with common salt finely powdered; 
squeeze lemon juice upon the salt so as to 
dissolve a considerable proportion of it; ele- 
vate one end of the board, so that it may form 
an angle of about 45° or 50° with the horizon. 
Pour on the engraving boiling water from a 
tea kettle until the salt and lemon juice be all 



washed off: the engraving will then be per- 
fectly clean, and free from stains. It must 
be dried on the board, or on some smooth 
surface, graaually. If dried by the fire or 
the sun, it will be tinged with a yellow color. 

3314. 

Hydrochloric acid, oxalic acid, or eau de Ja- 
velle may be employed, weakened by water. 
After the lesves (if it be a book) have by this 
means been whitened, they must be bathed 
again in a solution of sulphate of soda, which 
will remove all the chlorine, and leave the 
leaves white and clean. They will, however, 
have lost all firmness of texture, owing to the 
removal of the size from the paper. It will, 
therefore, be advisable to give a bath of gela- 
tine and alum made with boiling water, to 
which may be added a little tobacco, or any 
other simple substance to restore the tint of 
of the now too white paper. 

3315. 

Immerse each mildewed sheet separately in 
a solution made in the proportions of one-half 
pound chloride of lime to 1 pint of water. 
Let it stand, with frequent stirring, for 24 
hours, and then strain through muslin, and 
finally add 1 quart water. Mildew and other 
stains will be found to disappear very quickly, 
and the sheets must then be passed sepa- 
rately through clear water, or the chloride of 
lime, if left in the paper, will cause it to rot. 
Old prints, engravings, and every description 
of printed matter may be successfully treated 
in the same manner. 



3316. 

"I have in my time cleaned many hundreds. 
The plan which I adopt is as follows: I 
place them, one or two at a time, in a shallow 
dish, and pour water over them until they 
are completely soaked or saturated with it. 
I then carefully pour off the water, and pour 
on to the prints a solution of chloride of 
lime (1 part liquor calcis chloratae to 39 parts 
of water). As a general rule, the stains dis- 
appear as if by magic, but occasionally they 
are obstinate. When that is the case, I pour 
on the spot pure liquor calcis chlorate, and if 
that does not succeed, I add a little dilute ni- 
tro-muriatic acid. I have never had a print 
which has not succumbed to this treatment — 
in fact, as a rule, they become too white. As 
soon as they are clean they must be carefully 
washed with successive portions of water un- 
til the whole of the chlorine is got rid of. 
They should then be placed in a very weak 
solution of isinglass or glue, and many col- 
lectors color this solution with coffee grounds, 
etc., to give a yellow tint to the print. They 



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should be dried between folds of blotting 
paper, either in a press or under a heavy book, 
and finally ironed with an ordinary flat iron 
to restore the gloss, placing clean paper be- 
tween the iron and the print. Grease stains 
are much more difficult. I find benzine best. 
Small grease spots may be removed by powd- 
ered French chalk being placed over them, a 
piece of clean blotting paper over the chalk, 
and a hot iron over that." — F. Andrews. 

2217. 

Mildew often arises from the paste used to 
attach the print. Take a solution of alum of 
medium strength and brush on back and face 
of the engraving 2 or 3 coats, then make the 
frame air-tight by pasting a strip of paper all 
round the inside of glass, leaving about one- 
half inch overlapping (taking care not to 
paste the paper on the glass so as to be seen 
from the front), then place your glass in 
frame, take the overlapping piece and paste 
to side of rabbet; place your picture in posi- 
tion, spring back board in, and then place a 
sheet of strong paper (brown) on the table, 
damp it, and paste round back of frame, lay 
it on to the paper, leave to dry, cut level. If 
this does not answer, there will be no help 
for it, but dust off as the mould accumulates. 
Do not brush on surface with the alum if the 
engraving is colored, but several coats on the 
back. 

2218. 

It has been found that ozone bleaches paper 
perfectly without injuring the fibre in the 
least. It can be used for removing mil- 
dew and other stains from engravings that 
have been injured by hanging on the walls 
of damp rooms. The engraving should be 
carefully moistened and suspended in a large 
vessel partially filled with ozone. The ozone 
may be generated by putting pieces of clean 
phosphorus in the bottom of the vessel par- 
tially covered with water; or by passing elec- 
tric sparks through the air in the vessel. 

2219. 

If the engravings are very dirty, take two 
parts of common salt and one part common 
soda, and pound them together until very fine. 
Lay the engraving on a board, and fasten it 
with drawing pins, and then spread the mix- 
ture dry equally over the surface to be 
cleaned. Moisten the whole with warm 
water and a little lemon juice, and, after it 
has remained about a minute, or even less, 
tilt the board up on its end, and pour over it 
a kettleful of boiling water, being careful to 
remove all the mixture, and avoid rubbing. 
If the engraving is not very dirty, the less 
soda used the better, as it has a tendency to 
give the engraving a yellow hue. 



2220. To Cleanse Emery after using. 

Boil with caustic potash, stirring con- 
stantly, then wash with acid, dilute and dry. 



2221. To Remove Grease froin Emery 
Wheels. 

Wash with bisulphide of carbon. 



2222. Lightning Eradicator. 

Strong ammonia water, 4 ounces; water, 2 
quarts; saltpeter, 1 ounce; mottled soap, 2 
ounces ; the soap must be finely shaved. Mix 
thoroughly and allow the preparation to stand 
for several days before using. Cover any 
grease spot with this preparation, rub well 
and rinse with clean water. 



2223. To Clean Feathers. 

To clean feathers from their own animal oil, 
steep them in 1 gallon of water mixed with 1 
pound of lime; stir them well, and then pour 
off the water, and rinse the feathers in cold 
spring water. To clean feathers from dirt, 
simply wash them in hot water with soap. 
Rinse them in hot water. 

2224. 

To Clean White Ostrich Feathers. — 4 ounces 
white curd soap cut small, dissolved in 4 
pints water, rather hot, in a basin. Make the 
solution into a lather by beating it with birch 
rods or wires. Introduce the feathers and 
rub well with the hands for five or six min- 
utes. After the soaping, wash in clean water 
as hot as the hand can bear. Shake until 
dry. 

2225. 

Slightly soften the soiled feathers with 
warm water, using a camel's hair brush. 
Next raise each feather with a flat piece of 
wood or paper knife, and clean them with 
spirits of wine. Dry with plaster of Paris, 
and afterward brush them carefully with a 
dry camel's hair brush. 

2226. 

Make a strong solution of salt in water, sat- 
urate a large and thick cloth with it. Wrap 
the bird up in the damp cloth in as many 
folds as you can, not disarranging the plum- 
age. Look at the bird in six hours, and if 
not long dried on the blood will be soft; if not 
soft, keep it in the cloth longer, and rewet 
it. When soft, rub out with gentle pressure, 
putting something hard under each feather 
with blood on, and rubbing with the back of 
a knife. Of course each feather must be done 
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2221. 

Col. Wragge treated the soiled plumage of 
albatrosses, Cape petrel, etc., by simply wash- 
ing the feathers in rain water, after the pro- 
cess Of skinning, and then laying a thick mix- 
ture of starch and water over the portion to 
be cleansed. Next he laid the birds aside, and 
left them till the plastering of starch had be- 
come thoroughly dry. He then removed the 
dry plaster by tapping it, and found that the 
feathers had become much cleaner. Old speci- 
mens may be cleaned in this way. Feathers 
may be set by just arranging them naturally 
with a needle or any pointed instrument. 

3228. 

White. — Dissolve 4 ounces of white soap 
in 2 quarts of boiling water, put it into a large 
basin or small pan, and beat to a strong 
lather with a wire egg beater or a small 
bundle of birch twigs; use while warm. Hold 
the feather by the quill with the left hand, 
dip it into the soap liquor and squeeze it 
through the right hand, using a moderate de- 
gree of pressure. Continue this operation 
until the feather is perfectly clean and white, 
using a second lot of soap liquor if necessary. 
Rinse in clean hot water to take out the soap, 
and afterward in cold water in which a 
small quantity of blue has been dissolved. 
Shake well, and dry before a moderate fire, 
shaking it occasionally, that it may look full 
and soft when dried. Before it is quite dry, 
curl each fibre separately with a blunt knife 
or ivory paper folder. 

2229. To Purify Feathers for Beds, 
Pillows, Etc. 

Prepare a quantity of lime water in the fol- 
lowing manner: Well mix 1 pound of quick- 
lime in each gallon of water required, and let 
it stand until all the undissolved lime is pre- 
cipitated, as a fine powder, to the bottom of 
the tub or pan, then pour off the clear liquor 
for use. The number of gallons to be pre- 
pared will, of course, depend on the quantity 
of feathers to be cleaned. Put the feathers 
into a clean tub, pour the lime water on them, 
and well 'stir them in it until they all sink to 
the bottom. There should then be sufficient 
of the lime water to cover them to a depth of 
3 inches. Let them stand in this for three or 
four days, then take them out, drain them in a 
sieve, and afterward well wash and rinse them 
in clear water. Dry on nets having a mesh 
about the same size as a cabbage net; shake 
the net occasionally, and the dry feathers will 
fall through. When they are dried, beat them 
well to get rid of the dust. It will take about 
three weeks to clean and dry a sufficient quan- 
tity for a bed. This process was awarded 
the prize offered by the Society of Arts. 

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2230. To Render Feathers While and to 
Remove the Gray Color. 

Feathers must be cleansed by immersing 
for a short time in naphtha or benzine. 
Rinse in a second dish of the same and dry 
in the air. Then bleach by exposing in a box 
to the vapor of burning sulphur in a moist at- 
mosphere. 



2231. To Wash Flannels. 

Shave a little white soap into a pail, and 
pour on it water nearly boiling hot to dis- 
solve it, adding, if you choose, a tablespoonful 
of spirits of ammonia. Pour the hot suds 
upon the flannels in a tub, and use a good 
pounder or a machine, as the water needs to 
be of too high a temperature for the hands. 
Wring the flannels, and put them into a 
second water, like the first, except with less 
soap, and use again the pounder or machine. 
Rub the soiled spots in the suds as hot as you 
can bear, but never rub soap on the spots. 
Wring the flannels as dry as you can with a 
good wringer, and put them on a line in a 
brisk, drying air. The hotter they are when 
wrung and the sooner they dry the better. 
Their color may be improved by a little bluing; 
and if they are well ironed before getting 
quite dry, fulling is prevented. 



2232. Flannel Shrinking. 

All flannel ought properly to be shrunk be- 
fore it is cut out and made up into garments. 
The process is quite simple. Soak the flannel 
for a few minutes in warm water, then rub 
some good laundry soap over every inch of it, 
dip it in the water and knead it, or shake it 
up and down; do not scrub. After the wash- 
ing, let the flannel be thoroughly rinsed in 
warm water. It must be remembered that 
boiling or hot water should never touch flan- 
nel. Wring carefully and dry slowly. On no 
account allow flannel to be dried in an over- 
heated drying closet or before a fire. 



2233. 



Flannel Washing. 



To wash flannel or flannel garments, pre- 
pare a good lather in hot water; when just 
warm throw in your flannel and work it up 
and down, backward and forward. Scrubbing 
must be avoided, and no soap should be ac- 
tually rubbed on it, as this will induce further 
shrinkage. Rinse in warm water, twice if 
necessary. Never wash or rinse in hot or cold 
water, as they both cause the flannel to shrink 
suddenly. 



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2234. To Wash Flannel Blankets. 

Put the soiled blankets to soak for fifteen 
minutes in plain soft warm water. Prepare a 
soft jelly with first-class laundry soap and 
boiling water, 1 pound of soap for every 
blanket. Pour this into a tub of warm water, 
let it melt and lather it up well with the hand. 
Wring the blankets from the soaking tub, and 
throw them into the lather; stir them about 
and leave to soak ten minutes, then hand rub 
every inch of the blankets, paying especial 
attention to stains. Take them out and wring, 
then rinse in warm water twice. Dry well, 
but do not expose them to great heat. When 
dry stretch them in every direction, and rub 
all over with a piece of clean rough flannel. 
This makes them fluffy and soft. If very 
dirty, a little borax may be added to the 
water, but no soda or bleaching powder should 
ever be used. 



2235. To Iron Flannels. 

Most flannels are the better for not being 
ironed, but in some cases it is necessary to 
do so. The proper way is to dry the flannels, 
then spread them on an ironing board, cover 
them with a slightly damp cloth, and iron 
over this, pressing down heavily. The iron 
must not be too hot. 



2236. Fleckenwasser. 

Bronner. 
Cleansing fluid (literally spot or stain water) 
for the removal of grease and dirt spots. 
Benzine only. 



2237. Englisches Fleckenwasser. 

English cleansing fluid for removing acid, 
resin, wax, tar, and grease spots. A mixture 
of 95 per cent alcohol, 100 grammes; liq. am- 
nion, sp. gr. 875, 30 grammes; benzine, 4 
grammes. — Artus. 



2238. To Scour Floors. 

Clean sand, 12 parts; soft soap, 8 parts; 
lime, 4 parts. Use a scrubbing brush and 
rinse. 

2239. To Remove Fly Specks from Brass, 

Etc. 

If you cannot wash off the fly specks with 
soap and warm water on a cloth, there is no 
way that an amateur can refinish lampwork 
with any satisfaction. To do this the lamp 
must be taken apart and the brasswork boiled 
in caustic soda to remove all oil and varnish; 
then rinse in hot water and dip in strong ni- 
tric acid for a few seconds only, when it will 



come out clean and bright; then rinse clean 
in boiling water. Dry in sawdust, brush off, 
and lacquer with thin shellac varnish. The 
metal must be warm and perfectly free from 
grease. 



2240. To Remove Fly Specks from Bronze. 

Lavender oil, 1 dram; alcohol, 1 ounce; 
water 1% ounces. Use a soft sponge and pro- 
ceed quickly with little rubbing. 



2241. To Remove Fly Specks from Gilding. 

Old ale is a good thing to wash any gild- 
ing with, as it acts at once on the fly dirt. 
Apply it with a soft rag. 



2242. To Renovate Frames. 

You may improve them by simply washing 
them with a small sponge moistened with 
spirits of wine or oil of turpentine, the sponge 
only to be suflieiently wet to take off the dirt 
and fly marks. They should not be wiped 
afterwards, but left to dry of themselves. 



2243. Fruit and "Wine Stains. 

White cotton or linen, fumes of burning 
sulphur, warm chlorine water. Colored cot- 
tons or woolens, wash with tepid soapsuds of 
ammonia. Silks the same, with very gentle 
rubbing. 



2244. 

First rub the spot on each side with hard 
soap and then lay on a thick mixture of 
starch and cold water. Rub this mixture of 
starch well into the spot, and afterward ex- 
pose it to the sun and air. If the stain has 
not disappeared at the end of three or four 
days, repeat the process. 

2245. 

Stains of wine may be quickly and easily 
removed from linen, by dipping the parts 
which are stained into boiling milk. The milk 
to be kept boiling until the stain disappears. 

«246. 

Most fruits yield juices which, owing to the 
acid they contain, permanently injure the tone 
of the dye; but the greater part may be re- 
moved without leaving a stain, if the spot be 
rinsed in cold water in which a few drops of 
aqua ammonia have been placed before the 
spot has dried. Wine stains on white materials 
may be removed by rinsing with cold water, 
applying locally weak solution chloride of 
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water. Some fruit stains yield only to soap- 
ing with the hand, followed by fumigation 
with sulphurous acid; but the latter process is 
inadmissible with certain colored stuffs. If 
delicate colors are injured by soapy or alka- 
line matters, the stains must be treated with 
colorless vinegar of moderate strength. 

2247. 

To remove fruit and wine stains from table 
linen moisten with dilute sulphuric acid and 
then rub with aqueous solution of sulphite or 
hyposulphite of soda in water. 

2248. 

Spread the stained part over a bowl or ba- 
sin, and pour boiling water through it; or rub 
on salts of lemon and pour boiling water 
through until the stain disappears or becomes 
very faint. 



2249. How to Improve the Appearance of 
Furniture. 

Mr. G. J. Henkels, of Philadelphia, Pa., sug- 
gests that when the polish on new furniture 
becomes dull it can be renewed by the follow- 
ing process: Take a soft sponge, wet with 
clean cold water, and wash over the article. 
Then take a soft chamois skin and wipe it 
clean. Dry the skin as well as you can by 
wringing it in the hands, and wipe the water 
off the furniture, being careful to wipe only 
one way. Never use a dry chamois on varn- 
ished work. If the varnish is defaced and 
shows white marks, take linseed oil and tur- 
pentine in equal parts; shake them well in a 
phial and apply a very small quantity on a 
soft rag until the color is restored; then with 
a clean soft rag wipe the mixture entirely off. 
In deeply carved work the dust cannot be re- 
moved with a sponge. Use a stiff haired paint 
brush instead of a sponge. The cause of varn- 
ished furniture becoming dull, and the rea- 
son why oil and turpentine restore its former 
polish, it will be appropriate to explain. The 
humidity of the atmosphere and the action of 
gas cause a bluish white coating to collect on I 
all furniture, and show conspicuously on 
bright polished surfaces, such as mirrors, 
pianos, cabinet ware, and polished metal. It 
is easily removed as previously directed. The 
white scratches on furniture are caused by 
bruising the gum of which varnish is made. ! 
Copal varnish is composed of gum copal, lin- 
seed oil, and turpentine or benzine. Copal is 
not soluble in alcohol, as other gums are, but 
is dissolved by heat. It is the foundation of 
varnish, as the oil is used only to make the 
gum tough, and the turpentine is required only 
to hold the other parts in a liquid state, and it 
evaporates immediately after its application 



to furniture. The gum then becomes hard 
and admits of a fine polish. Thus, when the 
varnish is bruised, it is the gum that turns 
white, and the color is restored by applying 
the oil and turpentine. If the mixture is left 
on the furniture, it will amalgamate with the 
varnish and become tough. Therefore the 
necessity of wiping it entirely off at once. To 
varnish old furniture, it should be rubbed with 
pulverized pumice stone and water to take off 
the old surface, and then varnish with varnish 
reduced, by adding turpentine, to the consist- 
ency of cream. Apply with a stiff haired 
brush. If it does not look well, repeat the 
rubbing with pumice stone, and when dry, 
varnish it again. 

For a crack, a worm eaten hole, or a deep 
flaw, prepare the proper dust, by the admix- 
ture of brick dust in flour (also kept ready), 
or whiting or ocher, or any required tint. 
Then take well-cooked glue, and on a house 
plate stir it in slowly while hot, with suffic- 
ient powder for your work. Dab the hole or 
crack with your glue brush, then with a 
putty knife stir about the mixture on the 
plate, taking care you have the right color. 
When sure on this point, take some of the 
cement on the end of the knife and insert it in 
the desired place. Then use as much pres- 
sure as you possibly can with the blade, and 
keep smoothing at it. Sprinkle a little of the 
dry powder on the spot. When thorougnly 
dry, sand paper the surface with an old used 
piece, so as not to abrade the joint. You can 
then varnish the mending. Where weevil and 
wood worms have devoured the furniture, 
cautiously cut out the part till a sound place 
be reached. Poison the wood with a solution 
of sulphate of copper injected into the hollow. 
Let it dry. Cut an angular piece of same 
wood from your board, and with a sharp chisel 
make a suitable aperture for its reception. 
Fix it with glue. When thoroughly dry, 
work with carving tools or rasp and glass, 
scraping till the new bit of work exactly 
matches the old. 



2250. Polish for Removing Stains from 
Furniture. 

One pint of 98 per cent alcohol, ground resin 
one-half ounce, gum shellac V/2 ounces. After 
the resin and shellac cut in the alcohol, mix 
in 1 pint of linseed oil, and give the whole a 
good shaking. Apply with a cloth or news- 
paper and polish with a flannel after applying 
the solution. 



2251. To Clean Dark Furs. 

Sable, chinchilla, squirrel, fitch, etc. Heat 
a quantity of new bran in a pan, taking care 
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well heated rub thoroughly into the fur. Re- 
peat two or three times. Shake the fur and 
brush briskly until free from dust. 



2352. To Clean Light Furs. 

White furs, ermine, etc., may be cleaned in 
the following way: Lay the fur on a table and 
rub with bran, moistened with warm water. 
Rub until dry, then rub with dry bran. Use 
flannel for rubbing with the wet bran and 
book muslin for the dry. After using the 
bran, rub with magnesia. Dry flour may be 
used instead of wet bran. Rub against the 
way of the fur. 



2253. To Clean Gilt Picture Frames. 

Fly marks can be cleaned off with soap and 
water used sparingly on end of finger covered 
by piece of rag. When all cleared off, rinse 
with cold water, and dry with chamois 
leather; next buy a pound of common size and 
two penny paint pans. Boil a little of the 
size in one of the pans with as much water as 
will just cover it. When boiled, strain 
through muslin into clean pan, and apply 
thinly to frames with camel hair brush (called 
technically a "dabber"). Take care you do 
not gives the frames too much water and "el- 
bow grease." On no account use gold size, 
as it is used only in regilding, and if put on 
over the gold would make it dull and sticky. 

2354. 

Dissolve a very small quantity of salts of 
tartar in a wine bottle of water, and with a 
piece of cotton wool soaked in the liquid dab 
the frames very gently, no rubbing on any ac- 
count or you will take off the gilt, then stand 
up the frames so that water will drain away 
from them conveniently, and syringe them 
with clean water. Care must be taken that 
the solution is not too strong. 

2255. 

If new gold frames are varnished with the 
best copal varnish it improves their appear- 
ance considerably, and fly marks can then be 
washed off carefully with a sponge. The 
frames also last many times longer. It also 
improves old frames to varnish them with it. 

2256. 

Gilt frames may be cleaned by simply wash- 
ing them with a small sponge, moistened 
with hot spirits of wine or oil of turpentine, 
the sponge only to be sufficiently wet to take 
off the dirt and fly marks. They should not 
afterward be wiped, but left to dry of them- 
selves. 



2257. 

Old ale is a good thing to wash any gild- 
ing with, as it acts at once upon the fly dirt. 
Apply it with a soft rag; but for the ins and 
outs of carved work, a brush is necessary; 
wipe it nearly dry, and don't apply any water. 
Thus will you leave a thin coat of the glutin- 
ous isinglass of the finings on the face of the 
work, which will prevent the following flies' 
faeces from fastening to the frame, as they 
otherwise would do. 



2258. To Clean Gilt Mountings. 

Gilt mountings, unless carefully cleaned, 
soon lose their luster. They should not be 
rubbed, if slightly tarnished, wipe them off 
with a piece of Canton flannel, or what is 
better, remove them if possible, and wash in 
a solution of one-half ounce of borax dissolved 
in 1 pound of water, and dry them with a soft 
linen rag; their luster may be improved by 
heating them a little and rubbing with a piece 
of Canton flannel. 



2259. Glass Cleaning Preparation. 

Photographers will find the following a use- 
ful glass-cleaning preparation: Water, 1 
pint; sulphuric acid, one-half ounce; bichro- 
mate of potash, one-half ounce. The glass 
plates, varnished or otherwise, are left for 
10 or 12 hours, or as much longer as desired, 
in this solution, then rinsed in clean water 
and wiped dry with soft white paper. The 
liquid quickly removes silver stains from the 
skin without any of the attendant dangers of 
cyanide of potassium. 



2260. To Clean Glass. 

To clean glass in frames, when the latter 
are covered or otherwise so finished that 
water cannot be used, moisten tripoli with 
brandy, rub it on the glass while moist, and 
when dry rub off with a silk rag; to prevent 
the mixture injuring the cloth on the frame, 
use strips of tin bent to an angle, set these 
on the frame with one edge on the glass; 
when the frames are of a character that will 
not be injured by water, rub the glass with 
water containing a little liquid ammonia and 
polish with moist paper. 

2261. 

Glass Bottles. — If vessels are oily or other- 
wise greasy, they should not be washed with 
water, but wiped with dry tow, or a dry dirty 
cloth, so as to remove as much grease as pos- 
sible. By changing the cloth for one that is 
clean, the vessel can be wiped until all traces 
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2263. 

A strong solution of an alkali such as pearl- 
ash may be used, whereby the removal of the 
grease is materially facilitated. 

2263. 

If a vessel be soiled by resin, turpentine, 
resinous varnishes, etc., it should be washed 
with a strong alkaline solution, and rubbed 
by means of the wire and tow. 

2264. 

If the alkali fail to act, a little sulphuric acid 
acid may be employed with advantage. The 
latter acid will also be found advantageous in 
removing pitch and tar from vessels of glass. 
Nitric or sulphuric acids may be employed to 
clean flasks which have contained oil. 



A correspondent of the Philadelphia Pho- 
tographer says: "To clean a silver bottle, 
pour in a strong solution of cyanide; shake a 
few times, pour out, and rinse with water to j 
or three times, and your bottle is perfectly | 
clean. Keep the solution, and filter and I 
strengthen when required. By doing this ] 
you can sun your bath better in two hours ] 
than in a week's exposure in the dirty black j 
bottles, photographers appear to delight in." 

2266. 

It would be easy for a practical brush maker 
to construct a brush in the form of a hollow 
cone, which would reach the bottom of 
bottles; but the difficulty would be to get it 
into the bottle without spoiling it (the brush). 
A brush composed of a single bundle of 
long hairs, something like a painter's sash 
tool, with the bristles cut somewhat tapering, 
should answer the purpose. The bottle must, 
of course, be turned round with the hand, to 
bring every part into contact with the brush. 

2267. 

Lead shot, where so used, often leave car- 
bonate of lead on the internal surface, and- 
this is apt to be dissolved in the wine or other 
liquids afterward introduced, with poisonous 
results; and particles of the shot are some- 
times inadvertently left in the bottle. Fordos 
states that clippings of irou wire are a better 
means of rinsing. They are easily had, and 
the cleaning is rapid and complete. The iron 
is attacked by the oxygen of the air, but the 
ferruginous compound does not attach to the 
side of the bottle, and is easily removed in 
washing. Besides, a little oxidized iron is not 
injurious to health. Fordos found that the 
small traces of iron left had no apparent 
effect on the color of red wines; it had on 



white wines, but very little; but he thinks it 
might be better to use clippings of tin for the 
latter. 

2268. 

Take a small piece of the very finest and 
softest flannel without crease or seam, or a 
few inches of superfine broadcloth, dip this in 
powder biue, and with it clean your plate 
glass, polishing with a rag of soft silk or fine 
chamois leather. 

2269. To Cleanse Laboratory Glassware. 

Laboratory flasks which have contained oil 
or fatty matter may be easily cleansed by a 
solution of permanganate of potassa. To re- 
move turpentine, petroleum, photogene, etc., 
wash with an ounce or so of sulphuric acid 
and rinse with water. 

2270. To Clean Discolored Glass. 

Apply dilute nitric acid. Water of am- 
monia is also good. 

2271. To Clean Gloves. 

Ganteine. — A composition used to clean kid 
and other leather gloves. 1. Curd soap (in 
small shavings), 1 part; water, 3 parts; mix 
with heat, and stir in essence of citron, 1 part. 
— M. Buhan. 

2272. 

2. Saponine. — Duvignau soap in powder, 250 
parts; water, 155 parts; dissolve with heat, 
cool, and add of eau de Javelle, 165 parts; so- 
lution of ammonia, 10 parts, and rub the 
whole to a smooth paste. A small portion of 
either of the above is rubbed over the glove 
with a piece of flannel (always in one direc- 
tion) until it is sufficiently clean. 

2273. To Clean Kid Gloves. 

Put them together with a sufficient quan- 
tity of pure benzine in a large stoppered 
vessel, and shake the whole occasionally, with 
alternate rest. If, on removing the gloves, 
there remain any spots, rub them out with a 
soft cloth moistened with ether or benzole. 
Dry the gloves by exposure to the air, and 
then place smoothly between glass plates at 
the temperature of boiling water until the 
last traces of benzine are expelled. They may 
then be folded and pressed between paper 
with a warm iron. Another way is to use a 
strong solution of pure soap in hot milk 
beaten up with the yelk of one egg to a pint 
of the solution. Put the glove on the hand, 
and rub it gently with the paste, to which a 
little ether may be added, then carefully lay 
bv to dry. White gloves are not discolored by 
this treatment, and the leather will be made 
thereby clean and soft as when new. 



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2374. 

DamD them slightly, stretch them gently 
over a wooden hand of appropriate size, and 
clean them with a sponge dipped in benzole, 
recently rectified oil of turpentine, or cam- 
phine. As soon as they are dry, withdraw 
them genuy from the stretcher, and suspend 
them in a current of air for a few days, or 
until they cease to smell of the cleaning liquid 
used. Heat must be avoided. The cleaning 
liquid should be used liberally, and the first 
dirty portion should be sponged off with clean 
liquid. 



3375. 

Make a strong lather with curd soap and 
warm water; lay the glove flat on a board, the 
bottom of a dish, or other unyielding surface; 
dip a piece of flannel in the lather, and well 
rub the glove with it till all the dirt is out, 
turning it about so as to clean it all over. 
Dry in the sun or before a moderate fire. 
When dry they will look like old parchment 
and should be gradually pulled out and 
stretched. 



3376. 

Have a small quantity of milk in a cup or 
saucer, and a piece of brown Windsor or gly- 
cerine soap in another saucer. Fold a clean 
towel or other cloth three or four times thick, 
and spread the glove smoothly on the cloth. 
Dip a piece of flannel in the milk, and rub it 
well on the soap. Hold the glove firmly with 
the left hand, and rub it with the flannel 
toward the fingers. Continue this operation 
until the glove, if white, appears of a dirty 
yellow; or if colored, until it looks dirty and 
spoiled, and then lay it to dry. Gloves 
cleaned by this method will be soft, glossy 
and elastic. 



3377. 

French Method. — Put the gloves on your 
hands, and wash them in spirits of turpentine 
until they are quite clean, rubbing them ex- 
actly as if washing your hands; when fin- 
ished, hang them in a current of air to dry 
and to take off the smell of the turpentine. 



3378. 

Eau de javelle 135 parts. 

Ammonia 8 parts. 

Powdered soap 200 parts. 

Water 150 parts. 

Make a soft paste, and use with a flannel. 



3379. 

Wash them with soap and water; then 
stretch them on wooden hands, or pull them 
into shape without wringing them; next rub 
them with pipe clay or yellow ocher, or a mix- 
ture of the two in any required shade, made 
into a paste with beer; let them dry grad- 
ually, and when about half dry rub them well, 
so as to smooth them and put them into 
shape; then dry them, brush out the super- 
fluous color, cover them with paper, and 
smooth them with a warm iron. Other colors 
may be employed to mix with the pipe clay 
besides yellow ocher. 



3380. Glove Cleaner. 

Castile soap, white 3 troy ounces. 

Javelle water 2 fl. ounces. 

Water .....* 2 fl. ounces. 

Water of ammonia 1 dram. 

Dissolve the soap by the aid of heat in the 
water, and when nearly cold, add the Javelle 
water and the water of ammonia. The pre- 
paration should form a paste, to be rubbed on 
the soiled part of the glove with a piece of 
flannel. This recipe is in use in many large 
cleaning establishments, and can be recom- 
mended. 



3381. To Clean Kid Gloves without Wetting. 

Stale bread is sometimes used for this pur- 
pose. The gloves are put on and the softer 
part of the bread is broken up into crumbs 
and the hands are rubbed one over the other as 
in the act of washing, the crumbs being thus 
rubbed over all parts of the gloves. Spongy 
rubber is often used for glove cleaning. It 
is applied in the same manner as in cleaning 
drawings, i. e., it is rubbed over the soiled 
parts of the glove. 

3383. 

Lay the gloves upon a clean board, make a 
mixture of dried fuller's earth and powdered 
alum, and pass them over on each side with a 
stiff brush. Then sweep the dust off and 
sprinkle them well with dry bran and whiting 
and dust them well. This, if the gloves be 
not exceedingly soiled, will effectually cleanse 
them; but if they are much soiled, take out 
the grease with crumbs of toasted bread and 
powder of burnt bone, then pass them over 
with a woolen cloth, dipped in fuller's earth 
or powdered alum. 

3383. Doeskin, Wash ^Leather (Chamois) 
and Undressed Kid. 

Wash them in luke warm soft water, with 
a little castile or curd soap, oxgall or bran 
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pull them into shape without wringing them; 
next rub them with pipe clay, yellow echer, 
or umber, or a mixture of them in any re- 
quired shade, made into a paste with ale or 
beer; let them dry gradually, and when about 
half dry rub them well so as to smooth them, 
and put them into shape; when they are dry 
brush out the superfluous color, cover them 
with paper and smooth them with a warm 
(not hot) iron. 

2384. 

Take out the grease spots by rubbing them 
with magnesia or with cream of tartar. Then 
wash them with soap dissolved in water as 
directed for kid gloves, and afterward rinse 
them, first in warm water and then in cold. 
Dry in the sun, or before the fire. All gloves 
are better and more shapely if dried on glove 
trees or wooden hands. 

2285. 

Stretch them on a hand or lay them flat on 
a table, and rub into them a mixture of finely 
powdered fuller's earth and alum; sweep it off 
with a brush, sprinkle them with a mixture of 
dry bran and whiting, and lastly dust them 
off well. This will not do if they are very 
dirty. 

2386. To Clean Gold Bronze. 

Boil in a weak alkali prepared from an in- 
fusion of wood ashes. Then clean with a 
solution composed of e*qual parts nitric acid, 
water and alum. 



2287. Gold Detergent. 

(Upton.) 
Quicklime, 1 ounce: sprinkle it with a little 
hot water to slake it, then gradually add 1 
pint boiun<* water, so as to form a milk. 
Next dissolve pearlash, 2 ounces, in boiling 
water, iy 2 pints. Mix the two solutions, 
cover ud the vessel, agitate occasionally for 
an hour, allow it to settle; decant the clear, 
put it into flat y 2 pint bottles, and cork them 
well. Use to clean gilding either alone or di- 
luted with water. It is applied with a soft 
sponge, and then washed off with clean 
water. It is essentially a weak solution of 
potassa and may be extemporaneously pre- 
pared by diluting solution of potassa with 
about five times its volume. 



2288. Cleaning Dull Gold. 

A solution of 80 grams chloride of lime, 
80 grams bicarbonate of soda, and 20 grams 
common salt in 3 liters distilled water is pre- 
pared and kept in well-closed bottles. The 
article to be cleaned is allowed to remain 



some short time in this solution (which is 
only to be heated in the case of very obsti- 
nate dirt), then taken out, washed with spirit, 
and dried in sawdust. 



2289. Removing Stains from Gold and 

Silver. 

Immerse for some time in a solution of % 
ounce cyanide of potassium to 1 pint rain 
water and brush off with prepared chalk. 



2290. To Wash Gold L,ace. 

It is placed over night in urine or wine and 
washed. Take V/ 2 pints water and V/ 2 pints 
whisky, and a little ground gum arabic and 
saffron. Apply with a brush when the laces 
are stretched on a table. 



2291. Removal of Stains from Granite. 

A paste of 1 ounce oxgall, 1 gill of strong 
solution of caustic soda, V/ 2 tablespoonfuls of 
turpentine, with enough pipe clay to make 
it thick and consistent, scour well. 



2393. 

Mix together % pound whiting, *4 pound 
soft soap, 1 ounce washing soda, and a piece 
of sulphate of soda as big as a walnut. Rub 
it over the surface you propose to treat, let 
it stand twenty-four hours, and then wash off. 
If it succeeds, try another portion. 

3293. 

Smoke and soot stains can be removed with 
a hard scrubbing brush and fine sharp sand, 
to which add a little potash. 

3394. 

Use strong lye, or make a hot solution of 
3 pounds of common washing soda dissolved 
in 1 gallon of water. Lay it on the granite 
with a paint brush. 

3395. To Remove Grass Stains. 

Wash the stained places in clean, cold, soft 
water, without soap, before the garment is 
otherwise wet. 

3296. Removal of Grease. 

Fatty oils have a greater surface tension 
than oil of turpentine, benzole or ether. 
Hence, if a grease spot on a piece of cloth be 
moistened on the reverse side with one of 
these solvents, the tension on the greasy side 
is larger, and therefore the mixture of ben- 
zole and fat or grease will tend to move to- 
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to moisten the center of this spot with ben- 
zole, we should not remove it, but drive the 
grease upon the clean portion of the cloth. 
It is, therefore, necessary to distribute the 
benzole first over a circle surrounding the 
grease spot, to approach the latter gradually, 
at the same time having blotting paper in 
contact with the spot to absorb the fat im- 
mediately. 

8297. 

Another method, namely, to apply a hot 
iron on one side, while blotting paper is ap- 
plied to the other, depends upon the fact that 
the surface tension of a substance diminishes 
with a rise of temperature. If, therefore, the 
temperature at different portions or sides of 
the cloth is different, the fat acquires a ten- 
dency to move from the hotter parts toward 
the cooler. — The Pharmacist. 



3298. 

Grease and Oil. — For white linen or cotton 
goods, use soap or weak lye. For colored 
calicoes, warm soapsuds. For woolens, soap- 
suds or ammonia. For silks, benzine, ether, 
ammonia, magnesia, chalk, yolk of egg with 
water. 



8299. 

Dissolve 1 ounce pearlash in 1 pint water, 
and to this solution add a lemon cut into thin 
slices. Mix well, and keep the mixture in a 
warm state for two days, then strain and 
bottle the clear liquid for use. A small quan- 
tity of this mixture poured on stains, occa- 
sioned by either grease, oil or pitch, will 
speedily remove them. Afterward wash in 
clear water. 



2300. 

Carbonate of magnesia — magnesia that has 
been previously calcined is best — is dried in 
an oven and mixed _with sufficient benzine to 
form a soft, friable mass. In this state it is 
put into a wide mouthed glass bottle, well 
stoppered and kept for use. It is spread 
pretty thickly over the stains, and rubbed 
well to and fro with the tip of the finger. 
The small rolls of earthy matter so formed 
are brushed off, and more magnesia is laid 
on and left until the benzine has evaporated 
entirely. Materials that will bear washing 
are then cleaned with water; on silks, alcohol 
or benzine should be used instead. The pro- 
cess may be applied to textile fabrics of every 
description, except those containing very 
much wool, to which the magnesia adheres 
very tenaciously. It may also be used for 



stains, old or new, on all sorts of fancy 
woods, ivory, parchment, etc., without risk of 
injury. Ordinary writing ink is not affected 
by it, but letterpress quickly dissolves, owing 
to the absorption of the fatty matter in the 
ink. 

2301. 

A method of cleansing greasy woolen or 
cotton rags and waste. The rags are thrown 
into a closed revolving drum, with a quantity 
of perfectly dry and finely powdered plaster 
of Paris; when the plaster has absorbed all 
the grease, the whole is transferred to an- 
other revolving drum, pierced with holes, by 
which means the greater portion of the greasy 
plaster is got rid of. The operation is fin- 
ished by beating the rags on a kind of 
wooden sieve. 



2302. 

In the removal of grease from clothing, 
with benzol or turpentine, people generally 
make the mistake of wetting the cloth with 
the turpentine and then rubbing it with a 
sponge or piece of cloth. In this way the fat 
is dissolved, but is spread over a greater 
space and is not removed; the benzol or tur- 
pentine evaporates, and the fat covers a 
greater surface than before. The way is to 
place soft blotting paper beneath and on top 
of the grease spot, which is to be first thor- 
oughly saturated with the benzol, and then 
well pressed. The fat is then dissolved and 
absorbed by the paper, and entirely removed 
from the clothing. * 



2303. 

Castile soap in shavings.. 4 ounces. 

Carbonate of soda 2 ounces. 

Borax 1 ounce. 

Aqua ammonia 7 ounces. 

Alcohol 3 ounces. 

Sulphuric ether 2 ounces. 

Soft water enough to make 1 gallon. Boil 
the soap in the water until it is dissolved, and 
then add the other ingredients. Although it 
is not apparent what good 2 ounces of ether 
can do in 1 gallon of liquid, the mixture is 
said to be very efficient. 

2304. 

Make a weak solution of ammonia by mix- 
ing the ordinary "liquor ammoniae" of the 
druggist with its own volume of cold water, 
and rub it well into the greasy parts, rinsing 
the cloth in cold water from time to time 
until the grease is removed. The ammonia 
forms a soap with the fatty acids of the 
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3305. 

On Paper. — Press powdered fuller's earth 
lightly upon the greasy spot, and allow it to 
soak out the grease. 

2306. 

Hannett says the spots may be removed by 
washing the part with ether, chloroform or 
benzine, and placing between white blotting 
paper, then passing a hot iron over. 

2307. 

A more expeditious and thought by some 
the best way is to scrape fine pipe clay, mag- 
nesia, or French chalk on both sides of the 
stain, and apply a hot iron above, taking 
great care that it is not too hot. 

2308. 

After gently warming the paper, take out 
all the grease you can with blotting paper and 
a hot iron, then dip a brush into essential oil 
of turpentine, heated almost to ebullition, and 
draw it gently over both sides of the paper, 
which must be kept warm. Repeat the oper- 
ation until all is removed, or as often as the 
thickness of the paper may render necessary. 
When all the grease is removed, to restore 
the paper to its former whiteness, dip another 
brush in ether, chloroform, or benzine, and 
apply over the stain, especially the edges of 
it. This will not affect printer's or common 
writing ink. 

2309/ 

Lay on a coat of India rubber solution over 
the spot, and leave it to dry. Afterward re- 
move with a piece of ordinary India rubber. 
Any operation with ether, chloroform, or 
benzine should never be conducted by candle 
light, as their vapor is apt to kindle even at 
several feet from the liquid. No. 2308 will re- 
move grease from colored calf. Even if the 
spot be on the under side of the leather, it 
may thus be clearly drawn right through. 

2310. 

Apply a solution of pearlash (in the pro- 
portion of 1 ounce pearlash to 1 pint water) to 
oil-stained drawing paper. 

2311. 

Grease can be removed from billiard or 
other cloths by a paste of fuller's earth and 
turpentine. This should be rubbed upon the 
fabric until the turpentine has evaporated, 
and a white powder remains. The latter can 
be brushed off, and the grease will have dis- 
appeared. 



2312. 

To Remove from Silk. — Use chloroform and 
a cotton cloth, finishing with a dry cloth. 
Benzine can also be used as well as French 
chalk. If chalk is used, place a hot iron over 
the spot until the grease is removed. 

2313. 

Spots of Grease. — On white goods, soap 
water or alkalies; on dyed tissues of cotton, 
hot soap water; dyed tissues of wool, soap 
water or ammonia; on silk, benzine, ether, 
ammonia, magnesia, chalk, yolk of egg. 



2314. Grease Extractor. 

Fuller's earth 15 parts. 

French chalk y 2 part. 

Yellow soap „ 10 parts. 

Pearlash , 8 parts. 

Mix thoroughly and make it into paste with 
spirits of turpentine. Color if desired, with 
yellow ocher. Form into cakes. 



2315. 

An earthy compound for removing grease 
spots' is made as follows: Take fuller's earth 
free it from all gritty matter by elutriation 
with water; mix with % pound of the earth 
so prepared % pound of soda, as much soap, 
and 8 yolks of eggs well beaten up, with % 
Round of purified oxgall. The whole must be 
carefully triturated upon a porphyry slab, the 
soda with the soap in the same manner as 
colors are ground, mixing in gradually the 
eggs and the oxgall previously beaten to- 
gether. Incorporate next the soft earth by 
slow degrees, till a uniform thick paste be 
formed, which should be made into balls or 
| cakes of a convenient size and laid out to dry. 
A little of this detergent being scraped off 
with a knife, made into a paste with water 
and applied to the stain, will remove it. 



2316. To Remove Grease from Crocks and 
Jars. 

Use hot water and sal soda. 



2317. To Clean Gutta Percha. 

This can be done by using a mixture of 
soap and powdered charcoal, polishing after- 
ward with a dry cloth with a little charcoal 
on it. 



2318. To Clean White Manilla Hats. 

Sprinkle with water and expose to the 
fumes of burning sulphur in a tight box. 



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2319. To Clean Felt Hals. 

Clean with ammonia and water; if greasy, 
■wash with fuller's earth. Size with glue size, 
and block while warm. Glue size made by 
diluting hot glue with hot water. Apply in- 
side, not outside the hat. The thicker the 
glue, the stiffer the hat. 



2320. 

The stains of grease and paint may be re- 
moved from hats by means of turpentine or 
benzine, and if the turpentine leaves a mark, 
finish with a little spirits of wine. 



2321. 

To remove grease stains from silk hats, use 
first turpentine and then alcohol. 



2322. Cleaning Panama Hats. 

To renovate white straw hats the following 
method has been recommended. Prepare two 
solutions as given: 

I. — Sodium hyposulphite, .j 10 grams. 

Glycerine 5 grams, 

Alcohol 10 grams. 

Water 75 grams. 

II. — Citric acid 2 grams. 

Alcohol 10 grams. 

Water 90 grams. 

First sponge the straw hat with solution 
No. I, and lay aside in a moist room (cellar) 
for twenty-four hours; then apply solution No. 
II and treat similarly as before. Finally the 
hat should be gone over with a flat-iron, not 
too hot. If very dirty, the hat must be 
cleaned with some detergent and dried before 
beginning the bleaching operation. — Western 
Druggist. 



2323. 



Alizarine Inks. 



White goods, tartaric acid, the more con- 
centrated the older are the spots, On colored 
cottons and woolens, and on silks, dilute tar- 
taric acid is applied, cautiously. 



2324. To Remove Ink and Iron Mould. 

Equal parts of cream of tartar and citric 
acid, powdered fine, and mixed together. 
This forms the salts of lemon as sold by drug- 
gists. 

Directions for using: Procure a hot dinner 
plate, lay the part stained in the plate, and 
moisten with hot water; next rub in the 
above powder with the bowl of a spoon until 
stains disappear; then rinse in clean water, 
and dry. 



2325. 

Place the stained part flat in a plate or 
dish, and sprinkle crystals of oxalic acid upon 
it, adding a little water; the stains will soon 
disappear, when the linen should be well 
wrung out in two or three changes of clean 
water. 



2326. 

Dip the part in boiling water, and rub it 
with crystals of oxalic acid, then soak in a 
weak solution of chloride of lime — say 1 
ounce to the quart of water. Under any cir- 
cumstances, as soon as the stain is removed, 
the linen should be thoroughly rinsed in sev- 
eral waters. 



2327. 

The Journal de Pharmacie d' Anvers rec- 
ommends pyrophosphate of soda for the re- 
moval of ink stains. This salt does not injure 
vegetable fiber, and .yields colorless com- 
pounds with the ferric oxide of the ink. It 
is best to first apply tallow to the ink spot, 
then wash In. a solution of pyrophosphate un- 
til both tallow and ink have disappeared. 



2328. 

Thick blotting paper is soaked in a con- 
centrated solution of oxalic acid and dried. 
Laid immediately on a blot, it takes it out 
without leaving a trace behind. 



2329. 

Tin. chloride 2 parts. 

Water 4 parts. 

To be applied with a soft brush, after 
which the paper must be passed through cold 
water. 



2330. 

Hydrochloric acid and hot water, in the pro- 
portion of 8 of hot water to 1 of acid; if not 
strong enough, add more acid; when clear of 
stain, wash well and boil, to remove all traces 
of acid. 



2331. 

A weak solution of chloride of zinc. 



2332. 

To remove from clothes use a mixture of 
4 parts of tartar and 2 parts of powdered 
alum. This is not injurious to clothes. 
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3333. 

To remove a blot, dip a camel hair brush 
in water, and rub over the blot, letting the 
water remain on a few seconds; then make as 
dry as you can with blotting paper, then rub 
carefully with India rubber. Repeat the 
operation if not all removed. For lines, cir- 
cles, etc., dip the ink leg of your instruments 
in water, open the pen rather wider than the 
line, and trace over, using blotting paper and 
India rubber, as for a blot. Applicable to 
drawing paper, tracing paper, and tracing 
linen. If the surface is a little rough after, 
polish with your nail. , 



3334. To Remove Printer's Ink. 

Put the stained parts of the fabric into a 
quantity of benzine, then use a fine, rather 
stiff brush, with fresh benzine. Dry and rub 
bright with warm water and curd soap. The 
benzine will not injure the fabric or dye. 



3335. Iron Spots and Black Ink. 

White goods, hot oxalic acid, dilute muriatic 
acid, with little fragments of tin. On fast- 
dyed cottons and woolens, citric acid is cau- 
tiously and repeatedly applied. Silks, im- 
possible. 



3336. Iodine Stains on Paper. 

Apply solution of pure sodium hyposulphite, 
and then strong ammonia water, by means of 
blotting paper; remove excess by pressing be- 
tween sheets of bibulous paper moistened 
with water, and dry between clean warm 
(dry) blotting pads. 

Iodine stains may be removed by alcohol. 



3337. Iron and Steel. 

Take a spongy piece of fig tree wood and 
well saturate it with a mixture of sweet oil 
and finely powdered emery, and with this well 
rub all the rusty parts. This will not only 
clean the article, but will at the same time 
polish it, and so render the use of whiting 
unnecessary. 



2338. 

Bright iron or steel goods (as polished 
grates and fire irons) may be preserved from 
rust in the following manner: Having first 
been thoroughly cleaned, they should be 
dusted over with powdered quicklime, and 
thus left until wanted for use. Coils of piano 
wire are covered in this manner, and will 
keep free from rust for many years. 



3339. 

Dissolve y 2 ounce camphor, and 1 pound 
hog's lard, and take off the scum; then mix 
with the lard as much black lead as will give 
the mixture an iron color. Rub the articles 
all over with this mixture, and let them lie 
for twenty-four hours; then dry with a linen 
cloth, and they will keep clean for months. 



3340. 

Table knives which are not in constant use 
should be put in a case containing a depth 
of about 8 inches of quicklime. They are to 
be plunged into this to the top of the blades, 
but the lime must not touch the handles. 



3341. 

Steel bits that are tarnished, but not rusty, 
can be cleaned with rotten stone, common 
hard soap, and a woolen cloth. 



3343. To Clean Iron. 

To clean iron parts of machinery, tools,, 
etc., two to three cents worth of paraffine 
chipped fine are added to one liter petroleum 
in a stoppered bottle, and during two or three 
days from time to time shaken up until the 
paraffine is dissolved. To apply it, the mix- 
ture is well shaken, spread upon the metal 
to be cleaned by means of a woolen rag or 
brush, and on the following day rubbed off 
with a dry woolen rag. 



3343. 

Yellow stains, commonly called iron mould, 
are removed from linen by hydrochloric acid 
or hot solution of oxalic acid. Wash well in 
warm water afterward. 



2344. To Remove Iron Rust. 

This may be removed by salt mixed with 
a little lemon juice. 



2345. 

Salts of lemon, mixed with warm water and 
rubbed over the mark, will, most probably, 
remove the stains. 



2346. 

Throw on the stain a small quantity of the 
dry powder of magnesia, rubbing it slightly in 
with the finger, leaving it there for an hour 
or two, and then brushing it off, when it will 
be found that the stain has quite disap- 
peared. 



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3347. 

Fresh ink and the soluble salts of iron pro- 
duce stains which, if allowed to dry, and 
especially if afterward the material has been 
washed, are difficult to extract without injury 
to the ground. When fresh, such stains yield 
rapidly to a treatment with moistened cream 
of tartar, aided by a little friction, if the ma- 
terial or color is delicate. If the ground be 
white, oxalic acid, employed in the form of a 
concentrated aqueous solution, will effec- 
tually remove fresh iron stains. 

2348. Removal of Smoke Stains from Ivory. 
Immerse in benzine; if burned, there is no 
remedy. 

3349. To Clean Jet. 

Remove all dust with a very soft brush, 
touch the jet with a bit of cotton, moistened 
with a little good oil, polish with wash 
leather. Clean with great care, as the jet is 
often brittle. 

3350. To Remove Kerosene Oil from 

Carpets. 

Spread over the stain above and below 
warm pipe clay, and allow it to remain 
twenty-four hours; then brush it off and beat 
out the carpet. 

3351. To Remove Stains from Knives. 

Cut a solid potato in two, dip one of the 
pieces in brick dust, such as is usually used 
for knife cleaning, and rub the blade with it. 

3353. To Wash L,ace. 

Cover an ordinary wine bottle with fine 
flannel, stitching it firmly round the bottle. 
Tack one end of the lace to the flannel, then 
roll it very smoothly round the bottle and 
tack down the other end, then cover with a 
piece of very fine flannel or muslin. Now rub 
it gently with a strong soap liquor, and, if 
the lace is very much discolored or dirty, fill 
the bottle with hot water and place it in a 
kettle or saucepan of suds and boil it for a 
few minutes, then place the bottle under a 
tap of running water to rinse out the soap. 
Make some strong starch, and melt in it a 
piece of white wax and a little loaf sugar. 
Plunge the bottle two or three times into this 
.and squeeze out the superfluous starch with 
the hands; then dip the bottle in cold water, 
remove the outer covering from the lace, fill 
the bottle with hot water and stand it in the 
sun to dry the lace. When nearly dry rake 
it very carefully off the bottle and pick it 
•out with fhe fingers. Then lay it in a cool 
place to dry thoroughly. 



2353. 

First rip off the lace, carefully pick out the 
loose bits of thread, and roll the lace very 
smoothly and securely round a clean black 
bottle, previously covered with old white 
linen, sewed tightly on. Tack each end of 
the lace with a needle and thread to keep it 
smooth, and be careful in wrapping not to 
crumple or fold in any of the scallops or 
pearlings. After it is on the bottle, take 
some of the best sweet oil, and with a clean 
sponge wet the lace thoroughly to the inmost 
folds. Have ready in a wash kettle a strong, 
cold lather of clear water and castile soap. 
Fill the bottle with cold water, to prevent 
its bursting, cork it well and stand It up- 
right in the suds, with a string round the 
neck secured to the ears or handle of the 
kettle, to prevent its knocking about and 
breaking while over the fire. Let it boil in 
the suds for an hour or more, till the lace is 
clean and white all through. Drain off the 
suds and dry it on the bottle in the sun. 
When dry, remove the lace from the bottle 
and roll it round a wide ribbon block, or lay 
it in long folds; place it within a sheet of 
smooth white paper, and press it in a large 
book for a few days. 



2354. To Clean Gold and Silver L,ace. 

Sew the lace in a clean linen cloth, boil 
it in 1 quart of soft water, and % pound of 
soap, and wash it in cold water. If tarnished, 
apply a little warm spirits of wine to the 
tarnished spots. 



3355. 

A weak solution of cyanide of potassium 
cleans gold lace well. 



3356. To Revive Black Lace. 

Make some black tea about the strength 
usual for drinking and strain it off the leaves. 
Pour enough tea into a basin to cover the 
quantity of lace, let it stand ten or twelve 
hours, then squeeze it several times, but do 
not rub it. Dip it frequently into the tea, 
which will at length assume a dirty appear- 
ance. Have ready some weak gum water, 
and press the lace gently through it; then 
clap it for a quarter of an hour; after which, 
pin it to a towel in any shape which you wish 
it to take. When nearly dry, cover it with 
another towel and iron it with a cool iron. 
The lace, if previously sound and discolored 
only, will after this process look as good as 
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2357. 

Wash the lace thoroughly in some good 
beer; use no gum water; clap the lace well, 
and proceed with ironing and drying, as in 
the former recipe. 



2358. To Cleanse Wash Leather. 

(Chamois Skin.) 
A German optical journal recommends 
washing soiled polishing leather in a weak 
solution of soda and warm water, then rub- 
bing a good deal of soap in the leather and 
letting it soften for two hours. It is after- 
ward thoroughly washed until perfectly clean, 
and rinsed in a weak solution of warm water, 
soda, and yellow soap. It must not be 
washed in clean water, or it will become 
so hard when dry that it cannot be used 
again. It is the small quantity of soap re- 
maining in the leather which penetrates its 
smallest particles and makes the leather as 
soft as silk. After the rinsing it is wrung 
out in a coarse hand towel and dried quickly. 
It is then pulled in every direction and well 
brushed, after which it is softer and better 
than most wash leather when first bought. 
If rough leather is used to finish highly 
polished surfaces, it will often be observed 
that the surface is scratched or injured. This 
is caused by particles of dust and even grains 
of hard rouge that were left in the leather. 
As soon as they are removed with a clean 
brush and rouge, a perfectly bright and beau- 
tiful finish can be obtained. 



2359. 

Use a weak solution of soda and warm 
wafer, rub plenty of soft soap into the 
leather, and allow it to remain in soak for 
two hours, then rub it sufficiently, and rinse 
in a weak solution of warm water, soda, and 
yellow soap. If rinsed in water only, it be- 
comes hard when dry and unfit for use. 
After rinsing, wring out in a rough towel, 
and dry quickly, then pull it about and brush 
it well. 



2360. To Clean Leather. 

Mix well together 1 pound of French 
yellow ocher and a dessertspoonful of sweet 
oil; then take 1 pound pipe clay and % pound 
starch. Mix with boiling water; when cold 
lay on the leather; when dry, rub and brush 
well. 



2361. Removing Rust from a Lens. 

A lens sometimes acquires a brown, rusty 
stain on the surface, which no amount of rub- 
bing or cleaning will remove. By applying a 



paste composed of putty powder, or very fine 
rouge, and water to the stains, and then rub- 
bing briskly with either the point of the finger 
or the side of the hand, every spot of rust 
or stain will be removed in a few minutes. 
This applies to photographic or other lenses, 
except the object glass of a telescope, which 
would be irreparably damaged by such treat- 
ment. 



2362. To Clean Lenses. 

A very soft chamois skin is best; if greasy, 
wipe with a little tissue paper wet with weak 
alkali. Lenses should be cleaned as rarely as 
possible; use old linen, not silk. 



2363. Lime, Lyes, Alkalies. 

On white goods, simple washing in water. 
On dyed tissues of cotton and wool, and on 
silk, weak nitric acid poured drop by drop, 
and rub with the finger the spot previously 
moistened. 



2364. To Prevent Blistering in Linen. 

Blistering is almost always due to bad 
starching, but occasionally to ironing the arti- 
cles when too wet. Each article must be well 
starched through, and when about to iron 
damp it evenly, but do not wet it. Use a hot 
iron. Collars and cuffs that have to be 
turned down should be fixed in the proper 
shape immediately after each one is ironed, 
for then the starch is still flexible. 



2365. To Restore Whiteness to Scorched 
Linen. 

One-half pint of vinegar, 2 ounces of Ful- 
ler's earth, 1 ounce of dried fowl's dung, one- 
half ounce soap, the juice of 2 large onions. 
Boil all these ingredients together to the con- 
sistency of paste; spread the composition 
thickly over the damaged part, and if the 
threads be not actually consumed, after it has 
been allowed to dry on, and the place has sub- 
sequently been washed once or twice, every 
trace of scorching will disappear. 



2366. To Polish Linen. 

Put 2 drams of powdered wax, 2 drams of 
of powdered soap, and 4 drams of powdered 
Frenh chalk in each pint of starch. 



2367. To Clean Machinery. 

To clean iron parts of machinery, tools, etc., 
about 10 grammes paraffin chipped fine are 
added, to 1 liter petroleum in a stoppered 
bottle, and during two or three days from time 



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to time shaken up until the paraffin is dis- 
solved. To apply it the mixture is well 
shaken, spread upon the metal to be cleaned 
by means of a woolen rag or brush, and on 
the following day rubbed off with a dry 
woolen rag. 



2368. Spots on Mahogany. 

Stains and spots may be taken out of ma- 
hogany with a little aquafortis and water, or 
oxalic acid and water, rubbing the part by 
means of cork, till the color is restored, ob- 
serving afterward to wash the wood well with 
water, and to dry and polish as usual. 



3369. To Remove Grease from Marble. 

Apply a little pile of whiting or fuller's 
earth saturated with benzine, and allow it 
to stand some time. 

2370. 

Or apply a mixture of 2 parts washing soda, 
1 part ground pumice stone, and 1 part chalk, 
all first finely powdered and made into a paste 
with water; rub well over the marble, and 
finally wash off with soap and water. 



8371 To Clean Marble 

Mix with water 5 parts soda, 2y 2 parts 
powdered chalk, 2% parts pumice stone (pow- 
dered). Wash the spots with this mixture; 
then wash off with soap and water. 

3372. 

To extract oil from marble or stone, soft 
soap, V-k parts; fuller's earth, 3 parts; potash, 
V/ 2 part, boiling water to mix. Apply to the 
grease spots and let it remain two or three 
hours. 

3373. 

Marble, to Remove Oil Stains in. — Stains in 
marble caused by oil can be removed by apply- 
ing common clay saturated with benzine. If 
the grease has remained long enough it will 
become acidulated, and may injure the polish, 
but the stain will be removed. Boil one-half 
pound soft soap in 1 quart water, very slowly, 
until the water is reduced to 1 pint. Apply 
this in the same manner as the preceding. 

3374. 

Take 2 parts common soda, 1 part pumice 
stone, and 1 part finely powdered chalk; sift 
it through a nne sieve and mix with water; 
then rub it well all over the marble, and the 
stains will be removed; then wash the marble 
over with soap and water, and it will be as 
clean as it was at first. 



3375. 

A bullock's gall, 1 gill soap lees, one-half 
gill turpentine. Mix into a paste with pipe 
clay. Apply to the marble, allow it to re- 
main two or three days, then rub off. 

3376. 

Cover the soiled part with a paste of quick- 
lime, moistened with a strong aqueous solu- 
tion of sal soda for several hours; then re- 
move the paste, wash the parts thoroughly, 
and polish if necessary. 

2377. 

Common soda, 3 parts; pumice stone, 1% 
part; finely powdered chalk iy 2 part; sift very 
fine, and mix with water. Rub all over the 
marble. Wash well with soap and water. 



2378. 

If the marble is white, coat it with gum 
arabic and expose to the sun. When it peels 
off wash with water, or make a paste with 
fuller's earth and hot water, cover the spots 
therewith, let it dry on, and next day scour 
off with soft soap. The luster can be re- 
stored by rubbing with a dry cloth. 



2379. 

Be sure that the dust is all brushed from 
the marble. Rub with the following: Whit- 
ing, 6 ounces; soft soap, 6 ounces; soda, iy 2 
ounces; a piece of stone blue size of a large 
walnut. Mix and rub on the marble with a 
flannel cloth. Let it remain for twenty-four 
hours. Wash off and polish with a piece of 
flannel. 



2380. 

To take Stains from White Marble. — Tur- 
pentine, 2% tablespoonfuls; lye, V/ 2 gills; ox- 
gall, V/ 2 ounces; pipe clay, q. s. to make a 
paste. Apply the paste to the stain and let it 
remain for several days. Iron mould or ink 
spots may be taken out by dissolving in Vfa 
pints rainwater, V/ 2 ounces oxalic acid, three- 
quarters ounce butter antimony, flour suffic- 
ient to make the mixture of a proper consist- 
ency. Put on with a brush, let it remain a 
few days, wash off. Grease spots may be re- 
moved by applying common clay saturated 
with benzine. 



2381. 

Ink Stains on Marble. — Dissolve 1 ounce an- 
timony trichloride and 2 ounces oxalic acid 
in 1 quart of water. Add flour enough to 
make a paste. Leave on the spot for a few 
days until the spot is removed. 



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2382. 

Iron Stains on Marble. — Boil your marble 
in a strong solution of caustic soda, then take 
out, and rub well. Soon all the stains will 
come out. 



2383. 

Matches, to Remove Marks Made by. — Spots 
from sulphur ^nd phosphorus caused by luci- 
fer matches can be extracted from marble by 
carbon disulphide; or take 2 parts of common 
soda, 1 part of pumice stone and 1 part of 
finely powdered chalk; sift it through a fine 
sieve and mix it with water; then rub it well 
all over the marble, and the stains will be re- 
moved, then wash the marble over with soap 
and water, and it will be as clean as it was 
at first. 



2384. To Clean Matting. 

Wash with water in which bran has been 
boiled, or in weak salt and water. Dry it 
well with a cloth. 



2385. Mildew. 

Well mix together a spoonful of table salt, 
2 of soft soap, 2 of powdered starch, and the 
juice of a lemon. Lay this mixture on both 
sides of the stain with a painter's brush, and 
then lay the article on the grass, day and 
night, until the stain disappears. 

2386. 

Get a piece of flannel, dip it into whisky, 
and well rub the place marked; then iron on 
the wrong side, taking care to put a piece of 
damp cotton cloth between the iron and silk, 
and iron on the cotton cloth, which will pre- 
vent the silk assuming a shiny glazed appear- 
ance. 

2387. 

Wash clean and take every particle of soap 
off, then put the linen into a galvanized bath 
or tub full of clean cold water, procure a little 
chloride of lime, and tie it up in a muslin bag 
or piece of muslin, dissolve the lime in luke- 
warm water by squeezing the bag, then pour 
the water among the clothes. Stir and leave 
them for 24 hours, but do not put too much 
lime in, or you will rot the clothes; then well 
rinse in clean cold water. 

2388. 

Hypochlorite of alumina is said to be one of 
the best remedies. Moisten with water, rub 
well into the cloth, moisten again with dilute 
sulphuric acid (1 to 20), and after half an hour, 
rinse thoroughly in soft water and then in 



water containing about an ounce to the gallon 
of sulphite or hyposulphite of soda. A stiff 
brush may be advantageously employed in ap- 
plying the hypochlorite. 

2389. 

Mildew, to Prevent. — Housekeepers are 
often greatly troubled and perplexed by mil- 
dew from damp closets and from rust. By 
putting an earthen bowl or deep plate full 
of quicklime into the closet, the lime will ab- 
sorb the dampness and also sweeten and dis- 
infect the place. Rats, mice, and many bugs 
that are apt to congregate in damp places 
have a dislike to lime. As often as the lime 
becomes slaked throw it on the compost heap 
if in the country, or into the ash barrel if in 
the city. 

2390. 

Mildew, to Prevent in Canvas, etc. — Dis- 
solve 1 pound zinc sulphate in 40 gallons 
water, and then add 1 pound sal soda. When 
dissolved, 2 ounces tartaric acid are added. 
This holds the partially separated zinc car- 
bonate without neutralizing the excess of al- 
kali used. The canvas, etc., should be soaked 
in this solution for 24 hours, and then dried 
without wringing. 

3391. 

Mildew, to Remove from Brickwork. — Build- 
ers' acid (hydrochloric acid) is often used for 
removing white stains from brickwork. Its 
efficacy in the case of mildew would be doubt- 
ful. A coat of linseed oil on the perfectly 
dry brick would have a good preventive ten- 
dency. Melted paraffin applied hot, and 
worked in with a paint burner would also be 
efficacious. Perhaps either of the last named 
applications would destroy the mildew or 
white stain also. Acid used by an experi- 
enced man would not injure the joints. 

2392. 

Canvas, Rendering it Mildew-proof. — Satu- 
rate the cloth in a hot solution of soap (one- 
quarter pound to a gallon of water); wring 
out and digest it for twelve hours in solution 
of one-half pound alum to 1 gallon of water. 

2393. 

Use the following: Alum, 2 pounds, dissolved 
in 60 pounds water; blue vitriol, 2 pounds, dis- 
solved in 8 pounds of water, to which is 
added gelatine, 1 pound, dissolved in 30 pounds 
water; lead actate, one-half pound dissolved 
in 30 pounds water. The solutions are all 
hot, and separately mixed, with the exception 
of the vitriol, which is added. 



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2394. 

Treatment with strong aqueous solution of 
alum or lead acetate answers very well. 

2395. 

To Remove from Canvas. — Wash with solu- 
tion of calcium hypochlorite (bleaching pow- 
der) in cold water or vinegar. Use plenty of 
cold water afterward. 

2396. 

Cotton Goods, to Remove from. — If the goods 
are colored, soak for twenty-four hours or 
more in sour milk or buttermilk, then rinse 
in water, and wash in strong soapsuds. If the 
goods are white, moisten the spots repeatedly 
with Javelle water diluted with volumes of 
water, rinse well, then wash in strong soap- 
suds, not too hot. 

2397. 

Gold Lace, to Remove Mildew from. — For 
this purpose no alkaline liquors are to be 
used; for while they clean the gold, they cor- 
rode the silk, and change or discharge its color. 
Soap also alters the shade, and even the 
species of certain colors. But spirit of wine 
may be used without any danger of its injur- 
ing either color or quality, and in many cases 
proves as effectual for restoring the luster of 
the gold as the corrosive detergents. But 
though the spirit of wine is the most inno- 
cent material employed for this purpose, it 
is not in all cases proper. The golden cover- 
ing may be in some places worn off, or the 
base metal, with which it has been alloyed, 
may be corroded by the air, so as to have the 
particles of gold disunited, while the silver 
underneath, tarnished toi a yellow hue, may 
continue of a tolerable color; so it is apparent 
that the removal of the tarnish would be 
prejudicial, and make the lace less like gold 
than it was before. 

2398. 

Linen, Mildew from. — Take soap and rub 
it well; then scrape some fine chalk, and rub 
that also in the linen, lay it on the grass as 
it dries, wet it a little, and it will come out 
at once. 

2399. 

Two tablespoonfuls of soft soap and the 
juice of a lemon. Lay it on the spots with a 
brush, on both sides of the linen. Let it lie 
a day or two till the stains disappear. 

2400. 

Nets, to Prevent from Rotting. — The fol- 
lowing treatment is said to preserve nets for 
a long time in a good condition: Soften 1 



pound good glue in cold water; then dissolve 
it in 10 gallons of hot soft water, with one- 
half pound curd soap. Wash the nets in soft 
water, then boil them in this for two hours, 
press out excess of the liquid and hang up 
overnight. The second bath consists of alum, 
2 pounds; water, 5 gallons; heat nearly to boil- 
ing, and immerse the nets in this for about 
three hours, then press and transfer to a 
strong decoction of oak bark or a solution of 
sumac in warm water (water, 5 gallons, su- 
mac, 8 pounds), and let them remain immersed 
in this for forty-eight hours, or longer, if con- 
venient. 



2401. To Remove Mildew from Paper. 

Soak one ounce of gelatine for some hours 
in 1 pint of water, and 1 ounce of white soap 
scraped, in the same quantity of water; mix 
the two solutions and boil till dissolved. Dis- 
solve 1 dram of alum in 2 ounces of water, 
and add it to the above. When the mixture 
is cold, decant the solution from all sedi- 
ment. Spread the above over the damaged 
paper with a stout feather. If the paper be 
in a very bad state, a second coat may be ap- 
plied. A little spirits of wine added to the 
solution tends to keep ft good. 



2402. The Preservation of Ropes. 

The ropes should be dipped, when dry, into 
a bath containing 20 grammes of sulphate of 
copper per liter of water, and kept in soak 
in this solution for four days, afterward being 
dried. The ropes will thus have absorbed a 
certain quantity of sulphate of copper, which 
will preserve them from the attacks of ani- 
mal parasites and from rot. The copper salt 
may be fixed in the fiber by a coating of tar 
or by soapy water. For tarring the rope it is 
best to pass it through a bath of boiled tar, 
hot, drawing it through a thimble to press 
back the excess of tar, and suspending it 
afterward on a staging to dry and harden. In 
the second method, the rope is soaked in a 
solution of 100 grammes of soap per liter of 
water. The copper soap thus formed in the 
fiber of the rope preserves it from rot even 
better than the tar, which acts mechanically 
to imprison the sulphate of copper, which is 
the real preservative. It is not stated 
whether the copper treatment is equally ser- 
viceable with dressed as with plain hemp 
ropes. 

2403. 

Ropes, to Prolong the Life of. — To prolong 
the duration of ropes, steep them in a solu- 
tion of sulphate of copper, 1 ounce to 1 quart 
of water, and then tar them. 



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2404. 

Stoue, Mildew or Mould, to Remove from. — 
Try a little strong aqueous solution of caus- 
tic soda. It should remain ten minutes in 
contact -with the stone, which, after washing 
with water, should be well rubbed with a 
stiff brush or broom. 

2405. To Remove 3Iilh and Coffee Stains. 

These stains are very difficult to remove, 
especially from light colored and finely fin- 
ished goods. From woolen and mixed fabrics 
they are taken out by moistening them with 
a mixture of 1 part glycerine, 9 parts water, 
and one-half part aqua ammonia. This mix- 
ture is applied to the goods by means of a 
brush, and allowed to remain for twelve 
hours, occasionally renewing the moistening. 
After this time, the stained pieces are 
pressed between cloth, and then rubbed, with 
a clean rag. Drying, and if possible a little 
steaming, is generally sufficient to thoroughly 
remove the stains. 

2406. 

Stains on silk garments which are dyed 
with delicate colors, or finely finished, are 
more difficult to remove. In this case 5 parts 
glycerine are mixed with 5 parts water, and 
one-fourth part of ammonia added. Before 
using this mixture it should be tried on some 
part of the garments where it cannot be no- 
ticed, in order to see if the mixture will 
change the color. If such is the case, no am- 
monia should be added. If, on the contrary, 
no change takes place, or if, after drying, the 
original color is restored, the above mixture 
is applied with a soft brush, allowing it to 
remain on the stains for six or eight hours, 
and is then rubbed with a clean cloth. The 
remaining dry substance is then carefully 
taken off by means of a knife. The injured 
places are now brushed over with clean water, 
pressed between cloths and dried. If the 
stain is not then removed, a rubbing with 
dry bread will easily take it off. To restore 
the finish, a thin solution of gum arabic, or 
in many cases beer is preferred, is brushed on, 
then dried, and carefully ironed. By careful 
manipulation these stains will be successfully 
removed. 

2407. To Remove Xitric Acid Stains. 

According to Reimann's Faerber Zeitung, 
these yellow stains, so familiar to the chemist 
and druggist, can be removed either from the 
skin or from brown or black woolen garments 
by moistening the spots for a while with per- 
manganate of potash and rinsing with water. 
A brownish stain of manganese remains, 
which may be removed from the skin by 
washing with aqueous solution of sulphurous 
acid. If the spots are old, they cannot be 
entirely removed. 

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2408. 

Nitric Acid Stains, to remove from the 
Hands. — Touch the stains with solution of per- 
manganate of potassium; wash, rinse in dilute 
hydrochloric acid, and wash again. 

2409. To Renovate Oil Cloths. 

Dissolve 2% pounds paraffin and 1 gallon oil 
of turpentine by the aid of a gentle heat, and 
apply with a sponge or piece of flannel, while 
warm. Let it remain on the oil cloth twenty- 
four hours; then polish with flannel. This so- 
lution not only renovates but preserves the 
cloth. It has been used on oil cloths which 
have been down four years, and they look as 
good as new. The same preparation may also 
be used on painted floors. When rubbed with 
flannel, it will have a beautiful gloss, equal to 
varnish. 

2410. To Clean Oil Cloth. 

Wash with a large soft woolen cloth and 
lukewarm or cold water, dry thoroughly with 
a soft cloth, and afterward polish with milk, 
or a weak solution of beeswax, in spirits of 
turpentine. Never use a brush, or hot water, 
or soap, as either will be certain to bring 
off the paint. 

2411. 

Wash with equal quantities of milk and 
water. Once in several months a little lin- 
seed oil may be used. It must be well rubbed 
in and polished with a piece of silk. 

2412. Oil Colors, Varnish and Resins. 

On white or colored linens, cottons, or wool- 
ens, use rectified oil of turpentine, alcohol 
lye, and their soap. On silks, use benzine, 
ether, and mild soap, very cautiously. 

2413. Oil Stains on Paper. 

Use pipe clay mixed with water. Allow it 
to remain on the spot for several hours. 

2414. To Remove Oil Stains from Floors, 

Use oxalic acid and water, then wash well 
with soda and soap. 

2415. To Clean Paint Brushes. 

When a paint brush is stiff and hard 
through drying with paint on it, put some 
turpentine in a shallow dish and set it on fire. 
Let it burn for a minute until hot, then 
smother the flame and work the pencil in the 
fingers, dipping it frequently into hot spirits. 
Rinse all painc brushes, pencils, etc., in tur- 
pentine, grease with a mixture of sweet oil 
and tallow, to prevent them from drying hard, 
and put them away in a close box. 



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2416. 

To soften brushes that have become hard, 
soak them twenty -four hours in raw linseed 
oil, and rinse them out in hot turpentine, re- 
peating the process till clean; or wash them 
in hot soda and water and soft soap. 

2417. To Clean Paint. 

To clean paint, provide a plate with some 
of the best whiting to be had; have ready 
some clean warm water and a piece of flannel, 
which dip into the water and squeeze nearly 
dry; then take as much whiting as will ad- 
here to it, and apply it to the painted sur- 
face, when a little rubbing will instantly re- 
move any dirt or grease. After which, wash 
the part well with clean water, rubbing it 
dry with a soft chamois. Paint thus cleaned 
looks as well as when first laid on, without 
any injury to the most delicate colors. It is 
far better than using soap, and does not re- 
quire more than half the time and labor. 

2418. 

To clean paint, take 1 ounce pulverized bo- 
rax, 1 pound small pieces best brown soap, and 
3 quarts water; let simmer till the soap is 
dissolved, stirring frequently. Do not let it 
boil. Use with a piece of old flannel, and 
rinse off as soon as the paint is clean. This 
mixture is also good for washing clothes. 

2419. 

Dissolve one-half ounce glue and a bit of 
soft soap the size of a walnut* in about 3 pints 
of warm water, and with a well-worn white- 
wash brush well scrub the work, but not 
sufficient to get off the paint, and rinse with 
plenty of cold clean water, using a wash 
leather; let dry itself. Work done in this 
manner will often look equal to new. 

2430. 

First take off all the dust with a soft brush 
and a pair of bellows. Scour with a mixture 
of soft soap and fuller's earth, and use luke- 
warm water. If there are any spots which 
are extra dirty, first remove these by rubbing 
with a sponge dipped in soap and water. 
Commence the scouring at the top of the 
door or wainscot, and proceed downward; and 
dry with a soft linen cloth. When cleaning 
paint, it is always better to employ two per- 
sons, one to scour and the other to rub dry. 

2421. To Remove Paint. 

Scraping or burning it off is extremely la- 
borious, and too slow for general purposes. 
A more thorough and expeditious way is by 
chemical process, using for that purpose a 
solution of soda and quicklime in equal propor- 
tions. The solution may be made as follows: 
The soda is dissolved in water, the lime is 
then added, and the solution is applied with a 
brush to the old paint. A few moments are 



sufficient to remove the coats of paint, which 
may be washed off with hot water. The 
oldest paint may be removed \by a paste of 
the soda and quicklime. The wood should be 
afterward washed with vinegar or an acid so- 
lution before repainting to remove all traces 
of the alkali. 

2422. 

Wet the place with naphtha, repeating as 
often as required; but frequently one appli- 
cation will dissolve the paint. As soon as it 
is softened rub the surface clean. Chloro- 
form, mixed with a small quantity of spirit 
ammonia, composed of strong ammoniac, has 
been employed very successfully to remove the 
stains of dry paint from wood, silk, and other 
substances. 

2423. 

To Remove from Floors. — Take 1 pound 
American pearlash, 3 pounds quick stone lime, 
slake the lime in water, then add the pear- 
lash, and make the whole about the consis- 
tence of paint. Lay the mixture over the 
whole body of the work which is required to 
be cleaned, with an old brush; let it remain 
for 12 or 14 hours, when the paint can be 
easily scraped off. 



3424. To Soften Putty and Remove Old 
Paint. 

Take 3 pounds of quick stone lime, slake the 
lime in water, and then add 1 pound of Amer- 
ican pearlash. Apply this to both sides of 
the glass, and let it remain for twelve hours, 
when the putty will be softened, and the glass 
may be taken out without being broken. 
To destroy paint apply it to the whole body 
of the work which is required to be cleaned; 
use an old brush, as it will spoil a new one; 
let it remain about twelve or fourteen hours 
and then the paint may be easily scraped off. 

2425. 

To remove paint from old doors, etc., and 
to soften putty in window frames, so that the 
glass may be taken out without breakage or 
cutting, take 1 pound of pearlash and 3 pounds 
of quicklime; slake the lime in water, and 
then add the pearlash, and make the whole 
about the consistence of paint. Apply it to 
both sides of the glass, and let it remain for 
twelve hours, when the putty will be so soft- 
ened that the glass may be taken out of the 
frame without being cut and with the greatest 
facility. To destroy paint lay the above over 
the whole body of the work which is required 
to be cleaned, using an old brush (as it will 
spoil a new one); let it remain for twelve 
or fourteen hours, when the paint can be 
easily scraped off. 



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2426. 

Paint Stains on Glass. — American potash, 3 
parts: unslaked lime, 1. Lay this on with a 
stick, letting it remain for some time, and it 
will remove either tar or paint. 

3427. 

Common washing soda dissolved in water. 
Let it soak awhile — if put on thick, say 30 
minutes — and then wash off. If it does not 
remove, give it another application. 

2428. Paint, Varnish and Resin Stains on 
Clothes. 

For white or colored cotton and woolen 
goods, oil of turpentine or benzine, followed 
by soapsuds. For silk, benzine, ether, soap; 
hard rubbing is to be avoided. For all kinds 
of fabrics chloroform is best, but must be 
carefully used. 

2429. 

Stains of paint or varnish, after being soft- 
ened with olive oil or fresh butter, may gener- 
ally be removed by the same means as ordin- 
ary grease spots. 

2430. 

Saturate the spots with a solution of equal 
parts turpentine and spirits of ammonia; wash 
out with strong soapsuds. 

2431. 

Paint stains that are dry and old may be 
removed from cotton or woolen goods with 
chloroform. First cover the spot with olive 
oil or butter. 

2432. To Clean Paintings. 

Dissolve a little common soda in urine, 
then add a grated potato and a little salt; 
well rub this over the paintings till clean. 
Wash off in spring water and dry with a 
clean cloth. 

2433. 

First rub the picture well with good 
whisky, which will make the varnish come 
off in froth, then wash well with cold water, 
and when dry varnish again; this will re- 
store the picture to its original color unless 
very old. Keep the picture covered from dust 
until the varnish is dry. 

2434. Renovation of Papier Mache Goods. 

One-half pint linseed oil, one-half pint old 
ale, the white of an egg, 1 ounce spirits of 
wine, 1 ounce hydrochloric acid; well shake 
before using. A little to be applied to the 
face of soft linen pad, and lightly rubbed for 
a minute or two over the article to be re- 
stored, which must afterward be polished off 



with old silk handkerchief. This will keep 
any length of time if well corked. Invalu- 
able for delicate cabinet work. — Dustpan. 

2435. 

Wash with water, dredge with flour, and 
polish with a dry flannel cloth. 

2436. To Extract Paraffin Oil from Floor. 

A strong hot solution of oxalic acid applied, 
and by the after use of the scrubbing brush, 
you will remove all the stains from your 
boards.— A. E. B. Smith. 



2437. To Clean Parchment. 

Immerse the parchment in a solution of ace- 
tic acid, and gently rub the stained parts 
while wet on a flat board with lump pumice, 
then bleach it with chloride of lime. This 
process was recommended in the English Me- 
chanic. It is not very successful, but it 
makes it white enough for bookbinding. It 
has, however, the objectionable qualities of 
not making the parchment flexible, and when 
dried it is as hard as a board, and it has no 
gloss like the virgin parchment. On no ac- 
count must the parchment be washed in very 
hot water, or held before a fire, as it will 
shrivel up in a most provoking manner. 

2438. To Clean Pearls. 

Soak them in hot water in which bran has 
been boiled, with a little cream of tartar 
and alum, rubbing gently between the hands 
when the heat will admit of it. When the 
water is cold renew the application till any 
discoloration is removed, rinse in lukewarm 
water; lay them on white paper in a dark 
place to cool. 

2439. Piques and Colored Muslins. 

French method: Make a strong lather with 
best white soap dissolved in soft water, and 
use while rather warm, but not hot. Wash 
the dress in this, but do not soak it previ- 
ously. As soon as the lather appears soiled 
squeeze out the dress, throw away the lather, 
and wash the dress again in a second lot, 
and so continue until the dress is thoroughly 
clean. Then well rinse it in cold water, and 
afterward in cold water slightly blued. 
Squeeze all the water out of the dress, but do 
not wring it, and hang in a shady place to dry, 
or, if the weather be wet, dry it before the 
fire. When dry they are to be starched. It 
is in this operation that the failures in get- 
ting up muslins and piques more often occur 
than in the washing. Use a large basin and 
have plenty of starch, and dissolve in the 
starch, according to the quantity of it, 3 or 



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4 in. of composite or wax candle. Squeeze 
the starch well out of the dress, and while it 
is still wet put it between some old sheets or 
table cloths, and pass it between the rollers 
of a wringing machine or under a mangle; by 
this means all lumps of starch will be re- 
moved. Finish by ironing. Piques should be 
ironed on the wrong side, as lightly as pos- 
sible. 

2440. To Renovate Plush. 

To restore the plush, hold the wrong side 
over steam arising from boiling water, until 
the pile rises; or dampen lightly the wrong 
side of the plush, and hold it over a pretty 
hot iron, not hot enough to scorch, however, 
or make a clean brick hot; place upon it a 
vret cloth, and hold the plush over it, and the 
steam will raise it. 

2441. To Clean Iron Pots. 

Put a few ounces of washing soda (sodium 
carbonate) into the pot, fill wth water, and 
boil until the inside looks clean. 

2442. Lightning Renovator. 

Castile soap. 4 oz. ; hot water, 1 qt. When 
the soap is dissolved, add water, 4 qt. ; water 
of ammonia, 4 fl. oz. ; sulphuric ether, 1. fl. 
oz. ; glycerine, 1 fl. oz. ; alcohol, 1 oz. Medical 
Brief states that this is an excellent prepara- 
tion for removing grease. 

2443. To Clean Goatskin Rugs. 

One washing with warm (not hot) suds will 
not materially hurt the skin itself. The skin 
may not seem quite so soft after the washing, 
but if the washing is done quickly, the skin 
well rinsed in cold water, and dried with only 
moderate warmth, being frequently turned 
and shaken, the difference will hardly be per- 
ceptible. 

2444. To Remove Rust Spots. 

By adding 2 parts cream of tartar to 1 part 
oxalic acid ground fine and kept dry in a 
bottle, you will find, by applying a little of 
the powder to rust stains while the article is 
wet, that the result is much quicker and 
better. Wash out in clear warm water to pre- 
vent injury to the goods. 

2445. Rust, Black Ink. 

On white goods, warm solution oxalic acid; 
weak muriatic acid. On dyed tissues of 
cotton, repeated washings with citric acid 
if the color is well dyed. Ditto of wool, 
same; weak muriatic acid if the wool is of the 
natural color. On silk, no remedy. 



2446. To Clean Satins. 

Satins may be cleansed with a weak solu- 
tion of borax or benzine when greasy. Care 
should be taken to sponge moderately and 
lengthwise, not across, the fabric; iron on 
the wrong side only. White, cream, and pink 
satins may be treated in the same way as 
cream-colored silks. 



2447. 

To Clean Black.— Boil 3 lb. potatoes to a 
pulp in a quart of water; strain through a 
sieve, and brush the satin with it on a board 
or table. The satin must not be wrung, but 
folded down in cloths, for three hours, and 
then ironed on the wrong side. 



2448. Scouring Liquid. 

M. LeClerc. 
For scouring and removing grease from 
tissues of all kinds and worn clothes. 
To take out spots the liquid is used 
pure, but for general scouring it is mixed 
with 4 or 5 times its own, quantity of 
water. In 22 gal. hot water dissolve 15% lb. 
white Marseilles soap; 1 3/10 lb. carbonate 
of potash; or 15 or 18 lb. soft soap. To the 
solution add extract of Panama, 1 1/10 lb. In 
another 1 vessel mix ox or sheep gall, 15 qt. ; 
and ammounia at 22°, 3 pt. Heat this mix- 
ture, skim it, let it cool, and then add alco- 
hol at 90°, 3 3/10 gal.; decant and filter. Take 
1/3 part of the soap mixture and 2/3 part of 
the gall mixture, and add some aromatic es- 
sence. 



2449. Scouring Preparations for Removing 
Grease. 

One ounce camphor dissolved in 3 oz. alco- 
hol. Add 4 oz. essence of lemon. 

Camphine, 8 oz.; alcohol, 1 oz. ; sulphuric 
ether, 1 oz.; essence of lemon, 1 dram. 

Alcohol, 8 oz. ; white soap, 1% oz. ; oxgall, 
1% oz.; essence of lemon, % to *4 oz. 



2450. Scoxiring Paste. 

Oxalic acid, 1 part; iron peroxide, 15 parts; 
powdered rotten stone, 20 parts; palm oil, 60 
parts; petrolatum, 4 parts. Pulverize the ox- 
alic acid and add rouge and rotten stone, mix- 
ing thoroughly, and sift to remove all grit; 
then add gradually the palm oil and petrola- 
tum, incorporating thoroughly. Add oil 
of myrbane or oil of lavender to suit. By 
substituting your red ashes from stove coal, 
an inferior representative of the foregoing 
paste will be produced. 



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3451. 



Removal of Stains and Grease Spots. 



The following table gives at a glance the best means of cleansing all kinds of fabrics from any stain 

whatever. 





FROM LINEN. 


FROM COLORED GOODS. 


FROM SILKS. 


KIND OF STAIN. 


COTTON. WOOLEN. 


Sugar, glne, blood 
and albumen. 


Simple washing with water. 




Grease. 


Soapsuds, alkaline 
lyes. 


Lukewarm soap- 
suds. 


Soapsuds, ammonia. 


Benzine, ether, 
ammonia, pot- 
ash, magnesia, 
chalk, volk of 
egg. 


Tarnish and oil 
paints. 


Turpentine, or benzine, and soap. 


Benzine, ether, 
soap; rub care- 
fully. 


Stearine. Very strong alcohol, 95 ° . 





Tegetable colors, 

red wine, fruit, 

red ink. 



Sulphur vapors ; 

warm chlorine 

water. 



Wash out with warm soapsuds or 
ammonia water. 



The same ; rub 
gently and care- 
fully. 



Alizarine ink. 



Tartaric acid; the 
older the stain the 
stronger the solu- 
tion. 



Dilute tartaric acid if the stuff wil 
bear it. 



The same 
; care. 



with 



I I 

I Warm oxalic acid Repeated washings The same; d ilu t ejNothing can be 
Iron rust and ink solution; dilute i with a solution of hydrochloric acid done; and all 
made of galls. I hydrochloric acid, | citric acid, if the j if the wool is dyed: attempts only 
! then tin turnings. i colors will bear it. : naturally. make it worse. 



Lime, lye or al- 
kalies. 



Simply wash with Drop dilute nitric acid upon it. The stain previously moist- 
' water. ened can be rubbed off with the finger. 



Tannin, green nut 
shells. 



Javelle water, warm 
chlorine water; 
concentrated so- 
lution of tartaric I 
acid. 



Alternate washing with water and with more or less dilute 
chlorine water, according to the colors. 



Coal tar, wagon 
grease. 



■ Soap, oil of turpen- 
tine, alternating 
with a stream of 
water. 



Rub with lard, then soap it well. After 

a time wash alternately with water 

and turpentine. 



The same ; but use 
benzine instead 
of turpentine, 
and the water 
must fall on it 
from some 
height. 



Acids. 



Red acid stains are destroyed by ammonia, followed by thorough washing with 
water. Brown stains of nitric acid are permanent. 



With the above table, a few simple chemi- 
cals, and a good deal of care and persever- 
ance, any one may set up a chemical cleaning 
establishment. Great pains must be taken 
when ether and benzine are employed to avoid 
their taking fire, the vapor of which when 



mixed with air is highly explosive. An open 
bottle of ether will take fire at a distance of 
several feet from an open flame, as a heavy 
invisible vapor issues from the bottle; when 
the vapor reaches the flame of a lamp the 
whole mass of vapor takes fire. — Muster Zeit. 



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2452. Scouring: Bricks. 

Scouring brick may be made by mixing sand 
■with a small percentage of clay and baking. 
The quantity and heat required may be easily 
ascertained by trial. Mucilage and gums may 
be used, but they are not equal to clay as a 
cement for scouring brick. A very small por- 
tion of Portland cement might be made avail- 
able, to avoid the baking process. 



2453. To Clean Shawls. 

White woolen shawls will not always stand 
washing successfully. A safe way to clean 
such an article is to brush all the dust out, 
spread it on a table, then sprinkle over it 
a quantity of finely ground white starch (rice 
or potato, not wheat); fold up the shawl into 
a square, powdering liberally between each 
fold. The shawl should be put away for sev- 
eral hours, and then be opened and dusted. 
The starch will have absorbed all the grease 
that may have been present and collected the 
dust. If such shawls are very dirty, they 
may be pressed between two damp blankets 
before the starch is put on. Gray and light 
blue woolen shawls may be treated in the 
same way, only using slightly blued starch in- 
stead of pure white starch. The shawls must 
be well shaken to get rid of the powder. 



2454. Laun drying of Shirts. A 

(Chinese Method.) 
A rather thick starch paste is prepared by 
first beating up a handful of raw starch, usu- 
ally corn starch, and a teaspoonful of fine rice 
flour, with about 1 quart of water, making a 
liquid of creamlike consistence. A certain 
quantity (determined alone by personal ex- 
perience) is poured into a quantity of boiling 
water, while the latter js violently stirred 
with a short wooden spatula. With this the 
portions of the linen to be dressed are well 
smeared, the linen moist from wringing and 
the starch quite hot. Thus smeared the 
pieces are laid aside for a few minutes, then 
rubbed well between the hands, so that the 
paste is well distributed in the fabric. The 
linen is then usually dried by artificial heat. 
When ready for ironing, the starched portions 
are dampened by means of a cloth dipped in 
raw starch water, to which has been added 
a small quantity — about % an ounce to the 
quart of blood albumen — clarified serum of 
bullock's blood. The proportion of starch in 
this water is usually about as 1 to 50 of 
water. In ironing the irons are first, made 
very hot, and cooled somewhat externally just 
before using by momentarily plunging them 
into*a pail of water. The irons, commonly 
employed are what are termed polishing irons 
— they have the posterior edge rounded in- 



stead of angular, as in the ordinary smoothing 
or sadiron. Much of the fine gloss observed 
on shirts laundried by Chinamen is accom- 
plished by the skillful, manipulation of this 
"rounded edge" over the work — a manipula- 
tion very difficult to describe in words. It 
is most laborious work for those not accus- 
tomed to it. It not only renders the surface 
glossy, but imparts easy flexibility to the 
heavilv starched fabric otherwise not attain- 
able. Custom made shirts are usually laun- 
dried before delivery in trade at the factory, 
the ironing in these cases being largely per- 
formed by steam mangles, though some are 
hand finished. The following recipe for a 
laundry starch is said to produce a very fine 
and lasting gloss on linen without the ex- 
penditure of the amount of labor in ironing 
usually requisite to produce a fair appear- 
ance: 

Corn starch 1 ounce. 

Water, boiling 17-8 pints. 

Bluing q. s. 

To this when it has cooled somewhat is 
added and thoroughly mixed in about half an 
ounce of the following preparation: 

Gum arabic 8 3-5 parts. 

Sugar, loaf 2% parts. 

Soap, white curd % part. 

Water glass ("A" syrup) 1 part. 

Egg albumen 4 parts. 

Water, warm 20 parts. 

In preparing this the first three ingre- 
dients are dissolved together in the water at 
boiling heat, the water glass is then added, 
and when the mixture has cooled down to 
about 150° Fah. the egg albumen is put in and 
the whole w 7 ell beaten together. 



2455. Laundrying of Shirts. B 

Starch 1 ounce. 

Paraffin 3 drams (about). 

White Sugar 1 tablespoonful. 

Table salt 1 tablespoonful. 

Water q. s. 

Rub up the starch wdth soft water into a 
thick smooth paste. Add nearly or quite a 
pint of boiling water, with the salt and sugar 
dissolved in it, and, having dropped in the 
paraffin, boil for at least half an hour, stir- 
ring to prevent burning. Strain the starch 
and use while hot. Sufficient bluing may be 
added to the w r ater, previous to tbe boiling, to 
overcome the yellowish cast of the starch, if 
necessary. Spermaceti may be used in place 
of paraffin. Starched linen can only be 
properly finished by hard pressure applied to 
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2456. Glossed Shirt Bosoms. A 

Take 2 ounces of fine white gum arabic 
powder, put it in a pitcher and pour on a pint 
or' more of water, and then, having covered it, 
let it stand all night. In the morning, pour 
it carefully from the dregs into a clean bot- 
tle, cork, and keep it for use. A teaspoonful 
of gum water stirred in a pint of starch, made 
in the usual way, will give to lawns, white 
or printed, a look of newness, when nothing 
else can restore them, after they have been 
washed. 



2457. Glossed Shirt Bosoms. B 

Melt 2% pounds of the very best par- 
affin wax over a slow fire. When liquefied 
remove from the fire and stir in 100 drops oil 
of citronella. Have some new round pie tins; 
place them on a level table, coat them slightly 
with sweet oil, and pour about six table- 
spoonfuls of the enamel into each tin. The 
pan may be floated in water to cool the con- 
tents sufficiently to permit the mixture to be 
cut or stamped out with a tin cutter into 
small cakes about the size of a peppermint 
lozenge. Two of these cakes added to each 
pint of starch will cause the smoothing iron 
to impart the finest possible finish to muslin 
or linen, besides perfuming the clothes. 



2458. Glossed Shirt Bosoms. C 

Take of white wax, 1 ounce; spermaceti, 2 
ounces; melt them together with a gentle 
heat. When you have prepared a sufficient 
amount of starch, in the usual way, for a 
dozen pieces, put into it a piece of the polish 
about the size of a large pea; using more or 
less, according to large or small washings. 
Or thick gum solution (made by pouring boil- 
ing water upon gum arabic) may be used. 
One tablespoonful to a pint of starch gives 
clothes a beautiful gloss. 



2459. To Clean Shoes. 

Defaced kid boots will be greatly improved 
by being rubbed well with a mixture of 
cream and ink. 



24G0. To Clean White Satin Shoes. 

Put in the shoe something which will fill it 
out. Then rub the shoe gently with a piece 
of muslin dipped in spirits of wine. Do this 
several tinips. Then wipe the shoe carefully 
with a piece of dry muslin. 



calcined magnesia with pure benzine, so that 

a mass is formed sufficiently moist to let 

i a drop form when pressed. The mixture has 

i to be preserved in glass bottles with ground 

stoppers, in order to retain the easily volatile 

benzine. A little of the mixture is placed on 

a wad of cotton and applied to the glass plate. 

Do not use near a fire or light, as the benzine 

J vapor is very inflammable and explosive. 

2462. Silk Cleaner. 

Soft soap % pound. 

Brandy 2 teaspoonfuls. 

Proor spirit 1 pint. 

Water 1 pint. 

Mix well together. 

Apply with a sponge on each side of the 
silk, taking care not to crease the silk. Rinse 
2 or 3 times and iron on the wrong side, put- 
ting a piece of thin muslin between the silk 
and the iron. 



2463. To Clean Silk. 

Xo silks look well after washing, no matter 
how carefully it may be done, and, therefore, 
i it should never be resorted to without abso- 
I lute necessity. It is recommended to sponge 
faded silks with warm water and soap, and 
then to rub them with a dry cloth on a flat 
board, after which, to iron them on the inside 
with a smoothing iron. Sponging a little with 
spirits will also improve old black silks. The 
ironing may be done on the right side, with 
thin paper spread over them to prevent glaz- 
ing. 



2464. To Clean White Silk. 

White silk is best cleaned by dissolving 
curd soap in water as hot as the hand can 

; bear, and passing the silk through and 

! through, handling it gently, and rubbing any 
spots till they disappear. The silk should 

j then be rinsed in lukewarm water, and 

! stretched by pins to dry. 



2465. To Clean Black Silk. 

To bullock's gall add boiling water sufficient 
to make it warm, and with a clean sponge rub 
the silk well on both sides; squeeze it well 
out, and proceed in like manner. Rinse it in 
spring water, and change the water until per- 
j fectly clean Dry it in the air, and pin it out 
on a table; but first dip the sponge in glue 
water, and rub it on the wrong side; then dry 
before a fire. 



2466. To Renovate Black Silk. 

2461. To Clean Show Windows. The French process is to use a weak solu- 

A good cleaning powder for show windows tion of cofl^e water. Do not wet the silk too 

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bing witb a soft silk handkerchief. White 
silks can be cleaned with a dry powder 
formed of fine starch and a little laundry 
blue. Rub over the tissue and dust out thor- 
oughly. Bread crumbs or chalk should be 
used for pink or cream colored silks. Silks 
may be ironed on the wrong side with a 
moderately hot iron, or on the right side (to 
give the fine luster) if well protected by two 
folds of slightly damped muslin. 



3467. To Clean Silver. A 

Silver articles discolored by sulphureted 
hydrogen may be cleaned by rubbing them 
with a boiling saturated solution of borax. 
Another goo'd preparation is a solution of 
caustic ootash with some bits of metallic zinc. 



3468. To Clean Silver. B 

Silver which has become much tarnished 
may be restored by immersion in a warm solu- 
tion of 1 part cyanide of potassium to 8 parts 
of water. (This mixture is extremely poison- 
ous.) Washing well with water, and drying, 
will produce a somewhat dead-white appear- 
ance, which may be quickly changed to a 
brilliant luster by polishing with a soft 
leather and. rouge. 

3469. To Clean Silver. C 

Wash in hot soapsuds (use the silver soap 
if convenient); then clean with a paste of 
whiting and whisky. Polish with buckskin. 
If silver was always washed in hot suds, 
rinsed well, and wiped dry, it would seldom 
need anything else. 

3470. To Clean Silver. » 

A fresh concentrated solution of hyposul- 
phite of soda will dissolve at once the coat of 
sulphide of silver, which is the cause of the 
blackness produced by mustard, eggs, etc., or 
anything containing sulphur. 

3471. To Clean Silver. E 

Add gradually 8 ounces of prepared chalk 
to a mixture of 2 ounces of spirits of tur- 
pentine, 1 ounce of alcohol, % ounce of spirits 
of camphor, and 2 drams of aqua ammonia. 
Apply with a soft sponge, and allow it to dry 
before polishing. 

3473. Silver Cleaning Compound. A 

Ammonium carbonate .... 1 ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Paris white 16 ounces. 

Mix well, and apply by means of soft 
leather. 



3473. Silver Cleaning Compound. B 

Rouge (very fine) and prepared chalk, equal 
parts; use dry. 

3474. Silver Cleaning Compound. C 

Whiting (fine) 2 parts. 

White oxide of tin 1 part. 

Calcined hartshorn 1 part. 

3475. To Remove Yellow Coating from 

Silver Spoons. 

Dissolve 1 ounce cyanide of potassium in 1 
quart of soft water and you will have a dip 
in which you can wash your spoons and in- 
stantly remove the sulphide of silver. The 
solution must be kept in a bottle that is 
tightly corked and labeled "poison." 

3476. 

Egg spoons get tarnished by the sulphur in 
the egg uniting with the silver. This tarnish 
is a sulphuret of silver, and may be removed 
by rubbing with wet salt or ammonia. 

It may be exposed to uniform heat, and 
then boiled in strong alum water. 

3477. To Remove Ink Stains from Silver. 

Make a paste of chloride of lime and water 
and rub upon the stains. 



3478. To Restore the Color of Filigree 
Silver Jewelry. 

How can the original white color of silver 
filigree jewelry be restored when tarnished by 
wear or shop worn? A. First wash the arti- 
cles in a solution of 1 fluid ounce of liquid 
potassa in 20 of water, rinse and then im- 
merse in a mixture of salt, 1 part; alum, 1 
part; saltpeter, 2 parts; dissolved in 4 parts 
water. Let them remain for five ' minutes ; 
wash in cold water and dry with chamois 
leather. 



3479. To Prepare and Bleaeh Skeletons. 

It is impossible to extract the oily material 
from the bones except by a very slow process. 
Boiling in any amount of alkali, say washing 
soda, will not accomplish it, and all the oil 
must be absolutely removed before you can 
do anything toward the bleaching. Very long 
maceration in water alone or in soda and 
water will eventually effect it, but a much 
better material is benzine. Make a tin box 
into which you pack your skeleton, solder on 
the cover, leaving only a round hole for 
filling. Pour in benzine till the box is filled, 
stop the hole closely, and leave it undisturbed 
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clean, and can be bleached perfectly by sun- 
light. Chlorine will do the bleaching quicker, 
but it injures the bones; never use it. Any 
shorter process will give you a skeleton that 
is always nasty. 



2480. To Remove Silver Nitrate Stains. 

In the manipulation of the nitrate of silver 
bath solutions in photography, the operator 
frequently receives stains of the salt upon his 
clothing, which are not very attractive in ap- 
pearance. Stains or marks of any kind made 
with the above silver solution or bath solu- 
tion may be promptly removed from the cloth- 
ing by simply Averting the stain or mark with 
a solution of bichromate of mercury. The 
chemical result is the change of the black- 
looking nitrate of silver into chromate of 
silver, which is whiter or invisible on the 
cloth. Bichromate of mercury can be 
obtained at the drug stores. 



2481. 

Sodiuja sulphite 1 ounce. 

Chloride of lime % ounce. 

"Water 2 ounces. 

Mix. 
Use a nail brush. 



2483. 

Dip the fingers into a strong solution of 
cupric chloride. In about a minute the silver 
will be converted into a chloride, and may 
then be washed off with hyposulphate of soda 
solution. 



2483. 

The immediate and repeated application of 
a very weak solution of cyanide of potassium 
{accompanied by thorough rinsings in clean 
water) will generally remove these without 
injury to the colors. 



2484. 

How to Remove Nitrate of Silver Stains 
from the Fingers. — Paint the blackened parts 
with tincture of iodine; let remain until the 
black becomes white. The skin will then be 
red, but by applying ammonia the iodine will 
be bleached, leaving white instead of black 
stains of nitrate of silver. 



2485. 

Nitrate of silver stains may be removed by 
rubbing them with a weak solution of sul- 
phydrate of ammonium or strong solution of 
iodide of potassium. 



2486. Soap for Removing Stains. 

Take 22 pounds of the best white soap and 
reduce it to thin shavings. Place it in a 
boiler, together with water, 8.8 pounds: ox- 
gall, 18.25 pounds. Cover up and allow to re- 
main at rest all night. In the morning heat 
up gently and regulate it so that the soap 
may dissolve without stirring. When the 
whole is homogeneous and flows smoothly, 
part of the water having been vaporized, add 
turpent ne, 0.55 pounds; benzine, best clear, 
0.44 pounds; and mix well. While still in the 
state of fusion color with green ultramarine 
and ammonia, pour into moulds and stand for 
a few days before using. The product will 
be found to act admirably, and the yield is 
very good indeed. — Mouiteur de la Teinture. 



2487. To Clean Sponges. 

"In a large basin mix about a pint of water 
and 2 tablespoonfuls of sulphuric acid (com- 
mon oil of vitriol), then steep the sponge 
about two hours, wring it out several times 
in the acid, and finally well wash out the acid 
acid in clean water; it was then just like new, 
having regained its former size, color and 
elasticity, with not the slightest trace of its 
former sliminess. It was a large bath sponge, 
and in an extremely bad condition." — English 
Mechanic. 



3488. To Remove Spots and Stains. 

Taking out grease and other spots from 
clothes is an application of chemistry which 
has a practical interest for everybody. It 
demands a certain acquaintance with solvents 
and reagents, even though we may not under- 
stand the laws of chemical affinity on which 
their action depends. The general principle 
is the applying to the spot a substance which 
has a stronger affinity for the matter com- 
posing it than this has for cloth, and which 
shall render it soluble in some liquid, so that 
it can be washed out. At the same time it 
must be something that will not injure the 
texture of tne fabric or change its color. The 
practical hints we shall give are condensed 
from a variety of foreign sources. 

2489. 

The best substances for removing grease or 
oil are: 1. Benzine. 2. Soap. 3. Chalk, 
fuller's earth, steatite, or "French chalk." 
These should be merely diffused through a 
little water to form a thin paste, which is 
spread upon the spot, allowed to dry. and 
then brush out. 4. Oxgall and yolk of egg 
which have the property of dissolving fatty 
' bodies without affecting perceptibly the tex- 
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purified to prevent its greenish tint from de- 
grading the brilliancy of dyed stuffs or the 
purity of whites. Thus prepared it is the 
most effective of all substances known for 
removing this kind of stains, especially from 
woolen cloths. It is to be diffused through 
its own bulk of water, applied to the spots, 
rubbed well into them with the hands till 
they disappear, after which the stuff is to be 
washed with soft water. 5. The volatile 
oil of turpentine. This 1 will take out only 
recent stains; for which purpose it ought to 
be previously purified by distillation over 
quicklime. 

2490. 

The following recipes deal especially with 
the garment dyer: 1. Steam has the prop- 
erty of softening fatty matters, and thus 
facilitating their removal by reagents. 

2. Sulphuric acid may be employed in cer- 
tain cases, especiallv to brighten and raise 
greens, reds, and yellows; but it must be 
diluted with at least 100 times its weight of 
water and more, according to the delicacy of 
the shaaes. 

3. Muriatic acid is used with success for 
removing spots of ink and iron mould upon a 
great number of colors which it does not 
sensibly affect. 

4. Sulphurous acid is only used for bleach- 
ing undyed goods, straw hats, etc., and for re- 
moving fruit stains upon white woolen and 
silk tissues. The fumes of burning sulphur 
are also employed for this object, but the 
liquid acid (or a solution of the bisulphite — 
not bisulphate — of soda or magnesia) is safer. 

5. Oxalic acid serves for removing spots 
of ink and iron and the residues of mud spots, 
which do not yield to other cleansing agents. 
It may also be employed for destroying the 
stains of fruit and of astringent juices, and 
stains of urine which have become old upon 
any tissue. Nevertheless, it is best con- 
fined to undyed goods, as it attacks not 
merely fugitive colors, but certain of the 
lighter fast colors. The best method of ap- 
plying it is to dissolve it in cold or lukewarm 
water, and to let a little of the solution re- 
main upon the spot before rubbing it with 
the hands. 

6. Citric acid serves to revive and raise 
certain colors, especially greens and yellows; 
it destroys the effect of alkalies and any 
bluish or crimson spots which appear upon 
scarlets. In its stead acetic acid may be em- 
ployed. 

7. Liquid ammonia is the most energetic 
and useful agent employed for cleaning tis- 
sues and silk hats, and for quickly neutraliz- 



ing the effects of acids. In the latter case it 
is often sufficient to expose the goods to the 
fumes of this alkali in order to remove such 
spots entirely. Ammonia gives a violet cast 
to all shades produced with cochineal, lac, 
the redwoods or logwood, and all colors topped 
with cochineal. It does not deteriorate silks, 
but at elevated temperatures it perceptibly at- 
tacks woolens. It serves to restore the black 
upon silks damaged by damp. 

8. The carbonate of soda (soda crystals) 
serves equally in most of the cases where am- 
monia is employed. It is good for hats 
affected by sweat. 

9. Soda and potash only serve for white 
goods, of linen, hemp, or cotton; for these 
alkalies attack colors and injure the tenacity 
and suppleness of woolen and silk. For the 
same reason white soap is only to be recom- 
mended for cleaning white woolen tissues. 

10. Mottled soaps serve for cleaning heavy 
stuffs of woolen or cotton, such as quilts; for 
such articles which do not require great sup- 
pleness or softness of feel the action of the 
soap may be enhanced by the addition of a 
small quantity of potash. 

11. Soft potash soaps may be usefully em- 
ployed in solution, along with gum arabic or 
other mucilaginous matters, for cleaning dyed 
goods, and especially self-colored silks. This 
composition is preferable to white or marbled 
soaps, as it removes the spots better and at- 
tacks the colors much less. , 

12. Oxgall, which can be obtained from the 
butchers in a sort of membraneous bag (the 
so-called gall bladder), has the property of 
dissolving the majority of fatty bodies with- 
out injuring either the color or the fiber. It 
may be used preferably to soap for cleaning 
woolens; but it should not be employed for 
cleaning stuffs of light and delicate colors, 
which it may spoil by giving them a greenish 
yellow, or even a deep green tint. It is mixed 
also with other matters, such as oil of tur- 
pentine, alcohol, honey, yelk of egg, clay (ful- 
ler's earth), etc., and in this state is used for 
cleaning silks. 

13. To obtain a satisfactory result gall 
ought to be very fresh. To preserve it a 
simple method is to tie the neck of the gall 
bladder well with a string, and hold the 
bladder in boiling water for some time. This 
being done, it is taken out and let dry in the 
sha"de. 

14. Yelk of egg possesses nearly the same 
properties as oxgall, but is much more costly. 
It must be used as quickly as possible, for it 
losses its efficacy with keeping. It is some- 
times mixed with an equal bulk of oil of tur- 
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2491. To Remove Spots made by Stearin 
Sperm Candles. 

1. For all kinds use 95 per cent alcohol. 

2. Scrape off as much as possible with a 
knife then lay a thin, soft white blotting 
paper upon the spots and press with a warm 
iron. By repeating this the spermaceti will 
be drawn out. Afterward, rub the cloth 
where the spots have been with some very 
soft, brownish paper. 

2493. To Clean Stones. 

To remove grease from stone steps or 
passages, pour strong soda and water boiling 
hot over the spot, lay on it a little fuller's 
earth made into a thin paste with boiling 
water, let it remain all night, and if the 
grease be not removed, repeat the process. 
Grease may sometimes be taken out by rub- 
bing the spot with a hard stone — not hearth- 
stone — using sand and very hot water, with 
soap and soda. 

2493. Spots of Sugar, Glue, Blood, Albumen. 

On white goods, on dyed tissues of cotton 
and wool, and on silk, simple washing with 
water. 

2494. To Cleanse and Bleach Tallow. 

Dissolve 1 pound of alum in 2 gallons of 
water: the water should be boiling. Xow add 
20 pounds of tallow and continue to boil for 
about an hour, skimming frequently. Strain 
through stout muslin and allow it to harden. 

2495. Jackman's "Washing Compound. 

Six pounds sal soda, 1 pound borax, dissolve 
in 1 gallon boiling water. When cold, add 
1-3 pound potassium carbonate, 3 ounces 
liquid ammonia, 4 spoonfuls alcohol. Boil for 
five minutes % pound fresh, unslaked lime 
in 1 gallon water. Draw off the clear fluid 
when thoroughly settled. Add to this the 
other ingredients with 9 gallons cold, water. 

Directions for using: Soak the clothes over 
night, after rubbing soft soap on the dirty 
places. In the morning add % pint of the 
compound, % pint soft soap, and 4 gallons hot 
water. Boil not more than five minutes, and 
turn into a tub, putting into your boiler the 
same mixture as before. Wring the clothes 
Into this and boil again ten minutes, suds, 
blue, and hang them out to dry. Should the 
wristbands or parts that are very dirty need 
a little rubbing, it should be done while the 
mixture is boiling. 

2496. Wash Mixture. A 

Wash Mixture. — Take 5 pounds bar soap, 
shave fine, add 1 quart lye, H ounce p^arlash. 
dissolved over a slow fire. When dissolved. 



put into a vessel prepared for it to s'tand in; 
then add % pint turpentine, 1 gill hartshorn; 
stir well, and it is ready for use. 



2497. Wash Mixture. B 

Dissolve y 2 pound soda in 1 gallon boiling 
water, and pour upon it % pound lime. After 
this has settled, cut up 10 ounces of common 
bar soap, and strain the solution upon it and 
mix perfectly. Great care must be taken that 
no particles of lime are poured upon the soap. 
Prepare the mixture the evening before wash- 

Directions: To 10 gallons water add the 
above preparation when the water is boiling. 
Each lot of linen must boil half an hour, and 
the same liquid will answer for three batches 
of clothes. The white clothes must be put in 
soak over night, and if the collars and wrist- 
bands are soaped and rubbed slightly, so 
much the better. Clean cold water may be 
used for rinsing. Some prefer boiling them 
for a few moments in clean bluing water, and 
afterward rinse in cold water. 



2498. Wash Mixture. C 

The following compound is said greatly to 
facilitate the washing of clothes: Dissolve 2 
pounds bar soap in about 3 gallons of water 
as hot as the hand can bear. Add 1 table- 
spoonful of turpentine and 3 of ammonia. 
Stir, and steep the clothes in this for three 
hours, keeping the vessel tightly covered. 
Then wash the clothes in the usual way. 
The soap and water may be used a second 
time, in which case a teaspoonful of turpen- 
tine ana the same amount of ammonia must 
j be added. This treatment is calculated to 
save much labor in cleansing summer clothes 
stained by fruit, etc. 

2499. Wash Mixture. J> 

The German washerwomen use a mixture 
of 2 ounces turpentine and 1 ounce spirits of 
ammonia well mixed together. This is put 
into a bucket of warm water in which one-half 
pound soap has been dissolved. The clothes 
are immersed for twenty-four hours and then 
washed. The cleansing is said to be greatly 
quick sued, and two or three rinsings in cold 
water remove the turpentine smell. 

2500. Wash Mixture. E 

Borax is valuable for laundry use, instead 
of soda. Add a handful of it, powdered, to 
about 10 gallons of boiling water, and you 
need use only half the ordinary allowance of 
soap. For laces, cambrics, etc., use an extra 
quantity of tbe powder. It will not injure the 
texture of the cloth in the least. 



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3501. Washing Powders. 

Hager, in Phar. Centralhalle, gives the fol- 
lowing analyses: 

1. The so-called English Washing Crystal 
is an impure, half efflorescent crystallized 
soda, containing a large proportion of sul- 
phate of soda and common salt. 

2. Under the name of Washing Crystals 
simply a filtered solution of borax and soda 
has been introduced. 

3. The English Patent Cleansing Crystal 
Washing Powder is a half efflorescent soda, 
containing about 25 per cent of Glauber's 
salts. 

4. The Washing and Cleansing Crystals 
{Harper Twelvetrees & Sons), are pure cry- 
stallized soda, with 1 to 2 per cent of borax. 

5. Krimmelbein's Wool Washing Composi- 
tion is a mixture of 35 parts of dried soda, 10 
parts of soap powder, and 10 parts of sal am- 
moniac. 

6. Ward's Wool Washer is a mixture of 90 
parts of effloresced soda crystals with 10 parts 
of soap powder. 

7. The Universal Washing Powder (Hen- 
kel's) is a water glass containing soda, with a 
small percentage of tallow soap and starch 
powder. 

8. Hudson's Soap Extract is a mixture of 
crystallized soda and soda soap, containing 
water (soap 14:3, anhydrous soda 30, and 
water 55) . 

9. A washing powder for the finest white 
linen is a powdery mixture of 90 parts of 
effloresced soda with 10 parts of hyposulphite 
of soda and 2 parts of borax. 

10. The so-called Finest Brilliant Elastic 
Starch is a mixture of about 7 to 8 parts of 
stearine, with 100 parts of wheaten starch 
<melted stearine is mixed with about fifteen 
times Its weight of starch, and after cooling 
powdered and combined with the rest of the 
starch). 

11. The Eerlin Prepared Brilliant Dressing 
Starch is good wheaten starch, mixed with 2 
to 2y 2 per cent of borax. 



2502. Benzine Jelly. 

White castile soap j 12 parts. 

Ammonia water 4 parts. 

Benzine 65 parts. 

Water 20 parts. 

Dissolve the soap in the water by the aid 
of heat, remove from the fire and add the am- 
monia water; stir until nearly ready to set, 
and then incorporate the benzine. 



2503. Kid-Reviving Cream, 

White wax 2 parts. 

Tallow 1 part. 

Linseed oil 2 parts. 



Turpentine 4 parts. 

Curd-soap 1 part. 

Water to . . 20 parts. 

Dissolve the soap in the water with the 
aid of heat- mix and dissolve other ingre- 
dients; then add gradually, while warm, the 
soap solution, so as to form a thickish cream; 
add any cheap essential oil. 

The above, colored with any suitable aniline 
dye, or with fine lampblack and a trace of 
indigo, will give a suitable polish. 



3504. General Cleaning Powder. 

Soft soap 8 ounces. 

Washing soda 4 ounces. 

Borax 1 ounce. 

Strong solution of ammonia. 10 ounces. 

Methylated spirit 2 ounces. 

Water to 1 gallon. 

Add any cheap essential oil to the spirit be- 
fore mixing with the ammonia and solution 
of soap, etc., in the water. 



2505. Bijou Cleaning Fluid. 

Efher 1 dram. 

Chloroform 1 dram. 

Alcohol i 2 drams. 

Methyl, salicylate % dram. 

Deodorized benzine, to . . . 32 ounces. 
Directions same as benzine. 



3506. Deodorized Benzine. 

Benzine 1 gallon. 

Cone, sulphuric acid y 2 pound. 

Let stand a few days, shaking cautiously, 
pour off benzine and to it add 4 ounces dried 
slaked lime; shake this up in it occasionally 
for twelve hours, decant and bottle; or deodor- 
ize by shaking with a small quantity of plum- 
bate of sodium which can be made by dis- 
solving freshly precipitated oxide of lead in 
caustic soda. 



3507. Gloss for Starch. A 

French chalk •< 3 ounces. 

Powdered white soap 1 ounc^. 

Directions: Take a piece of new dry flan- 
nel and dip it into the glaze-powder, rub it 
well over the right side of the starched arti- 
cle, then proceed to iron in the usual way, 
when a beautiful gloss will be obtained. Put 
in a little borax in making the starch to give 
stiffness as usual. 



3508. Gloss for Starch. 

Powdered borax 1 dranu 

Powdered spermaceti .... 1 dram. 
Powdered French chalk . . 6 drams. 
Mix and sift. 



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2509. Labarraque's Solution of Soda. 

Sal soda 4 pounus. 

Chlor. lime Y 2 pound. 

Water 1 gallon. 

Dissolve the sal soda in a vessel in 1 gallon 
boiling water; let it boil for 10 or 15 minutes, 
then add the chloride lime; let settle and 
decant. 



2510. Soaps and Soap Making. 

On the manufacture of soap in small quan- 
tities without boiling, Mr. W. J. Menzies, in 
the course of a paper on the above subject, 
printed in the Chemist and Druggist of Au- 
gust 4, gives the following practical recipe: 

Take exactly 10 pounds of double refined 9S 
per cent caustic soda powder (Greenbank), 
put it in any can or jar with 45 pounds of 
water, stir it once or twice, when it will dis- 
solve immediately and become quite hot; let 
it stand until the lye thus made is cold. 
Weigh out and place in any convenient vessel 
for mixing, exactly 75 pounds of clean grease, 
tallow, or oil (not mineral oil). If grease or 
tallow be used, melt it slowly over the fire 
until it is liquid and just warm — say, temper- 
ature not over 100° F. If oil be used, no 
heating is required. Pour the lye slowly 
into the melted grease or oil in a small stream 
continuously, at the same time stirring with 
a fiat wooden stirrer about three inches 
broad: ccntinue gently stirring until the lye 
and grease are thoroughly combined and in I 
appearance like honey. Do not stir too long, j 
or the mixture will separate itself again, j 
The time required varies somewhat with the > 
weather and the kind of tallow, grease or oil \ 
used; from fifteen to twenty minutes will be i 
enougn. When the mixing is completed, pour j 
off the liquid soap into any old square box 
for a mould sufficiently large to hold it, pre- j 
viously dampening the sides with water so | 
as to prevent the soap sticking. Wrap up the ; 
box well with old blankets, or, better still, I 
out it in .", warm place until the next day, i 
when the box will contain a block of 130 
pounds of soap, which can afterward be cut 
up with a wire. Remember the chief points 
in the above directions, which must be ex- 
actly followed. The lye must be allowed to | 
cool. If melted tallow or grease be used, it j 
must not be more than warm. The exact 
weights of double refined 98 per cent pow- 
dered caustic soda and tallow or oil must be 
taken; also the lye must be stirred into the 
grease, not grease or oil added to the lye. If 
the grease or tallow used be not clean or 
contains salt it must be rendered, or purified, 
previous to use, that is to say, boiled with 
water, and allowed to become hard again to 
throw out the impurities. Any salt present 
will spoil the whole operation entirely, but 



discolored or rancid grease or tallow is just 
as good as fresh for soap making purposes. 

If the soap turn out streaky and uneven it 
has not been thoroughly mixed. If very 
sharp to the taste too much soda has been 
taken. If soft, mild and greasy, too little 
soda has been used. In either case it must 
now be thrown into a pan and brought to a 
boil with a little more water. In the first 
case boiling is all that is necessary; in the 
other instances a very little oil or a very little 
more of the double refined powdered caustic 
soda must be added to the water. These 
things will never happen, however, if the di- 
rections are exactly followed, and after the 
soap has been made several times with the 
experience thus gained the process is ex- 
tremely easy and the result will be always a 
good batch of soap. Beef tallow makes the 
hardest soap, mutton fat a rather softer soap; 
of oils, cotton seed is the cheapest and best, 
but the soap is much softer, lathering very 
freely indeed. Ordinary household fat or 
dripping will make a nice soap and in many 
places can be obtained at a very trifling cost, 
and in exchange for goods sold. Such grease, 
however, must be carefully examined for salt, 
which it often contains. It will be evident 
that any smaller quantity of soap can be made 
at a time, according to the above directions, by 
taking the ingredients in exact proportion. 
It is not advisable to make more than double 
the quantity prescribed, as it is difficult to 
work more by hand. By making successive 
batches, however, a single person can make 
two tons of soap in a day simply with ap- 
paratus (pans, etc.), obtainable in any house- 
hold. 

By adding a few drops of essential oil just 
when the mixing is completed a toilet soap is 
produced. Oil of mirbane (artificial almond 
oil) is the cheapest, but the perfume is not 
nearly so pleasant as real almond oil, citron- 
ella or oil of cloves. If made with clean 
grease or tallow or light colored oil, the soap 
produced is quite white. 

Sometimes a little coloring matter will 
make the soap sell better, although of no 
better quality. Half an ounce of bichromate 
of potash ash dissolved in the lye will give 
a green; I pound palm oil melted with the 
tallow or oil. a yellow color; or a good brown 
can be got by burning % pound of sugar in 
a saucepan until black, then dissolving it in 
a pint of water, and adding it to the melted 
tallow before mixing. 

A very cheap and good jelly soft soap can 
be made with the above soap. Take 5 pounds 
of the hard soap, crush it down or cut it up 
into as small pieces as possible; put this into 
a pan or boiler with 10 pallous of water if a 
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half the quantity of water (five gallons); just 
bring it to a boil, and stir well, to thoroughly 
dissolve all the pieces of hard soap; pour or 
ladle it into any can, tub or barrel that is 
tight, and leave it to cool for two or three 
days. This will give about 80 pounds of jelly 
soft soap, at an exceedingly small cost. Of 
course, if made from colored and scented hard 
soap it will be a colored and scented jelly 
soap. This is; a good way cf working up the 
scraps and bits of soap after cutting up. It 
can be sold with a good profit at a very low 
figure and often as a substitute for regular 
soft soap. It is a very different article, how- 
ever, to a real potash soft soap, which should 
invariably be used for washing woolens. It 
is possible to produce this real potash soft 
soap in the cold by a somewhat similar pro- 
cess to the above. 



2511. Washing Powder Compound. 

Sal. soda, dried 4 ounces. 

Muriate of ammonia, powd. 4 ounces. 

Soda ash 4 pounds. 

The ingredients should be well dried before 
mixing. 

Directions: Put the clothes to soak over 
night in clear water. Then put the boiler on 
the stove half full of cold water and dissolve 
one tablespoonful of compound in a little 
water and add to the boiler. Stir well. Now 
put in the clothes and boil twenty minutes, 
then take them out and rub lightly and rinse 
and hang out to dry, and you will be surprised 
to see how much labor is saved. Will not 
injure the clothes. It saves one-half the 
labor. Try it, &c. 

3513. Wash Bluing. 

Ferrocyanuret of iron 6 ounces. 

Oxalic acid 1% ounces. 

Water distilled 2 gallons. 

Dissolve the iron and acid in a quart of the 
water, and add the remaining 1% gallons. 
This makes a good article of bluing. 

3513. Indigo Wash Bluing. 

Best bengal indigo 5 pounds. 

Strong sulphuric acid 30 pounds. 

After 5 days, place mixture in a tub and 
pour on 40 gallons boiling water. 

2514. Bluing for Laundry Use. 

Sci. Am. Cyclo. 

1. Dissolve indigo sulphate in cold water 
and filter. 

2. Dissolve good cotton blue (aniline blue .6 
B) in cold water. 



3. Dissolve fine Prussian or Berlin blue with 
Ys part of oxalic acid in water; or use ferro- 
cyanide of potassium (1/12 part) in place of ox- 
alic acid. 

4. Dissolve 7 oz. of yellow prussiate of pot- 
ash in 2.1 pints of water. Make a solution of 
sesquichloride of iron which shall contain 1 
part of the solid salt by weight to every 10 
parts of water by weight. Take equal vol- 
umes of the two solutions, and add to each 
twice its volume of cold concentrated solution 
of sulphate of soda. Finally, mix the two so- 
lutions thus obtained. The solid Prussian 
blue will immediately precipitate. This may 
be put upon a filter and washed, being kept 
exposed to the air for perhaps fifteen or 
twenty days. The excess of soluble salts will 
first be washed away, and then the latter 
washings will dissolve the blue, forming a 
deep-blue liquid, which may be used for prepa- 
rations of bluing for clothing. It is, however, 
better to buy the soft Prussian blue than to 
attempt to prepare it on a small scale. 1 oz. 
of the soft Prussian blue powdered, and put 
into a bottle with 1 qt. of clear rain water, 
acidulated by % of an oz. of oxalic acid, is 
a good preparation. A very small portion 
suffices for a large amount of clothing. 



3515. A Disinfective Laundry Blue. 

Mix together 16 parts of Prussian blue, 2 
parts of carbolic acid, 1 part of borax, and 1 
part of gum arabic into a stiff dough. Roll 
it out into balls as large as hazel nuts, and 
coat them with gelatine or gum to prevent 
the carbolic acid from escaping. 



3516. A Liquid Washing Blue. 

Water 15 parts; dissolve in this iy 2 parts 
indigo-carmine. Add % part gum arabic. 

3517. Silverine. 

We have found the following silver-clean- 
ing preparation excellent: 

Precipitated chalk 1 ounce. 

Solution of ammonia 1 ounce. 

Wood alcohol 1% ounces. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

Mix: 
The following label is a suitable one: 
SILVERINE. 
A New Preparation. 
For cleansing and restoring Gold, Silver, Gilt, 
Plated or Parcel-gilt Jewelry, Electro 
or Nickel-plated Wares, Polished 
Brass, &c, &c. 
WARRANTED FREE FROM MERCURY. 
Instructions for Use. — Well shake up, and 
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cloth; then rub off perfectly dry with wool, 
soft leather, or cloth. If for fancy work, ap- 
ply as above and lightly polish off with a soft 
cloth. For gold, gilt, and brass articles, di- 
lute to half strength by adding water. 

To be kept tightly corked when not in use. 

TO CLEAN BRASS. 

The Government method prescribed for 
cleaning brass, and in use at all the United 
States arsenals, is claimed to be the best in 
the world. The plan is to make a mixture of 
1 part common nitric acid and one-half part 
sulphuric acid, in a stone jar, haying also 
ready a pail of fresh water and a box of saw- 
dust. The articles to be treated are dipped 
into the acid, then removed into the water, 
and finally rubbed with sawdust. This im- 
mediately changes them to a brilliant color. 
If the brass has become greasy, it is first 
dipped in a strong solution of potash and soda 
in warm water; this cuts the grease, so that 
the acid has free power to act. 

2518. Brass Paste. A 

Rotten stone 2 pounds. 

Soft soap 1 pound. 

Oil of amber 1 ounce. 

2519. Brass Paste. B 

Oxalic acid 2 ounces. 

Soft soap y 2 pound. 

Sweet oil y 2 pound. 

Turpentine 1 ounce. 

Rotten stone 4% pounds. 

Boiling water 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the acid in the water, add the rot- 
ten stone, and, finally, the other ingredients. 



2520. Gilding Powder. 

For gilding such metals as copper and silver 
the following powder is said by Martin to 
give good results: 

Gold chloride 20 parts. 

Potassium cyanide 60 parts. 

Cream of tartar 5 parts. 

Precipitated chalk 100 parts. 

Before using, the powder is to be mixed 
with 100 parts of water, and rubbed upon the 
metal with a pad of cotton-wool. 



2521. L.acquers Not Requiring Heat 

for Metals. A 

Shellac 5 ounces. 

Gamboge 5 drams. 

Pyro-acetic ether (acetone) . 30 ounces. 
S. V. M 3 pints. 



2522. B 

Shellac 1 ounce. 

Dragon's blood 1 dram. 

Annatto 1 dram. 

Saffron 4 drams. 

Gamboge 2 ounces. 

Sandarac 1 ounce. 

S. V. M 2 pints. 

2523. C 

Shellac 2 ounces. 

Dragon's blood 1 dram. 

Annatto 8 drams. 

Turmeric 4 ounces. 

Sandarac 8 ounces. 

S. V. M 2 pints. 

These give: A, pale yellow; B, fine 
pale; C, pale gold. Cold lacquers are like 
the cold-water starches — it greatly depends 
upon the directions for success in their use. 
The lacquering-room must be sufficiently 
warm to ensure absence of moisture from the 
surface of the metal, and to prevent blister- 
ing and scaling off of the varnish. Cold lac- 
quers require at least two days before they 
are sufficiently hard; longer should be given 
if possible. 

2524. D 

Gold, green, and light blue. The following 
is a good basis. Use aniline colors; for gold, 
turmeric or gamboge. 

Turpentine 8 ounces. 

Linseed oil (boiled) 4 ounces. 

Fused amber 4 ounces. 

Shellac 1 ounce. 

Dissolve with heat. 

2525. Brass Paste. C 

Rotten stone in finest pow- 
der 4 ounces. 

Oxalic acid 1 ounce. 

Sweet oil iy 2 ounces. 

Turpentine. .. .q. s. to make a paste. 
Coloring matter may be added if desired. 

2526. Silver Plating Paste. 

Nitrate of silver % ounce. 

Common salt jounce. 

Cyanide of potassium 1 ounce. 

Chalk a sufficiency. 

Dissolve the silver nitrate in a pint of 
water, and add the salt-dissolved in as much 
water. Mix the solutions, and collect the pre- 
cipitate on a piece of cotton cloth. Transfer 
the moist precipitate to a mortar containing 
the cyanide (in powder), and dissolve by ad- 
ding more water if necessary; then make the 
solution into a spreadable paste with prepared 
chalk. 



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To silver any tarnished article spread some 
of the paste upon the spot, and leave for a 
few hours ; then brush it off. Repeat if neces- 
sary. The result is not so good as by elec- 
tro-deposition, but home-made things are never 
so good as those produced by experts. 



8537. Polishing Paste for Brass. D 

Tripoli 1 pound. 

Spanish whiting 1 pound. 

Pumice (finest powder) % pound. 

Oleic acid 4 ounces. 

Petrolatum q. s. to make a soft paste. 

The oleic acid and petrolatum to be the 
crude commercial articles. 



3538. 

The red polishing-paste for metals is made 
according to the following formula: 

Peroxide of iron 6 ounces. 

Kieselguhr 1 ounce. 

Paraffin oil 1V 2 ounces. 

The powders are to be in as fine a state of 
division as possible. Mix them, add the par- 
affin oil. then make into a paste with equal 
parts of lard and crude vaseline, and perfume 
with oil of mirbane. 



3539. Silverine Solution. 

Cyanide of potassium 2 ounces. 

Nitrate of silver q. s. or 1 oz. 

Distilled water 12 ounces. 

Precipitated chalk 2 ounces. 

Dissolve the cyanide in the water and add 
to it a concentrated solution of nitrate silver 
as long as the precipitate found at first is re- 
dissolved, and lastly mix in the chalk. 

This liquid is applied with a soft bit of linen. 
The piece when silvered is well washed with 
water and the surface dried and gently pol- 
ished with chamois skin. 

For gilding substitute chloride of gold for. 
nitrate of silver. 



3530. Slove Blacking. 

(Sci. Am. Cyclo.) 
Mix 2 parts of black lead, 4 parts of cop- 
peras, and 2 parts of bone black, with water, 
so as to form a creamy paste. This is an ex- 
cellent polish, as the copperas produces a jet 
black enamel, causing the black lead to adhere 
to tne iron. 

3531. r 

Plumbago, 2 lb. ; water, 8 oz. ; turpentine, 8 
oz. ; sugar, 2 oz. Knead thoroughly and keep 
in tin boxes. Apply with a brush. 



3533. 

Plumbago, make into a thin paste with so- 
dium silicate or water glass. This makes an 
excellent stove polish and should be brushed 
thoroughly. 

3533. 

Pulverized black lead, 2 lb.; spirits of tur- 
pentine, 2 gal.; water, 2 oz. ; sugar, 2 oz. 
Mix. 

3534. 

Mix 5 parts black lead, 5 parts bone black 
and 10 parts of iron sulphate. Use water q. 
s. to form a paste. This is an excellent prep- 
aration and the coating is very permanent. 

3535. 

Reduce graphite to an impalpable powder 
by grinding in a mill with water, dry; use 
with water first, then dry and polish. This 
is the base of nearly all commercial stove pol- 
ishes. 

3536. 

Turpentine and black varnish, put with any 
good stove polish, is the blacking used by 
hardware dealers for polishing heating stoves. 
If properly put on, it will last throughout the 
season. 

3537. Paste Stove Polish. 

Pulverized black lead, 2 lb.; spirits of tur- 
pentine, 2 gal.; water, 2 oz.; sugar, 2 oz.; mix. 

3538. Liquid Stove Polish. 

Bone black, 2Y 2 parts; pulverized graphite, 
2% parts; copperas, 5 parts, water, q. s. to 
form a creamy paste. 

3539. Liquid Black Lead Polish. 
Pulverized black lead, V/ 2 lb.; turpentine, 

V/ 2 gill; water, V/ 2 gill; sugar, V/ 2 oz. 

3540. Bone Black Polish. 

Mix 2 parts copperas, 1 part powdered bone 
black, and 1 part black lead with enough 
water to give proper consistency, like thick 
cream. Two applications are to be recom- 
mended. 

3541. Brunswick Black for Grates, Etc. 

Asphaltum, 5 lb. ; melt and add boiled oil, 2 
lb.; spirits of turpentine, 1 gal.; mix. 

3543. Paste Black Lead for Stoves. 

Black lead in powder 20 ounces. 

Treacle 1 ounce. 

Water a sufficiency. 

Make into a paste, and perfume if desired 
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2543. Artistic Enamel Black. 

Asphaltum 8 ounces. 

Black resin 4 ounces. 

Sugar of lead (powdered) . . % ounce. 

Drop black (powdered) % ounce. 

Oil of cassia % ounce. 

Boiled linseed oil 4 ounces. 

Turpentine 32 ounces. 

Powder the asphaltum and resin; place in 
an iron saucepan with the sugar of lead; drop 
black and linseed oil and apply heat until 
liquefied. Withdraw from heat and gradually 
add the turpentine; stirring well; then add the 
oil of cassia and mix well. Keep the bottles 
well corked. 



2544. Paste Blacking for Shoes. 

Ivory-black 16 ounces. 

Lamp-black 16 ounces. 

Treacle 16 ounces. 

Sperm oil 4 ounces. 

Vinegar 5 ounces. 

Mis and add gradually 

Sulphuric acid 4 ounces. 

When action ceases add 

Sulphate of iron y 2 ounce. 

Gum arabic 6 drams. 

Hot water 5 ounces. 

Previously mixed to form a solution. Work 
well until the paste is brought to a proper 
consistency. 



2545. Brown Leather Paste Dressing. 

Oil of turpentine 3 ounces. 

Dark-yellow wax 1 ounce. 

Palm oil 1 ounce. 

Oil of mirbane 15 minims. 

Make a paste sec. art. If not of the right 
shade add a few drops of solution of tincture 
of catechu. 



2546. Brown Shoe Polish Paste. A 

Yellow wax 4 ounces. 

Spirit of turpentine 8 ounces. 

Melt on a water-bath, strain, stir occasion- 
ally until the paste turns creamy, then add 

Nankin brown 15 grains. 

Phosphine 5 grains. 

Water % ounce 

previously dissolved. Stir constantly until the 
mixture is perfect. 



2547. Polish. 

Yellow wax 6 

Linseed oil 10 

Spirit of turpentine 30 

16 



ounces, 
ounces, 
ounces. 



Dissolve by means of a water-bath in a 
closed vessel, and add 

Primrose soap 4 ounces. 

previously dissolved in 

Water 2 pints. 

Stir continually till cold. Then with each 
1 oz. of cream mix thoroughly 

Nankin brown 5 grains. 

dissolved in 

Rectified spirits % dram. 

The resulting polish is applied to leather 
with a rag, allowed to dry, and then lightly 
polished with a soft duster. 

2548. Liquid Shoe Polish, Like Brown's. 

Water 4% gallons. 

Solid ext. of logwood 4 ounces. 

Bichromate of potash 2 ounces. 

Prussiate of potash % ounce. 

Lump borax 1% pounds. 

Gum shellac 4% pounds. 

Ammonia water 1 pint. 

Dissolve the logwood in the water ty the 
aid of direct heat; when the logwood is dis- 
solved, add the bichromate and prussiate of 
potash, then the lump borax. When the bo- 
rax is dissolved and the solution is at the 
boiling point, add the shellac, a portion at a 
time, stirring constantly until the latter is 
dissolved; add the ammonia and continue the 
boiling until the smell of the ammonia has dis- 
appeared. When cold strain through cheese 
cloth. 

2549. Furniture Polish. 

Acid acetic 1 ounce. 

Raw linseed oil 1 ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 2 ounces. 

Turpentine 2 ounces. 

Shake well before using. 
The polish may be colored, if desired, by 
adding a little aniline brown. If made in 
large quantities keep well stirred while bot- 
tling. 

2550. Mahogany Stain. 

Dragon's blood 8 ounces. 

Benzine 6 pints. 

Dissolve. 

2551. Patent Knot Filler. 

Powdered shellac 2 pounds. 

Benzine 3% pints. 

Dissolve. 

2552. French Polish. A 

Gum benzoin 6 ounces. 

Gum shellac 2 pounds. 

Resin, nig 2 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 1% gallons. 



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3553. French Polisli. B 

Shellac 2 ounces. 

Gum sandrac 2 drams. 

Gum benzoin 2 drams. 

Naptha, rect Yz P^t. 

3554. Furniture Cream. A 

Ch. and Dr. 

Castile soap 1 <*""5e. 

Yellow wax 1 pound. 

White wax 1 ° ullce - 

Turpentine 2 pints. 

Boiling water 2 pints. 

Melt the waxes on a water-hath and add tur-, 
pentine, stirring until the mixture is quite 
liquid. Separately dissolve the soap in the 
boiling water, and pour the two mixtures sim- 
ultaneously into a hot earthernware jug or jar. 
Stir for five minutes, and pour into wide 
mouthed bottles for sale. 

2555. Furniture Creani. B 

Pearlash 2 ounces. 

Soft soap 4 ounces. 

Pure yellow wax 12 ounces. 

W a ter 20 ounces. 

Boil together until a uniform cream is ob- 
tained, adding a little more water from time 
to time, and stirring all the while; then trans- 
fer to a 2-gallon jar containing 2 pints of 
warm water. Cautiously add with shaking 30 
oz. of oil of turpentine, and enough water to 
make 1 gallon. 

2556. Furniture Paste. 

Yellow wax 8 ounces. 

Resin 2 ounces. 

Turpentine 16 ounces. 

Alkanet 1 ounce. 

Put the wax and resin in a 2-lb. or 3-lb. 
covered jar, and put the jar in a pan of water 
(with a layer of tow at the bottom). Heat until 
the wax and resin are melted; add the alka- 
net, and simmer for an hour or more. Then 
remove from the fire, add the turpentine, with 
constant stirring, and strain. 

Should the mixture not be hot enough for 
straining, heat carefully on the water-bath 
again. 



3557. Taylor's Solution of Four Chlorides, 
Disinfectant. 

H. S. Taylor (Era Prize). 

Alum 10 ounces. 

Sal soda 10 ounces. 

Sal ammoniac 2 ounces. 

Common salt 2 ounces. 

Chlor. zinc 1 ounce. 

Muriatic acid, com'l q. s. 

Water q. s. to 1 gal. 



Dissolve the alum in one-half gallon of boil- 
ing water; then add the sal soda, which gives 
a precipitate of aluminum hydrate; muriatic 
acid is then added in sufficient quantity to dis- 
solve this precipitate, thereby forming alum- 
inum chloride. The other salts are then 
dissolved in the remainder of the water and 
added to the first solution. 

The advantages claimed for this preparation 
are cheapness, ease of preparation, odorless, 
non-poisonous, and its adaptability for general 
use. Its freedom from iron in the disinfec- 
tion of clothing is an important point in so 
much that it will not injure the fabric in any 
way. It commends itself for the disinfection 
of rooms by saturating a sheet with the di- 
luted solution and hanging up in any conven- 
ient place. This diluted solution may be 
made by mixing one pint of the concentrated 
solution with 1 gallon of water. 



3558. Salicylic Acid Preservative Powder. 

For meat use water containing 5 grains in 
the pint; add 5 grains to the pint of milk; for 
preserved fruits add 3 or 4 grains to 1 lb., and 
cover with parchment paper steeped in a solu- 
tion of the acid containing about 20 grains to 
the pint. 

3559. Meat Preservative Powder. 

The following is one of the most used: 

Nitrate of potash 15.5 parts. 

Chloride of sodium 73.5 parts. 

Boric acid 9.5 parts. 

3560. Lemon Sugar. 

Granulated sugar 12 pounds. 

Tartaric acid (powdered). . . 12 ounces. 

Mix well and put into 12-ounce cans; put a 
half an ounce vial of soluble essence of 
lemon into each can. 

Directions: Dissolve 3 or 4 teaspoonfuls of 
the lemon sugar in a tumblerful of cold wa- 
ter; add a few drops of the essence of lemon 
and mix well. 

3561. Custard Powder. 

Gum tragacanth (powdered) 2 ounces. 

Powdered starch 1 pound. 

Powdered turmeric 150 grains. 

Oil of bitter almonds (sine 

poison) 30 minims. 

Essence of lemon 1 dram. 

Put up in 1-ounce packages for 1 pint of 
milk. 

Directions: One packet to be rubbed in a 
dish with 2 tablespoonfuls of milk; boil the 
remainder of the milk with 2 ounces of sugar 
and while boiling pour gradually into the 
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2562. Curry Powder. 

Powdered cardamom 1 ounce. 

Powdered curcuma 1 ounce. 

Powdered capsicum 1 ounce. 

Powdered foenugreek 4 ounces. 

Powdered ginger 1 ounce. 

Powdered coriander 1 ounce. 

2563. Mixed Spices. A 

Powdered turmeric 1 ounce. 

Powdered liquorice 1 ounce. 

Powdered coriander y 2 ounce. 

Powdered caraway 2 drams. 

Powdered fenugreek 1 dram. 

Powdered anise 1 dram. 

Caraways 2 drams. 

Mis. 

2564. Mixed Spices. B 

Powdered ginger 1 ounce. 

Powdered nutmegs V± ounce. 

Powdered cloves Vi ounce. 

Powdered mace Vi ounce. 

Powdered cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Powdered allspice 1 ounce. 

Mix. 

2565. Pickle Spice. 

Black pepper 1 pound. 

White pepper y 2 pound. 

Ginger y 2 pound. 

Mustard seeds % pound. 

Capsicums 2 ounces. 

2566. Toinato Catsup. A 

Tomato pulp 20 gallons. 

Vinegar 2 gallons. 

Salt 4% pints. 

Cloves (powdered) % pound. 

Allspice (powdered) y 2 pound. 

Elack pepper (powdered).. % pound. 

Red pepper (powdered) .... 1 ounce. 

Mix. 



2567. Tomato Catsup. B 

Bruised tomatoes 1 gallon. 

Common salt 8 ounces. 

Stand for three or four days. Squeeze out 
the juice, and to every one-half gallon add 
black pepper 1 ounce. Boil half an hour, 
strain and add 

Allspice V2 ounce. 

Ginger y 2 ounce. 

Mace y 2 ounce. 

Cochineal % ounce. 

Simmer gently half an hour, strain, cool, 
and bottle. A little brandy may be added, 



and shallots, if the flavor be liked, may be 
boiled along with the black pepper. 



3568. Scotch Marmalade. 

Seville orange juice 2 pints. 

Seville orange peel cut 

small 2 pounds. 

Yellow honey 2 pounds. 

Cook to proper consistency. 

2569. Universal Seasoning. 

Salt % pound. 

Mace % ounce. 

White pepper 1 ounce. 

Cloves V-2 ounce. 

Cayenne 2 drams. 

Nutmegs 1 dram. 

2570. Celery Salt. 

Salt (finely powdered) S ounces. 

Starch (powdered) 1 ounce. 

Celery seed (powdered) 2 ounces. 

Mix. 



2571. Brown Gravy Salt. 

Salt (finely powdered) 8 ounces. 

Granl'd sugar 4 ounces. 

Cayenne (powdered) 10 grains. 

Mix' and fry in a frying pan until brown; 
rub through a sieve whilst hot. 



2572. Kitchener's Soup Herb Powder. 

Dried parsley 2 ounces. 

Winter savory 2 ounces. 

Sweet marjoram 2 ounces. 

Lemon thyme 2 ounces. 

2573. Sausage Flavor. A 

Sage y 2 pound. 

Pepper 1 pound. 

Allspice 1 pound. 

2574. Sausage Flavor. B 

Sage 1 pound. 

Marjoram 5 pound. 

Thyme 1 pound. 

Pepper 1 pound. 

Ground nutmeg 1 ounce. 

Mix. 

2575. Sausage Flavor. C 

Allspice 1 pound. 

Cloves % pound. 

White pepper % pound. 

Sage y 2 pound. 

Mix. 



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2576. Ham Sausage Seasoning. 

Cardaraon (powdered) 1 dram. 

Mace V-2 dram. 

White pepper 2 ounces. 

Salt 4 ounces. 

Coriander % ounce. 

Mix. 



2577. Savory Spices. 

Powdered white pepper. ... 8 ounces. 

Powdered mace 1 ounce. 

Powdered cloves 2 ounces. 

Powdered allspice 2 ounces. 

Powdered cardamom % ounce. 

2578. Pork Flavoring. 

Sage (powdered) 4 ounces. 

Marjoram 1 ounce. 

White pepper 2 ounces. 

Ginger (powdered) % ounce. 

Cayenne (powdered) % ounce. 

2579. Croft's Fine Table Sauce. 

Vinegar 50 gallons. 

Tamarinds 40 pounds. 

Anchovies (ground) 6 pounds. 

Cayenne pepper 3 pounds. 

Onions (ground) 12 pounds. 

Garlic (ground) 2 pounds. 

Cloves (ground) 3 pounds. 

Nutmegs (ground) % pound. 

Mace (ground) 1 pound. 

Salt 14 pounds. 

Crude pyroligneous acid. . . 1 pint. 

Salicylic acid 1 ouuce. 

Canton soy . 4 gallons. 

Brown N. O. Sugar 25 pounds. 

Put the vinegar in an 80-gallon cask (hav- 
ing a wide hung hole); add the tamarinds, 
sugar, salt and spices; grind the fish, onions 
and garlic in a cider mill and add — let stand 
(with occasional agitation) for two months; 
strain through hair cloth sieve and add the 
acids and soy; mix well. If color is not dark 
enough add burnt sugar coloring; stir well 
when bottling. In making this sauce a com- 
bination cider mill with press will be found 
useful for grinding the materials and pressing 
the marc. For making small quantities bruise 
the materials in an iron mortar. 



2580. Delmonico Sauce, Cheap. 

Vinegar 50 gallons. 

Cayenne pepper 4 pounds. 

Onions (ground) 8 pounds. 

Garlic (ground) 2 pounds. 

Tamarinds 20 pounds. 



Cloves (ground) 3 pounds. 

Nutmegs (ground) 1 pound. 

Crude pyroligneous acid. ... 1 pint. 

Salicylic acid 1 ounce. 

Salt '. 14 pounds. 

Brown N. O. sugar 25 pounds. 

Canton soy 4 gallons. 

Burnt sugar coloring % gallon. 

Put the pressed marc from the Croft's" 
sauce into an 80-gallon cask with the vinegar 
and proceed according to directions in preced- 
ing formula for making Croft's sauce. 

Sugar house molasses may be substituted 
for canton soy by adding an additional 2 
pounds of salt for each gallon of molasses- 
used; but the flavor is not so good. When 
bottling sauces stir well to equalize the sedi- 
ment in each bottle. 



3581. Digestive Relish. 

Jamaica ginger (ground).. 2 ounces. 

Black pepper 1 ounce. 

Capsicum (ground) 1 ounce. 

Pimento (ground) 1 ounce. 

Mustard (ground) 1 ounce. 

Coriander seed (ground) . . 1 ounce. 

Mace (ground) % ounce. 

Nutmegs (ground) % ouuce. 

Cloves (ground) y 2 ounce. 

Cardamon seed (ground) 3 drams. 

Garlic 4 ounces. 

Shallots (young onions). .. . 4 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 1 ounce. 

Vinegar (best) 5 quarts. 

Bruise the onions and garlic; boil with the 
spices for 15 minutes, then add 

Mushroom catsup 3 pints. 

Canton soy 2 pints. 

Again boil for 15 minutes; pour into a keg;, 
add 

Salt y 2 pound. 

Let stand for two weeks (agitate occasion- 
ally) strain. 

Always use a porcelain lined vessel for boil- 
ing acid preparations. 

2582. East India Sauce, Cheap. 

Vinegar 25 gallons. 

Canton soy 4 gallons. 

Sugar coloring y 2 gallon. 

Salt 14 pounds. 

Cayenne pepper Impounds. 

Ginger (ground).. 3 pounds. 

Cloves (ground) 1 pound. 

Tamarinds 10 pounds. 

Onions 10 pounds. 

Garlic 4 pounds. 

Salicylic acid 4 ounces. 

Borax 8 ounces. 

Water, sufficient to make 
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Process for making: Put the spices in a 
pan of cold water and boil for half an hour; 
boil tne onions and garlic until soft; soak the 
tamarinds in water for 12 hours and wash out 
the pulp; dissolve the borax and salicylic acid 
in boiling water; mix all the ingredients to- 
gether in a large cask; stir occasionally for 
two weeks and strain. Stir well when bot- 
tling so as to equalize the sediment in each 
bottle. 

3583. Yorkshire Relish. 

Curcuma (powdered) 4 ounces. 

Coriander seed (powdered). 2 ounces. 

Cayenne (powdered) 2 ounces. 

Cardamom seed (powdered) 1 ounce. 

Black pepper (powdered). .. 2 ounces. 

Mustard seed (powdered).. 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon (powdered) 1 dram. 

Mace (powdered) 1 dram. 

Cloves (powdered) 5 drams. 

Allspice (powdered) 2 . ounces. 

Assaf oetida (powdered) .... 1 ounce. 

Acetic acid (strong) 4 ounces. 

Brown sugar 24 ounces. 

Sugar coloring 1 pint. 

Canton soy 2 pints. 

Salicylic acid 1 dram. 

Vinegar 1 gallon. 

Salt % pound. 

Mushroom catsup % gallon. 

Dissolve the assafoetida in the strong acetic 
acid; boil the spices in the vinegar for 15 
minutes; pour into a keg; add the other in- 
gredients: stir occasionally for a month and 
strain. Always use a porcelain lined vessel 
for boiling vinegar. 



3584. North of England Sauce. 

Powdered pimento 6 pounds. 

Powdered cloves 3 pounds. 

Powdered black pepper 3 pounds. 

rowdered assafoetida 4 ounces. 

Cayenne pepper % pound. 

Acetic acid 2 gallons. 

Malt vinegar 4 gallons. 

' Water 6 gallons. 

Macerate together for three days, then 
Btrain, and wash the marc with 4 gallons of 
water. Reserve the strained portion, then 
boil the marc for ten minutes with 24 gallons 
of water, add 

Molasses 12 pounds.' 

Salt 12 pounds. 

Burnt sugar 2 pounds. 

Soy 6 gallons. 

Boil for another quarter of an hour, and 
■strain. When cold mix the strained liquors, 
and add salicylic acid one-half ounce dis- 
solved in spirit of chloroform 2 ounces. 



2585. Barsaloux Sauce. 

New Orleans sugar 3% pounds. 

Salt 15 ounces. 

Garlic 15 ounces. 

Grind the garlic in a meat cutter or mill; 
put into a frying pan with the sugar and salt 
and fry brown. Take 

Cayenne pepper 2 ounces. 

Ginger (ground) 7 ounces. 

Cloves 7 ounces. 

Black pepper 7 ounces. 

Soak in water (one-half gallon) over night 
and boil for three-quarters of an hour. Mix 
all together and add 

Vinegar 5 pints. 

Water 7 pints. 

Let stand for a week and strain. 



2586. Alum Baking Powder, One Spoon. 

Burnt alum (powdered) .... 16 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 17 pounds. 

Starch (powdered) 25 pounds. 



2587. Alum Baking Powder, Two Spoons. 

Burnt alum (powdered) .... 16 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 17 pounds. 

Starch (powdered) 50 pounds. 



2588. Phosphate Baking Powder, 
One Spoon. 

Acid phosphate of calcium . 20 pounds. 

Burnt alum 20 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 29 pounds. 

Starch (powdered) 30 pounds. 



2589. Phosphate Baking Powder, 
Two Spoons. 

Acid phosphate of calcium. 20 pounds. 

Burnt alum 20 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 29 pounds. 

Starch (powdered) 60 pounds. 



2590. Slow Rising Cream Tartar Baking 
Powder, Two Spoons. 

Cream of tartar 8 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 6 pounds. 

Starch powdered 14 pounds. 

Mix. 



2591. Quick Rising Baking Powder, 
Two Spoons. 

Tartaric acid 15 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 17 pounds. 

Starch powdered 64 pounds. 

Mix. 



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2592. Salt Rising Baking Powder, 

Two Spoons. 

Tartaric acid 5 pounds. 

Soda bicarb 6 pounds. 

White sugar powdered.... 4 pounds. 

Dried powdered salt 4 pounds. 

Magnesia carb., light % pound. 

Starch powdered 8 pounds. 

Mix. 

2593. Self Raising Flour. 

Cream of tartar 10 ounces. 

Soda bicarb 6 ounces. 

Best flour 100 pounds. 



2594. General Directions for Mixing 
Baking Powder. 

The ingredients should be sifted separately 
into a mixing trough; sift the starch or flour 
first; then the acid, mix well and then sift 
the soda, mix again well using preferably a 
flat wooden paddle. Then put the powders 
into a mixing machine; or sift them well at 
least three times so as to ensure thorough 
mixing; if you have no mixing machine, you 
can mix the powders in one of those keg- 
shaped rectangular churns kept for sale by 
leading hardware dealers; be careful to have 
all your materials quite dry; moisture is de- 
trimental to the keeping properties of all 
baking powders especially so to those made 
with tartaric acid or cream of tartar. The 
starch in baking powders tends to preserve 
the quality unimpaired by preventing the 
acids from attacking the soda. 



2595. Fruit Juices. 

I give instructions by which all confec- 
tioners may extract and preserve their own 
fruit essences, and so guard the health and 
add to the pleasure of all for whom they pro- 
vide. Among the juicy fruits are strawber- 
ries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries and 
currants; among non-juicy fruits are the ap- 
ples, pears, peaches, .quinces, apricots, and 
plums. 

Mash the juicy fruits in a basin to a pulp. 
Place on the fire and make scalding hot. 
Now pour into a hair sieve and allow *he juice 
to strain through. Put into bottles and se- 
curely tie down. Place these bottles in a 
caldron of cold water and boil for twenty 
minutes. Remove from the fire and allow to 
remain in the caldron until cold. Then set 
away for use. 

In the case of non-juicy fruits, such aa ap- 
ples, pears, peaches, etc., put the fruit into 
a basin. Cover with water and boil to a pulp. 
Now place on a hair sieve and allow to drain 



without any pressing. Observe now that it is 
only the liquor which passes through the sieve 
without pressing which is to be used for flav- 
oring purposes. What remains in the form of 
pulp is not adapted for these uses. Now put 
the juice obtained as above into bottles, and 
proceed to treat as already laid down for the 
juicy fruits. 

The foregoing processes are to be gone 
through with in the case where the extracts 
are to be kept transparent and clear, as for 
syrups, cordials and beverages. 

In case where the flavorings are to be used 
for any purpose where transparency or clear- 
ness is not desirable, such as for ice creams, 
fruit ices, or bonbons, then I would use not 
only the clear fluid, but the pulp of the fruit 
also. I would for these opaque purposes save 
and utilize everything of the fruit except the 
skins and seeds. This pulp is to be treated 
as already laid down. 

As thus obtained and preserved our confec- 
tioners can supply themselves with a quantity 
of perfectly pure extracts of all their favorite 
fruits, and which can always be at hand, for 
flavoring every description of pastry, cakes, 
pies, tarts, puddings, creams, ices and bever- 
ages, and at any season of the year. Espec- 
ially when there is any one in the house who 
is sick or feverish, cordials may be flavored 
with these delightful sub-acids — these reme- 
dies and restoratives of kind mother Nature 
herself — such as will shoot through all the 
veins of the most debilitated and infirm the 
most delicious sensations of happiness and 
hope. — James W. Parkinson, in Confectioners' 
Journal. 



2596. Lemon Extract. 

Oil of lemon 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 96 ounces. 

Water 24 ounces. 

Tincture of turmeric q. s. to color. 
Dissolve the oil in the spirits; shake well,, 
and slowly add the water color and filter. 

Always use cologne spirits (deodorized and 
purified alcohol) for the manufacture of flav- 
oring extracts the cost is very little more, 
the product is much finer than can be made- 
from common alcohol. 



2597. L-enaon Extract, Soluble. 

Oil of lemon 2y 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 16 ounces. 

Water 48 ounces. 

Magnesia carb 1 ounce. 

Tincture of turmeric q. s. 



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Tut the magnesia into a mortar; rub in the 
oil: stir in the spirits slowly: pour into a gal- 
lon bottle and set aside for two days, then add 
the water; a portion at a time, shaking well; 
let stand a week before filtering; when filtered 
add the tincture of turmeric. 



2598. Orange Extract, Soluble. 

May be made in the manner directed for 
lemon extract soluble; by substituting oil of 
orange for oil of lemon, and by making the 
color a darker tinge by using a few drops of 
caramel in addition to the tincture of tur- 
meric. 



2599. Extract of Vanilla No. 1. 

Vanilla beans 2^ 2 pounds. 

Granulated sugar 2*2 pounds. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 2V2 gallons. 

Water 2 gallons. 

Cut the beans lengthwise, then crosswise 
into small pieces: bruise in an iron mortar 
with the sugar (adding the sugar a portion at 
a time); place in a coYered vessel with the 
spirits and water and macerate for 7 days; 
then place in a percolator; percolate and press 
the marc. Save the marc for second quality 
goods. 



Some confectioners prefer a colorless ex- 
tract as above; when color is required add 
caramel (burnt sugar) 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the vanilline in the alcohol; then 
add the water, shake well and add the syrup. 



2602. Extract of Vanilla from Vanilline 
and Conmarin. 

Vanilline crystals % ounce. 

Conmarin crystals 1 dram. 

Cologne spirits, 1SS per 
cent 1 quart. 

Distilled water 2 quarts. 

Simple syrup 1 quart. 

Caramel (burnt sugar) 6 ounces. 

Dissolve the vanilline and coumarin in the 
alcohol; then add the water; shake well and 
add the syrup then add the coloring. 



2600. Extract of Vanilla, Cheap. 

Tonka beans S ounces. 

Marc left from the No. 1 
extract 

Hot water 1% gallons. 

Simple syrup 1 pint. 

Cologne spirits, 1SS per 
cent 3 quarts. 

Sugar coloring 1 pint. 

Cut the tonka beans, and bruise in a mor- 
tar; pour half a gallon of boiling water on 
them, cover up; when cold skim off any fat 
that may rise to the surface; strain and set 
aside. 

Stew the marc left from the No. 1 extract 
for half an hour with a gallon of water; in a 
tightiy closed vessel; when cold strain: add 3 
quarts of spirits, 188 per cent, 1 pint of sim- 
ple syrup, 1 pint of sugar coloring and the 
tonka extract. Mix well and filter. 



2601. Extract of Vanilla from Vanilline. 

Vanilline crystals % ounce. 

Cologne spirit-. 1S8 per 

pent 1 quart. 

Distilled water 2 quarts. 

Simple syrup 1 quart. 



2603. Vanilla Sugar. 

Vanilline % ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 1S8 per 

cent 2 ounces. 

Powdered sugar 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the vanilline in the alcohol; put 4 
I ounces of the sugar in a porcelain lined or 
granite- ware pan, and pour on the solution of 
vanilline; mix well; then mix in the remainder 
of the sugar and dry by a very gentle heat; 
the ordinary summer temperature will do; 
when dry pack in tin cans. 



2604. Vanilla Syrup. 

Vanilline y± ounce. 

Alcohol ' 8 ounces. 

Simple syrup 7 pints. 

Caramel 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the vanilline in the alcohol, and 
add to the syrup; then add the coloring. 



2605. Lemon Syrnp "Without Acid. 

Lemon extract soluble S ounces. 

Simple syrup 1 gallon. 

Color with tincture of turmeric. 



2606. Lemon Syrup "With Acid. 

Lemon extract soluble 8 ounces. 

Tartaric acid 1 ounce. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Simple syrup 7 pints. 

Dissolve the acid in the water and add to 
the syrup; then add the soluble lemon ex- 
tract. 

Color with turmeric. 



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2607. Raspberry Extract, Artificial. 

Butyrate of amyl 1 ounce. 

Oenanthic ether y 2 ounce. 

Formic ether *4 ounce. 

Aldehyde % ounce. 

Acetate of amyl 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris root.... 4 ounces. 

Oil of rose 5 drops. 

Glycerin 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 48 ounces. 

Water, clear 16 ounces. 

Solution of cochineal q. s. 

Caramel q. s. 

Mix the ethers with the spirits; add the 
tincture of orris and oil of rose. 

Mix the water and glycerine together and 
in this mixture add enough solution of 
cochineal and caramel to give the desired 
shade; and add slowly with continuous shak- 
ing to the spirituous solution. 



2608. Strawberry Extract, Artificial. 

Butyric ether 4 ounces. 

Acetate of amyl 2 ounces. 

Formic ether 1 dram. 

Aldehyde 1 dram. 

Extract of orris 8 ounces. 

Oil of rose 5 drops. 

Oenanthic ether 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 48 ounces. 

Water, clear 16 ounces. 

Solution of cochineal q. s. 

Caramel q. s. 

Mix the ethers with the spirits, add the 
ture of orris and oil of rose. 

Mix the water and glycerine together and in 
this mixture add enough solution of cochineal 
and caramel to give the color desired; and add 
slowly with continuous shaking to the spirit- 
uous solution. 

Make the color of a lighter sbade than the 
raspberry extract. The exact proportions of 
color ior the above cannot be given here on 
account of the varying strengths of caramel 
and cochineal solutions. 



2609. Cinnamon Extract. 

Oil of cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Color with tincture of red saunders. 
For cheap trade use oil of cassia instead of 
oil of cinnamon and add 32. ounces more of 
water and carb. magnesia 1 ounce; for fil- 
tering see directions for lemon extract solu- 
ble. 



2610. Clove Extract. 

Oil of cloves 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the spirit; add the water 
slowly; filter if necessary. Color with tinc- 
ture of. red saunders. 

2611. Peppermint Extract. 

Oil of peppermint 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Color with chlorophyll.... q. s. 
Filter with carbonate of magnesia. The 
cheap extracts of cloves, peppermint, cinna- 
mon, etc., are made by proceeding as directed 
in formula for lemon extract soluble. 

2612. Banana Extract. 

Acetate of amyl 4 ounces. 

Butyrate of amyl . = 4 ounces. 

Aldehyde y 2 ounce. 

Chloroform % ounce. 

Butyric ether % ounce. 

Cologne spirits 48 ounces. 

Water tf . . 16 ounces. 

Tincture of turmeric q. s. 

2613. Pine Apple Extract. 

Aldehyde Y2 ounce. 

Chloroform % ounce. 

Butyrate of amyl 2% ounces. 

Acetate of amyl 5 ounces. 

Butyric ether % ounce. 

Cologne spirits 48 ounces. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Tincture of turmeric q. s. 

2614. Coloring for Extracts. 

Dealers in aniline colors sell yellow, red, 
green, crimson and brown colors, for coloring 
extracts; the goods are made from anilines 
freed from arsenic and are generally de- 
scribed as vegetable colors; they are exten- 
sively used by manufacturers of flavoring ex- 
tracts and perfumers, instead of turmeric, 
chlorophyll, red saunders, cudbear, etc. 

2615. Extract of Rose. 

Otto of rose 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Water, warm 64 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits; shake well; 
and add the warm water (temperature of 130° 
F.) a portion at a time. Color pink with 
cochineal. 



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2616. Extract of Apple. 

Chloroform % ounce. 

Spirits of nitrous ether... 1 ounce. 

Valerianate of amyl 5 ounces. 

Acetate of ethyl 1 ounce. 

Aldehyde 2 ounces. 

Glycerin 8 ounces. 

Cologue spirits 48 ounces. 

Water 30 ounces. 

Color yellow with turmeric. 

2617. Extract of Celery. 

Celery seed, ground 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 1S8 per 
cent 5 pints. 

Water q. s. to make up to 1 gallon. 
Macerate the celery with 1 pint of spirits 
and V 2 pint of water for 3 days: place in a 
percolator. Mix the remaining 4 pints of 
spirits with 2 pints of water and pour upon 
the drug; when percolation has ceased, run 
water through until the product measures one 
gallon. Color with turmeric tincture. 

3618. Extract of Peach. 

Oil of bitter almonds 

(without prussic acid)... % ounce. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Banana extract, No. 2612. 32 ounces 

Water 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil of bitter almonds in the 
cologne spirits; add the banana extract (see 
preceding formula for making same); shake 
well, and then add the water. 

2619. Extract of Ginger. 

Jamaica ginger ground.... 8 pounds. 

African ginger ground. .. . 1 pound. 

Cayenne l x 4 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 3Vs gallons. 

Water 1M> gallons. 

Red saunders 1 ounce. 

Macerate the ginger, cayenne and red 
saunders, with a portion of the spirits and 
water mixed: percolate with the remainder of 
the menstruum, after 3 days maceration. 



2620. Extract of Gingt-r, Aromatic. 

Jamaica ginger ground.... 3 pounds. 

African ginger ground 1 pound. 

Grains of paradise, ground 4 ounces. 

Cloves ground 4 ounces. 

Cassia ground 2 ounc 

Macerate with 1 gallon of 75 per cent 
alcohol for 7 days; percolate and run alcohol 
75 per cent through uutil the product meas- 
ures 3 gallons. 



2621. Extract of Ginger, Soluble. 

Extract of ginger 12 fl. ounces. 

Magnesia carb 2 ounces. 

Water 12 ounces. 

Rub the magnesia and ginger together in a 
mortar; slowly add 12 ounces of water: when 
well mixed, put into a bottle and let stand for 
3 days (shaking occasionally); filter. 

2622. Aromatic Extract of Ginger, Soluble. 

Extract of ginger aromatic 12 fl. ounces. 

Magnesia carb 2 ounces. 

Water 12 ounces. 

Rub the magnesia and extract of ginger to- 
gether in a mortar; slowly add 12 ounces of 
water; when well mixed, put into a bottle and 
let stand for 3 days (shaking occasionally); 
filter. 

2623. Ginger Ale Extract. 

Ext. of ginger arom. solu- 
ble • 12 ounces. 

Extract of rose 2 ounces. 

Extract of lemon soluble. . 2 ounces. 

2624. Ginger Ale Syrup. 

Ginger ale extract 8 ounces. 

Tartaric acid y 2 ounce. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Simple syrup 7 pints. 

Caramel q. s. 

Dissolve the acid in the water and filter, if 
necessarv; add to the syrup; then add the 
ginger ale extract and color with caramel 
q. s. 

2625. Extract of Mead, Soluble. 

Oil of lemon 1 ounce. 

Oil of sassafras 1 dram. 

Oil of cassia 1 dram. 

Oil of cloves 2 drams. 

Oil of nutmegs 1 dram. 

Oil of coriander 1 dram. 

Magnesia carb 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits 32 ounces. 

Water 48 ounces. 

Put the magnesia into a mortar; rub in the 
mixed oils: stir in the spirits slowly; pour 
into a gallon bottle and set aside for two 
days; then add the water, a portion at a time, 
shaking well; let it stand a week before fil- 
tering; when filtered add caramel q. s. to 
color brown. 

2626. Mead Syrup. 

Extract of mead soluble. .. 16 ounces. 

Tartaric acid % ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Caramel 8 ounces. 

Simple syrup q. s. to make 
up to 1 gallon. 



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Dissolve the acid in the water, add to half 
a gallon of simple syrup; add the other in- 
gredients and make up to 1 gallon with simple 
syrup. 

2637. Extract of Soap Bark for Foam. 

Soap bark, crushed 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 16 ounces. 

Glycerine 16 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Macerate the soap bark for 2 days in a 
portion of alcohol, glycerine and water mixed; 
piace in a percolator and percolate with the 
remainder of the menstruum; run water 
through the percolator until the product meas- 
ures 4 pints. 

For making a foam on beverages use from 
one-half to one ounce for each gallon of syrup. 



3628. Extract of Malt, Genuine. 

Malt, coarse ground 4 pounds. 

Hot water 12 pints. 

Place the malt in a percolator and pour on 
6 pints of hot water (temperature 175° F.); 
macerate for an hour. Then commence to 
percolate and run through the remaining 6 
pints of hot water; press out the malt, add to 
the percolate and evaporate by the heat of a 
water-bath, at a temperature not exceeding 
130° F. to a syrupy consistence. 



3629. Extract of Malt, Factitious. 

Gluocose 2 gallons. 

New England rum 4 ounces. 

Fluid extract of hops 3 ounces. 

Caramel 2 ounces. 

Heat the gluocose in a water-bath; stir in 
the other ingredients and bottle whilst the 
mixture is warm. By substituting muriatic 
acid two ounces and water 14 ounces for the 
rum, hops and caramel, you will have a pre- 
digested food. 



3630. Solution of Salicylic Acid 

for Fruit Preserving. 

Salicylic acid 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 2 pints. 

Saccharin 1 dram. 

Sugar white granld 8 pounds. 

Water, clear q. s. to make 

up to 2 gallons. 

Dissolve the saccharin and salicylic acid in 
the glycerire; use a gentle heat; dissolve the 
sugar in the water; mix together and strain. 
Take fresh sound clean fruit, pack tightly 
in jars and All the jars to the top with the 
extract, keep the fruit in a cool place. 



3631. Vegetable Preservative. 

Salicylic acid 1 ounce. 

Common salt 1 pound. 

Boiling water 2 gallons. 

Dissolve the acid and salt in the boiling 
water; when cold filter. Pack the vegetables 
tightly in glass jars and fill up with the pre- 
servative. 

2633. Extract of Tolu, Soluble. 

Balsam of tolu 3 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 8 ounces. 

Carbonate of magnesia.... 4 ounces. 

Water q. s. to make up to 1 quart. 
Dissolve the tolu in the alcohol with heat 
from a water-bath. Put the magnesia into a 
mortar and rub the solution of tolu into it 
thoroughly; add gradually to this 1 quart of 
boiling water, rubbing the mixture well; 
transfer to a bottle and let stand for 3 days, 
shaking occasionally; then filter through fil- 
tering paper, letting enough water run 
through the filter to make the product meas- 
ure one quart. 

3633. Syrup of Tolu. 

Extract of tolu soluble 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup 14 ounces. 

3634. Glycerine Jelly. A 

Glycerine 1 fl. ounce. 

Corn starch . .. 1 dram. 

Water V/ 2 drams. 

Otto of rose 

or 
White rose extract q. s. 

Mix the starch, glycerine and water, bring 
to the boiling point; when cold add the per- 
fume and color with solution of red aniline or 
cochineal. 

3635. Glycerine Jelly. B 

(Ch. and Dr.) 

Gelatini 2 ounces. 

Glycerini 4 ounces. 

Aq. bullient 9 ounces. 

Put the gelatine in the water contained in 
a jug, and continue to heat on a water-bath 
until it is soft; then add the glycerine, and 
when solution is effected the following: 

Liq. cocci Vi dram. 

Ol. rosae 12 minims. 

Fill into bottles. 



2636. Glycerine and Honey Jelly. 

Gelatine 2% parts. 

Honey 10 parts. 

Glycerine 60 parts. 

Water 27y 2 parts. 



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Mis the glycerine and water, and dissolve 
in the mixture, by the aid of heat, first the 
honey, then the gelatine. Perfume as re- 
quired. 



2637. Arnica Jelly. 

Glycerine 8 fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Starch 1 ounce. 

Tincture of arnica 1 ounce. 

Otto of rose 

or 

White rose extract q. s. 

Make it the desired color with solution of 
cochineal. 



3638. Oxide of Zinc Jelly. 

Ch. and Dr. 

Gelatine 4 ounces. 

Oxide of zinc 3 ounces. 

Glycerine 5 ounces. 

Water 9 ounces. 

Soak the gelatine in the water for an hour 
or so, add the glycerine, and melt with a 
gentle heat: rub this up smoothly with the 
zinc in a warn- mortar, strain through fine 
muslin, if necessary; stir until it begins to 
cool. 

When required for use it should be melted, 
and applied with a brush. 



2639. Simple Syrup. 

Granulated sugar 16 pounds. 

Distilled water, cold 1 gallon. 

Dissolve the sugar in the cold water, stir- 
ring occasionally, until dissolved; select the 
best granulated sugar free from ultramarine 
or other adulteration. 



2640. Syrup of Squills. 

Vinegar of squills (1 to 6) . . 12 ounces. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Sugar 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the sugar with a gentle heat in 
the mixture of vinegar of squills and water. 



2641. Syrup of Saffron. A 

Saffron, crushed 1 ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 4 ounces. 

Water 14 ounces. 

Sugar 2 pounds. 

Make a tincture and dissolve 2 pounds of 
granulated sugar in it. 



2642. Syrup of Saffron. B 

Saffron 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 5 ounces. 

Boiling water 20 ounces. 

Infuse 4 hours; strain and add 
Sugar 40 ounces. 

Make a syrup and add 
Alcohol, 188 per cent 4 ounces. 

2643. Syrup of Tar, TJ. S. 

Tar 3 ounces. 

Cold water 5 ounces. 

Boiling water 20 ounces. 

Granulated sugar 1% pounds. 

Pour the cold water upon the tar, and stir 
frequently during 24 hours; then pour off the 
water and throw it away. Pour the boiling 
distilled water upon the residue, stir briskly 
for 15 minutes, and set aside for 36 hours, 
stirring occasionally. Decant the solution, 
and filter. Lastly, in seventeen fluid ounces 
of the filtered solution dissolve the sugar by 
agitation without heat. 



2644. Tasteless Syrup of Quinine. 

(Two grains to teaspoonful.) 

Cinchonine alkaloid 1% ounces. 

Soda bicarb % ounce. 

Rub in mortar with simple syrup q. s. until 
perfectly smooth. Add 2 ounces soluble es- 
sence lemon, uncolored, and enough simple 
syrup to measure 328 ounces. 



2645. Tasteless Syrup of Quinine. 

(5 grains to teaspoonful.) 

Cinchonine alkaloid iy 2 ounces. 

Soda bicarb % ounce. 

Rub in mortar with simple syrup q. s. until 
perfectly smooth; add 2 ounces soluble essence 
lemon and enough simple syrup to measure 
131 ounces. 

Cinchonine alkaloid or cinchonia alkaloid is 
the basis of sulphate cinchonia. U. S. P., p. 
114, Rev. of 1870, it is a tasteless prepara- 
tion. . 

Dose is about the same as sulph. quinia. 
It is manufactured by Powers & Weightman 
and other makers of cinchona salts. 

2646. Syrup of Iodide of Iron, TJ. S. 

Iron wire, cut small 266 grains. 

Iodine 2 ounces av. 

Granulated sugar 14 ounces av 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Introduce the iron into a flask of thin glass- 
of suitable capacity, add to it 5 fluid ounces 
of distilled water and afterward the iodine. 
Shake the mixture occasionally until the re- 
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green color and has lost the odor of iodine. 
Place the sugar in a porcelain capsule and 
filter tht solution of iodide of iron into the 
sugai Rinse the flask and iron wire with 
two fluid ounces of distilled water and pass 
the washings through the filter into the sugar. 
Stir the mixture with a porcelain or wooden 
spatula; heat it to the boiling point on a sand 
bath and having strained the syrup through 
linen into a tared bottle; add enough distilled 
water to make the product measure 16 ounces. 
Lastly shake the bottle and transfer its con- 
tents to small vials which should be com- 
pletely filled, securely corked and kept in a 
cool dark place. 

3647. Syrup of Iodide of Iron, Tasteless, 

N. F. 

Iodine 400 grains. 

Iron wire, fine bright and 

finely cut 200 grains. 

Citrate of potassium 620 grains. 

Sugar 10 troy oz. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the iron with four fluid ounces of dis- 
tilled water in a flask; add 267 grains of the 
iodine and apply a gentle heat until the iodine 
is combined and the solution has acquired a 
greenish color. Then heat the contents of the 
flask to boiling; filter the liquid and wash the 
filter with one-half a fluid ounce of hot dis- 
tilled water. To the hot filtrate add the 
citrate of potassium and afterwards the re- 
mainder of the iodine and agitate until the 
liquid has assumed a greenish color; pour this 
upon the sugar contained in a bottle; agitate 
until solution has been affected and when the 
liquid is cold add enough distilled water to 
make 16 fluid ounces. Each fluid dram con- 
tains an amount of iron corresponding to 
about 3.6 grains of ferric iodide. The officinal 
syrup of iodide contains about S grains of 
ferrous iodide (protiodide of iron), in each 
fluid dram. The above preparation contains 
the iron in a ferric condition. 



2648. Syrup of Iodide of Iron. 

Syrup of iodide of iron can be extemporan- 
eously prepared, says Miss Austa Worthrop in 
Pac. Drug. Rev., by placing 480 grains iodine 
in a flask, adding 2y 2 ounces water and by de- 
grees 150 grains reduced iron. When reaction 
has ceased, and the liquid has become green 
filter the solution into sufficient hot syrup 
(heated nearly to boiling point) to make 10 
fluid ounces. Finally add a 50 per cent solu- 
tion of citric acid containing 10 grains of the 
acid. The syrup keeps well, and the method 
of preparation is a rapid one. 



2649. Solution of Iodide of Iron, N. F. 

(For syrup of iodide of iron.) 
Iron wire, fine, bright and 

finely cut 3 troy oz. 

Iodine 4718 grains. 

Hypophosphorus acid (X. 

F.) 180 minims. 

Distilled water enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the iron with 12 fluid ounces of dis- 
tilled water in a flask, add about one-half of 
the iodine, agitate continuously until the liquid 
becomes hot. Then moderate the reaction by 
placing the flask in cold water or by allowing 
cold water to flow over it, meanwhile, keep- 
ing up the agitation. When the reaction has 
moderated, add one-half of the remaining 
iodine at a time and carefully moderate the 
reaction each time, in the manner above di- 
rected. Finally raise the contents of the 
flask to boiling and filter immediately 
through moistened, pure filtering paper (the 
point of the filter being supported by a pellet 
of absorbent cotton), into a bottle containing 
the hypophosphorus acid. When all the 
liquid has passed through, rinse the flask with 
y 2 an ounce of boiling distilled water and pass 
this through the filter. Cork the bottle and 
set it aside to cool. Finally add enough dis- 
tilled water to make the product measure 16 
fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains about 45 grains of 
iodide of iron (ferrous). On mixing 1 volume 
of this solution of iodide of iron with 5 
volumes of simple syrup the product will con- 
tain about 60 grains of iodide of iron (ferrous) 
in each fluid ounce and will be practically 
identical measure for measure, but not weight 
for weight with the officinal syrup of iodide of 
iron. 



2650. Solution of Iodide of Iron, Br. 

(For syrup of iodide of iron.) 

Iron wire, fine and bright. 1 ounce. 

Iodine 2 ounces. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Cut the wire and add it to the water and 
iodine contained in the flask. Start chemical 
action by heating slightly, then set aside until 
action ceases and all the iodide has disap- 
peared. Decant, add 1 dram of hypophos- 
phorus acid, and filter, making up to 4 ounces 
with water which has been used to wash out 
the flask. One part of this solution to 7 parts 
of syrup makes syr. ferri iod. 



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MEDICINAL SYRUPS. 

2651. Syrup of Acacia Gum. 

Gum arabic 2% ounces. 

Granulated sugar 17% ounces. 

Oil wintergreen 5 minims. 

Oil cloves 10 minims. 

Water distilled 26 ounces. 

Dissolve the gum arabic in 8 ounces of the 
water. 

Dissolve the sugar in the remainder of the 
water by the aid of heat; whilst still hot add 
the oils, and shake well; then add the mucil- 
age of acacia. 



2652. Syrup of Allii. 

Garlic, fresh peeled 3% ounces. 

Granulated sugar 16 ounces. 

Acetic acid, diluted 20 ounces. 

Bruise the garlic in a mortar and macerate 
in the acetic acid for seven days; press out 
and filter; in the filtrate dissolve the sugar. 
Keep the syrup in a cool place, and in well 
stoppered bottles. 



2653. Syrup of Apomorphine Hydrochlorate. 

Br. Form. 

Apomorphine hydrochlorate 4 grains. 

Alcohol 5% fl. drams. 

Water distilled 5% fl. drams. 

Hydrochloric acid 1% fl. drams. 

Simple syrup 14% fl. ounces. 

Mix the alcohol and water; add the apomor- 
phine and dissolve by agitation; add the acid 
and the syrup. 



2654. Syrup of Asafetida. 

Asafetida gum 240 grains. 

Alcohol 1 ounce. 

Water 7 ounces. 

Granulated sugar 13 ounces. 

Rub the asafetida in a mortar with the 
alcohol; heat the water to 150 F. and add to 
the alcohol and asafetida; pour into a quart 
bottle and let stand for 3 days; filter and dis- 
solve the sugar in the filtrafe by aid of gentle 
heat. 



2655. Syrup of Aurantii. 

Orange peel recent 3 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 6 ounces. 

Carbonate of magnesia . . . % ounce. 

Granulated sugar 28 ounces. 

Water 2 pints. 

Cut the orange peel into small pieces and 
macerate in the alcohol for 7 days; press out 
the tincture, and add to it the magnesia; rub 
to a smooth cream in a mortar, gradually add- 



ing a pint of the water; filter, and run the re- 
mainder of the water through the filter in this- 
dissolve the sugar and strain. 



2656. Syrup of Blackberry Arom. TS. F. 

Blackberry root, powdered 2V4 ounces. 
. Cinnamon, powdered 120 grains. 

Nutmeg, powdered 120 grains'. 

Cloves, powdered 60 grains. 

Allspice, powdered 60 grains. 

Sugar granulated 11 ounces. 

Alcohol diluted q. s. 

Blackberry juice q. s. 

Percolate the drugs with diluted alcohol un- 
til 4 fl. ounces are obtained. To this add 7 
fluid ounces of blackberry juice and dissolve 
the sugar in the liquid by agitation. Lastly 
add enough blackberry juice to make sixteen 
fluid ounces. 



2657. Syrup of Buckthorn Bark. 

Fl. ext. of frangula 3 ounces. 

Simple syrup 13 ounces. 

Mix. 



Syrup Blood and Liver. 

Syrup blood and liver, see Formula 25. 



2658. Syrup of Calcium Lactophospliate. 

Phos. calcium, precipitated 1 ounce. 

Lactic acid 9% fl. drams. 

Orange flower water 3 fl. ounces. 

Sugar granulated 28 ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid, water of ammonia, 
water, each a sufficient quantity to make 2 
pints. 

Mix the precipitated phosphate of calcium 
with 13 fl. ounces of cold water and add 
enough hydrochloric acid to dissolve it. Fil- 
ter the solution and add to the filtrate 3 pints 
of cold water and water of ammonia, until 
after standing a few moments the odor of 
ammonia may be distinguished. Transfer the 
mixture at once to a fine wetted muslin 
strainer. 

As soon as the liquid has run off return 
the magma to the vessel, pour on more water, 
agitate, and repeat until the precipitate is 
thoroughly washed and again transfer to the 
strainer. When it is drained, mix the magma 
at once with the lactic acid and stir until dis- 
solved. Then add the orange flower water 
and enough water to make the solution weigh 
about three hundred and fifty parts (or meas- 
ure 15 fl. ounces), filter and pass enough 
water through filter to measure in all seven- 
teen fluid ounces. Lastly, add to this the 
sugar, dissolve it by agitation, without heat; 
strain. 



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2659. Syrup of Calcium Phosphate. A 

(Wiegand's.) 

Calcium phos., precipitated 1*4 ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid 4% drams. 

Sugar 14y 2 ounces. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the calcium phosphate in the acid 
previously mixed with 12 fluid ounces of 
water, filter, add the sugar and the remainder 
of the water, dissolve by agitation and strain. 



2660. Syrup of Calcium Phosphate. B 

Calcium phos., precipitated 256 grains. 

Phosphoric acid, glacial... 210 grains. 

Sugar 15 ounces ay. 

Distilled water 8 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of lemon 21 drops. 

Mix the calcium phosphate with the water, 
heat moderately, gradually add the acid until 
all the calcium salt is dissolved, replace the 
water lost by evaporation, filter, dissolve the 
sugar in the filtrate, strain, if necessary, and 
add the spirit. 



2661. Syrup of Cascara. 

Cascara cordial, Formula- 
No. 57 S ounces. 

Simple syrup 8 ounces. 

Mix. 



2663. Syrup of Castanea. 

(For whooping cough.) 
Fl. ext. of chestnut leaves. 1 ounce. 
Tincture of belladonna ... 2 drams. 
Tincture of hyoscyamus. . 2 drams. 
Syrup of wild cherry to 

make 10 ounces. 

Dose: One teaspoonful. 



2663. Syrup of Chloral Hydrate Br. 

Chloral hydrate 320 grains. 

Distilled water 6 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, q. s. to 4 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the chloral in the water and add 
the syrup. 



Syrup of Figs. 
Syrup of figs, see Formula 726. 



Syrup of Ginger Ale. 

Syrup of ginger ale, see Formula 2615. 



345 


grains. 


115 


grains. 


115 


grams. 


15 


minims. 


8% 


ounces. 


D/i drams. 


16 


fl. ounces 



2664. Syrup of Glycyrrhizin. 

Ammoniated glycyrrhizin . i/ 2 ounce. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Hot water 2 ounces. 

Simple syrup 12 ounces. 

Dissolve the glycyrrhizin by rubbing in a 
mortar with the hot water; add the glycerine 
and syrup. 



2665. Syrup of Hypophosphites. (U. S. P.) 

(Churchill's.) 

Calcium hypophosphite . . 

Sodium hypophosphite . . 

Potassium hypophosphite 

Dil. hypophosphorus acid 

Granulated sugar 

Spirit of lemon 

Water enough to make. .. 
Triturate the hypophosphites with 7 fluid 
ounces of water until dissolved; add the spirit 
and acid and filter. In the filtrate dissolve 
the sugar by agitation or percolation and add 
enough water through the filter to make 16 
fluid ounces. Strain, if necessary. 



Syrup of Hypophosphites Compound. 

Syrup of hypophosphites, compound, see 
also Formula 1261. 



2666. Syrup of Hypophosphites, Co.(N. F.) 

Calcium hypophosphite . . . 256 grains. 

Potassium hypophosphite . 128 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Iron hypophosphite 16 grains. 

Manganese hypophosphite 16 grains. 

Potassium citrate 40 grains. 

Citric acid 15 grains. 

Quinine hydrochlorate .... 8 grains. 

Tincture of nux vomica. .. 160 minims. 

Sugar 13 ounces. 

Water q. 9. 

Rub the hypophosphites of iron and man- 
ganese with the potassium citrate and citric 
acid to powder, add 1 fluid ounce of water, and 
warm the mixture a few minutes until a clear 
greenish solution is obtained. Introduce the 
other hypophosphites and the quinine hydro- 
chlorate, previously triturated together, into a 
bottle, next add the sugar, the iron and man- 
ganese solution first prepared, the tincture of 
nux vomica, and, lastly, enough water to 
make up the volume, as soon as the sugar is 
saturated by the liquid, to 16 fluid ounces. 
Agitate until solution has been effected, and 
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2667. Parrish's Syrup of Hypophosphites. 

Calcium hypophosphite . . 288 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite ... 96 grains. 

Potassium hypophosphite 96 grains. 

Sugar 12^ ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 9 fl. ounces. 

Orange flower water 4 fl. drams. 

Make a solution of the hypophosphites in 
the hot water, filter, dissolve the sugar in the 
filtrate, strain, and to the whole add the 
orange flower water. 



2668. Compound Syrup of Hypophospliites 
with Iron, Nonprecipitating. 

Calcium hypophosphite .... 256 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Potassium hypophosphite... 128 grains. 

Manganese hypophosphite. . 16 grains. 

Tinct. citro-chloride of 

iron, N. F 1 ounce. 

Tinct. nux vomica 160 minims. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 8 grains. 

Sugar 12 ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 ounces. 

The hypophosphites are dissolved in 6 
ounces of water previously boiled, which is 
easily done by triturating the salts in succes- 
sive portions of the water, the addition of an 
acid not being required. The quinine is dis- 
solved in V-2 ounce of warm water. These 
solutions are mixed and poured over the 
sugar. Shake well and add the tinctures of 
iron and nux vomica, then add enough water 
to make 16 fluid ounces. Shake until the 
sugar is dissolved, let stand for 24 hours and 
filter. 

The substitution of the chloride for the 
hypophosphite of iron cannot well be urged 
against this preparation, since the amount of 
the original formula is comparatively insigni- 
ficant and one of the causes of precipitation. 



2669. Syrup of Hypophosphites of Calcium. 

(N. F.) 

Calcium hypophosphite.. 256 grains. 

Citric acid 10 grains. 

Sugar 13% ounces. 

Water, enough to make. . 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the calcium hypophosphite and 
citric acid in 8 fluid ounces of water, filter the 
solution, add the sugar to the filtrate, and 
pass enough water through the filter to make 
the product, after the sugar has been dis- 
solved by agitation, measure 16 fluid ounces. 
Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of calcium 
hypophosphite. 



2670. Syrup of Hypophosphites of Calcium, 
Manganese and Potassium. (N. F.) 

Calcium hypophosphite .... 256 grains. 

Manganese hypophosphite. . 128 grains. 

Potassium hypophosphite... 128 grains. 

Distilled water, boiling 3^4 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces 

Triturate the hypophosphites with the 
water, filter, and add the syrup. 



2671. Syrup of Hypophosphites of Calcuim 

and Sodium. (N. F.) 

Calcium hypophosphite. .. 256 grains. 

Sodium nypophosphite. .. 256 grains. 

Citric acid 10 grains. 

Sugar izy 2 ounces. 

Water, enough to make. . 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the two hypophosphites and citric 
acid in 8 fluid ounces of water, filter the solu- 
tion, add the sugar to the filtrate and pass 
enough water through the filter to make the 
product, after the sugar has been dissolved by 
agitation, measure 16 fluid ounces. Each 
fluid dram contains 2 grains each of calcium 
and sodium hypophosphites. 

2672. Syrup of Hypophosphites, with Iron 

(U. S. P.) 
Ferrous lactate in crusts. . . 72 grains. 

Potassium citrate 72 grains. 

Syrup of hypophosphites, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the two salts with a small quan- 
tity of syrup gradually added, until they are 
dissolved, then add the remainder of the 
syrup. 

This preparation should be freshly made 
when wanted. 



2673. Syrup of Hypophosphite of Iron 

(N. F.) 

Iron hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Potassium citrate 160 grains. 

Orange flower water 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup q. s. to make. 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the iron hypophosphite with the 
aid of the potassium citrate in the orange 
flower water, and add the syrup. 

Each fluid dram contains' 1 grain of hypo- 
phosphite of iron (ferric). 

2674. Syrup of Hypophosphites. Manganese 

(N. F.) 

Manganese sulphate 120 grains. 

Calcium hypophosphite 80 grains. 

Sugar 13 ounces. 

Orange flower water 2 fl. drams. 

Water q. s. 



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Dissolve the hypo-phosphite and sulphate in 
separate portions of water, mix the two solu- 
tions, filter, washing the precipitate in the 
filter with fresh distilled water; evaporate the 
filtrate to 8 fluid ounces, dissolve the sugar 
in the filtrate, strain, and add the orange 
flower water. 

Each fluid ounce contains 2 1-3 grains of 
manganese hypophosphite. 



2675. Syrup of Hypophosphite of Sodium. 

(N. F.) 

Sodium hypophosphite. .. . 256 grains. 

Citric acid 10 grains. 

Sugar 13 ounces. 

Water, enough to make... 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the sodium hypophosphite and the 
citric acid in 8 fluid ounces of water, and fil- 
ter the solution. In this dissolve the sugar 
by agitation, and pass the remainder of the 
water through the filter. Each fluid dram 
contains 2 grains of sodium hypophosphite. 

2676. Syrup of Iron and Sodium Albumi- 

nate. 

Whites of eggs 4 only. 

Sugar 2 ounces. 

Tincture chloride of iron. . 2 fl. ounces. 

Solution of soda q. s. 

Water q. s. 

Mix the whites of eggs with the sugar and 
add enough water to effect complete solution; 
add the tincture of iron, and then enough of 
the solution of soda to dissolve the coagulated 
albumen; finally make up to 16 fluid ounces 
with water. 

Syrup of Iodide of Iron. 

Syrup of iodide of iron, see Formulas, 2637, 
2638, 2639, 2640, 2641. 

2677. Syrup of Iron Ferric Chloride. A 

(Codex.) 

Solution of iron chloride... 2 fl. drams. 
Simple syrup, q. s. to make 
up to 16 fl. ounces. 

2678. Syrup of Iron Ferric Chloride. B 

(Codex.) 

Tincture of chloride of iron 1 fl. ounce. 

Sodium citrate 2 ounces. 

Water 6 fl. ounces. 

Sugar 10 ounces. 

Syrup enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the tincture of ferric chloride with the 
water and dissolve in this mixture the sod- 
ium citrate and the sugar with the aid of 
heat; when cold add sufficient syrup to make 
16 fl. ounces. 



26:9. Syrup of Iron and Ammonium Phos- 
phate. 

Iron sulphate 635 grains. 

Sodium phosphate 820 grains. 

Glacial phosphoric acid, 

C. P 900 grains. 

Ammonia water q. s. 

Sugar 13% ounces. 

Distilled water q. s. 

Dissolve the sodium phosphate and the iron 
sulphate separately in distilled water, mix the 
solutions; wash the resulting precipitated iron 
phosphate. Then to one-half of the phos- 
phoric acid, dissolved in 2% fluid ounces of 
water, add ammonia water until exactly 
neutral. To the remainder of the phosphoric 
acid, dissolved in a like quantity of water, 
add the moist iron phosphate and dissolve by 
the aid of gentle heat; then add the solution 
of ammonium phosphate and the sugar, dis- 
solve the whole, strain and evaporate to 16 
fluid ounces. Each fluid dram contains 4% 
grains iron phosphate, 4% grains ammonium 
phosphate, and 3% grains of phosphoric a'cid. 

3680. Syrup of Iron and Ammonium Tar- 
trate (Codex.) 

Tartrate of iron and am- 
monium 225 grains 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, q. s. to make 

up to 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water and add 
the syrup. 

2681. Syrup of Iron and Potassium Tartrate 

(Codex.) 

Tartrate of iron and potas- 
sium 225 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water and add 
the syrup. 

2682. Syrup of Iron and Quinine Iodides 

(Bouchardat.) A 

Iodine 42 grains. 

Iron in powder 17 grains. 

Simple syrup 15% A- ounces. 

Quinine sulphate 8 grains. 

Diluted sulphuric acid q. s. 

Distilled water 4y 2 fl. drams. 

Digest the iodine, iron and 3 fluid drams of 
the water until the red-brown color of the 
iodine has disappeared; filter into the syrup. 
Then dissolve the sulphate of quinine in 2 
fluid drams of water with the aid of diluted 
sulphuric acid and mix this solution with the 
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2683, Syrup of Iron Citrate (Codex.) 

Iron citrate soluble 240 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, q. s. to make 
up to 16 fl. ounces. 

2684. Syrup of Iron and Quinine Iodides. B 

Quinine sulphate 20 grains. 

Hypophosphorus acid dil.. q. s. 

Potassium iodide 8 grains. 

Simple syrup enough to 

make 8 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of iron iodide (U. S.) 8 fl. ounces. 
To the quinine sulphate add about 10 drops 
of commercial solution of hypophosphorus 
acid and then a small amount of syrup; when 
the quinine salt is dissolved, add the remain- 
der of the syrup and afterwards the potas- 
sium iodide dissolved in a few drops of water; 
mix well. Now add the syrup of iron iodide 
and mix. Should any cloudiness appear, 
clear it up by a few drops of the hypophos- 
phorus acid. 

A fluid dram of this syrup contains about 4 
grains of dry iodide of iron and about 6 
grains of hydriodide of quinine. 



2685. Syrup of Iron Pyrophosphate (Codex). 

Iron pyrophosphate soluble 90 grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 



Syrup of Lemons. 
Syrup of lemons, see Formulas, 2605, 



2606. 



2686. Syrup Lobelia (Eclectic). 

Vinegar of lobelia 8 fl. ounces. 

Sugar 16 ounces. 

Dissolve by aid of heat; strain while hot. 



2687. Syrup of Lobelia, Thompsonian. 

Lobelia seed 1 ounce. 

Water 16 fl. ounces. 

Acetic acid dilute 1 fl. ounce. 

Sugar 13 ounces. 

Tincture of lobelia 4 fl. ounces. 

Roil the lobelia with the water and vinegar 
for one-half hour, occasionally replacing the 
water lost by evaporation, then strain, add 
the sugar, dissolve and when cool add to the 
tincture of lobelia. 

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Syrup of Manganese Iodide. 

Manganese sulphate 480 grains. 

Potassium iodide 570 grains. 

Sugar 6 ounces. 

Distilled water q. s. 

Dissolve the two salts each in 2 fluid ounces 
of water; mix them; dissolve and filter; add 
the sugar and enough water to make up to 
8 ounces; strain. 



2689. Syrup of Manganese Phosphate. 

Manganese sulphate 920 grains. 

Sodium phosphate 3% ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid 5 fl. drams 

Sugar 13% ounces. 

Water, enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the salts separately in 5 fluid 
ounces of water each, and add the solution 
of sodium phosphate to the solution of man- 
ganese sulphate as long as it produces a pre- 
cipitate, which wash with cold water, and 
then dissolve the magma by adding the hydro- 
chloric acid; dilute with water until it meas- 
ures 9 fluid ounces, and in this dissolve the 
sugar; strain. 

Bach fluid dram contains 5 grains of man- 
ganese phosphate. 



Syrup of Mead. 

Syrup of mead, see Formula, 2626. 



2690. Syrup of Mercury Iodide (Gibert) . 

Red iodide of mercxiry. ... 3 grains. 

Potassium iodide 120 grains. 

Water 3 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make io fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the mercuric and potassium 
iodides in the water and add the syrup. 



2691. Syrup of Mitchella Compound. (Ec- 
lectic.) 
(Mother's Cordial.) 

Squaw vine 960 grains. 

Helonias root 240 grains. 

Cramp bark 240 grains. 

Rlue cohosh 240 grains. 

Oil of sassafras 4 drops. 

Sugar 3V 2 ounces. 

Alcohol dilute q. s. 

Mix the oil with the drugs and percolate 
with diluted alcohol until 14 ounces are ob- 
tained. In this dissolve the sugar and strain. 
The above is known as uterine tonic. Com- 
pound syrup of partridge berry and mother's 
cordial. 



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.3693. Syrup Opiated (Codex). 

Extract of opium 19% grains. 

Water; hot x k ounce. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make , 16 A. ounces. 

Dissolve the extract in the hot water and 
add the syrup. 



2693. Syrup of Opium and Ipecac (N. F). 

(Syrup of Dover's Powder.) 

Fluid ext. ipecac 64 minims. 

Tincture of opium 670 minims. 

Sugar 12 troy ounces. 

Cinnamon water q. s. to 

make 16 ft. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract and tincture with 6 
fluid ounces of cinnamon water and filter the 
liquid. To this add the sugar and enough 
cinnamon water to make the product, after 
the sugar has been dissolved by agitation, 
measure 16 fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains of 
Dover's Powder cfr % grain each of ipecac and 
opium. 

In place of the above directed quantities of 
fluid extract of ipecac and tincture of opium, 
640 minims of the officinal tincture of ipecac 
and Opium may be taken. 



2694. Syrup of Phosphates Compound. 
(Chemical Food.) 

Calcium phosphate 256 grains. 

Iron phosphate 128 grains. 

Sodium phosphate 128 grains. 

Potassium phosphate 64 grains. 

Solution of acid phosphate 1 ounce. 

Orange flower water 1 ounce. 

Simple syrup, q. s. to make 1 pint. ' 
Dissolve the salts in the solution of acid 
phosphate and orange flower water; add the 
syrup. 

Syrup of Quinine, Tasteless. 

See Formulas Nos. 2644, 2645. 



2695. Syrup of Rhubarb and Potassium. 

(Neutralizing Cordial.) 

Rhubarb 240 grains. 

Hydrastis 120 grains. 

Cinnamon 120 grains. 

Potassium carbonate 240 grains. 

Oil of peppermint 5 drops. 

Sugar 14 ounces. 

Alcohol 8 ounces. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the potassium carbonate in a por- 
tion of the water and mix in a suitable sized 
•container with the rhubarb, hydrastis and 



cinnamon, the last three being in fine pow- 
der. Now add the alcohol and the remainder 
of the water and allow to stand for 48 hours, 
agitating the whole briskly at frequent in- 
tervals. Decant the clear portion, and filter 
the remainder through absorbent cotton, 
adding sufficient water through the filter to 
make the whole measure 24 fluid ounces. In 
this dissolve the sugar by agitation, and add 
the oil of peppermint. 



2696. Syrup of Tolu, U. S. P. 

Tincture of tolu 2 ft. ounces. 

Magnesium carbonate 120 grains. 

Sugar 28% ounces. 

Water 16 ft. ounces. 

Triturate the tincture with the magnesium 
carbonate and 2 ounces of sugar to a smooth 
paste, gradually add the remainder of the 
sugar, stirring constantly meanwhile, filter, 
and in the filtrate dissolve the remainder of 
the sugar by agitation or percolation. 



2697. Syrup of Rhubarb Aromatic. 

(Spiced Syrup of Rhubarb.) 

Rhubarb, powdered 600 grains. 

Cloves, powdered 60 grains. 

Cinnamon, powdered 60 grains. 

Nutmeg, powdered 60 grains. 

Syrup 3 pints. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Mix the powders, and having moistened the 
mixture with diluted alcohol place in a 
conical percolator and pour diluted alcohol 
upon it, until 8 fluid ounces are obtained; add 
this to the syrup previously heated and mix. 
The aromatic tincture of the U. S. P. of 
1870 is identical with that used in making this 
syrup. 
The U. S. P. Formula for 1880 is: 
Aromatic tinct. of rhubarb 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 14 fl. ounces. 

Mix the aromatic tincture of rhubarb with 
the syrup. 

The substitution of glycerin for one-half of 
the syrup would certainly be an improvement. 



2698. Syrup of Saccharin. 

Saccharin 150 grains. 

Sodium carbonate, pure... 165 grains. 

or ■ ' 

Sodium bicarbonate, pure. . 180 grains. 

Distilled water 32 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by the aid of a gentle heat. 
May be employed as a substitute for simple 
syrup. 



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Syrup of Saffron. 

See Formulas 2641, and 2642. 



Syrup of Sarsaparilla. 

See Formulas 1, 2, 3, 8. 



$699. Syrup of Senna with Manna. 

(Syrupus Mannatus. — Compound Syrup of 



Manna.) 




Syrup of senna, U. S. P.. 


. 4 fl. ounces 


Syrup of manna, N. F. . . . 


. . 4 fl. ounces 



Syrup Simple. 

See Formula 2639. 



Syrup of Squills. 

See Formula 2640. 



3700. Syrup of Squills Compound. 

(Hive Syrup, U. S. P.) 

Squills, powdered . 2% ounces. 

Senega, powdered 2%,ounces. 

Tartrate of antimony and 

potassium 28 grains. 

Sugar 26 ounces. 

Precipitated phosphate ol 
calcium 90 grains. 

Diluted alcohol 

Water aa q. s. to make 2 pints. 

Mix the squill and senega and moisten with 
diluted alcohol; macerate for 24 hours; pack 
in conical percolator and gradually pour upon 
it diluted alcohol until iy 2 pints of tincture 
are obtained. Boil and evaporate by means 
of a water-bath to half a pint; triturate the 
mixture with the precipitated phosphate of 
calcium; filter, and add through the filter 
enough warm water to make the whole meas- 
ure one pint. In this dissolve the sugar. 
Dissolve the tartar emetic in one ounce of 
water and mix thoroughly with the syrup. 



Syrup of Tar. 

See Formula 2643. 



Syrup of Toll 

See Formula 2633. 



Syrup of Trifolium. 

See Formula 7. 



Syrup of Vanilla. 

See Formula 2604. 



2701. 



Syr op of Violets. 

Ionone solution (1 to 10)... 2 drams. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 6 drams. 

Simple syrup q. s. to make. 1 pint. 
Color with chlorophyll. 



Syrnp of White Pine Expectorant. 

See Formulas No. 583, 584. 



3702. Syrup Wild Cherry (U. S). 

1880. 

Wild cherry, powdered. . . . 5% ounces. 

Sugar granulated 28 ounces. 

Glycerine 2 fl. ounces 

Water q. s. to make up to. . 2 pints. 
Moisten the wild cherry thoroughly with 
water and macerate for 24 hours. Pack 
firmly in a cylindrical glass percolator and 
gradually pour water upon it until 15 ounces 
of percolate are obtained. Dissolve the sugar 
iu the liquid by agitation without heat, add 
the glycerine and strain. 

A syrup may be readily made if desired by 
adding to 2 ounces fluid ext. wild cherry solu- 
ble, 12 ounces simple syrup (2639) and 2 
ounces of glycerin. 



3703. Syrup of Verba Santa, Aromatic (N. F.) 

(Aromatic Syrup of Eriodictyon.) 

Fl. ext. of yerba santa 4 fl. drams. 

Solution of potassa 3 fl. drams. 

Comp. tinct. of cardamom. 1 fl. ounce 

Oil of sassafras 4 drops. 

Oil of lemon 4 drops. 

Oil of cloves 8 drops. 

Alcohol 4 fl. drams. 

Sugar 14 ounces av. 

Water, enough to make... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix the fluid extract and solution of po- 
tassa, then add 32 fluid drams of water previ- 
ously mixed with the compound tincture of 
cardamom, and afterwards add the oils dis- 
solved in the alcohol. Shake the mixture 
thoroughly, then filter it, and pour enough 
water through the filter to obtain 6 fluid 
ounces of filtrate. Pour this upon the sugar 
contained in a bottle, and dissolve it by plac- 
ing the bottle in hot water, frequently agitat- 
ing. Lastly, cool the product and add enough 
water, passed through the filter previously 
used, to make 16 fluid ounces. 



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TINCTURES. 



2704. Tincture of Aconite Boot. 

Aconite root, powdered. . . . 5% ounces. 

Tartaric acid 24 grains. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent, q. s. 

to make 1 pint. 

Moisten the aconite root with 4 ounces of 
the alcohol in which the tartaric acid has 
been previously dissolved and macerate for 24 
hours. Then percolate with alcohol until one 
pint is obtained. 



2705. Tincture Aloes. 

U. S. 1880. 

Purified aloes, powdered... 314 ounces. 

Ext. of glycyrrhiza, powd.. 314 ounces. 

Dil. alcohol q. s. to make. . 2 pints. 
Mix the powders with one pint and a half of 
diluted alcohol and macerate for seven days 
in a well closed vessel; then filter through 
paper, adding through the filter enough 
diluted alcohol to make the tincture measure 
2 pints. 



2706. Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh. (Elixir 
Proprietatis). U. S. 1880. 
Purified aloes, powdered.... 3 ounces. 

Myrrh, powdered 3 ounces'. 

Alcohol, q. s. to make 2 pints. 

Mix the powdered drugs; moisten with 
alcohol, q. s., and macerate for a week in a 
well closed vessel; then filter through paper 
adding through filter alcohol sufficient to 
make tincture measure two pints. 



2? 07. Tincture of Arnica Flowers. 

Arnica flowers 3% ounces. 

Alcohol, diluted, q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Rub the arnica flowers through a coarse 
sieve. Then moisten with a portion of the 
dilute alcohol, and macerate in a closely cov- 
ered vessel for two days; place in a percola- 
tor; pack firmly and run diluted alcohol 
through until 1 pint is obtained. 



2708. Tincture of Arnica Boot. 

Arnica root, powdered 3% ounces. 

Alcohol diluted, q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Moisten the arnica root with a portion of 
the dilute alcohol and macerate in a closely 
covered vessel for two days; place in a per- 
colator; pack firmly and run diluted alcohol 
through until 1 pint is obtained. 



2709. Tincture of Asafetida Compound, 
Am. Dis. 

Asafetida 200 grains. 

Lupulin 200 grains. 

Stramonium seed 200 grains. 

Valerian root 200 grains. 

Alcohol 20 fl. ounces. 

Mix the drugs, reduce to coarse powder, 
add the alcohol, macerate for 14 days, strain, 
express and filter. 



2710. Tincture of Avena Sativa Homeo- 
pathic (Tincture of Oats). 

Oats, unhusked 8 ounces. 

Potassium carbonate q. s. 

Water q. s. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Grind the cats to moderately fine powder, 
moisten with a five per cent aqueous solution 
of potassium carbonate, first warmed to 113° 
F., macerate for three hours, pack in a per- 
colator and add alcohol until 16 fluid ounces 
of product are obtained. 



2711. Tincture of Aurantii Amara. 

(Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel.) 
Bitter orange peel, powd. 3% ounces. 
Alcohol dil. q. s. to make. , 1 pint. 
Moisten the orange peel with a portion of 
the diluted alcohol and macerate for two 
days. Then percolate with diluted alcohol 
until 1 pint is obtained. 



2712. Tincture of Aurantii Dulcis. 

(Tincture of Sweet Orange Peel.) 
Sweet orange peel, recent, 
and deprived of the inner 

white layer 3% ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent q. s 

to make 1 pint. 

Cut the orange peel into small pieces; ma- 
cerate with 8 ounces of the alcohol for 7 days 
in a tightly closed vessel; remove to a per- 
colator and pack firmly; run alcohol through 
until one pint is obtained. 



2713. Tincture of Belladonna. 

Belladonna leaves, powdered, 4% ounces; 
diluted alcohol q. s. % to make 2 pints. Moisten 
the powder with six ounces diluted alcohol 
and macerate for 24 hours; then pack firmly 
in cylindrical percolator, and pour sufficient 
diluted alcohol upon it until two pints of 
tincture are obtained. 



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3714. Tincture of Benzoin. 

U. S. 1880. 
Benzoin, powdered, 6 ounces; alcohol q. s. 
to make 2 pints. Mix the powder with suffi- 
cient alcohol and macerate for seven days in 
a closed vessel; then filter through paper, 
.adding enough alcohol to make the tincture 
measure 2 pints. 



2715. Tincture of Benzoin Compound. 

(Turlington's Balsam.) 

Benzoin, powdered 3% ounces. 

Purified aloes, powdered... 260 grains. 

Storax 2V 2 ounces. 

Balsam of tolu l x /4 ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. to make 2 pints'. 

Mix the powders and gums in one and a 
half pints of alcohol and macerate for a week 
or ten days, in a closed vessel; then filter 
through paper, adding enough alcohol through 
the filter to measure, in all, 2 pints. 



2716. Tincture of Black Cohosli Compound. 
Am. Dis. 

' (Co. Tincture of Cimcifuga.) 
Tincture of black cohosh. .. 8*4 A- ounces. 
Tincture of blood root, U. 

S. P 6 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of poke root 1% fl. ounces. 

Mix. 



3717. Tincture of Blood Boot Compound 
(Eclectic). 

Blood root 1 ounce. 

Lobelia herb 1 ounce. 

Skunk cabbage 1 ounce. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Extract the drug by percolation with alco- 
hol, so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



•3718. Tincture of Blue Cohosh. (Am. Dis.) 
Blue cohosh, fine powder .. 3^4 ounces. 

Alcohol q- s. 

Extract the drug by percolation with alcohol 
so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



2719. Tincture of Blue Cohosh Co. (Am. Dis.) 

Blue cohosh, fine powder. .. 640 grains. 

Ergot, fine powder 320 grains. 

Water pepper, fine powder.. 320 grains. 

Oil of savin 21/2 A- drams. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Extract the mixed drugs by percolation with 
alcohol, so that the percolate, with the oil 
added, will make 16 fluid ounces. 



3730. Tincture of Blue Flag. 

Blue flag, fine powder 3*4 ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Extract the mixed drugs in fine powder by 
percolation, with diluted alcohol, so as to ob- 
tain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



3731. Tincture of Buchu. 

Buchu, coars-e powder 2 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Extract the drug by percolation, so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of product. 



3733. Tincture of Burdock Seed. 

Burdock seed, ground 4% ounces. 

Water; alcohol; of each. ... sufficient. 

Mix the liquids in the proportion of 
1 by measure of the water to 3 of the alco- 
hol, and percolate the drug in the usual way, 
until 16 fluid ounces of percolate are obtained. 



3733. Tincture of Bryonia. 

Bryonia, recent, No. 40, 

powder 2% ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. to make 2 pints. 

Moisten the powder with 3 ounces of alco- 
hol and macerate for 24 hours; put in perco- 
lator and gradually pour on sufficient alcohol, 
until two pints' of tincture are obtained. 



8734. Tincture of Cacao. 

(Tincture of Theobroma.) 
Cacao beans, freshly roast- 
ed 16 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla, U. S. P. 2% fl. ounces. 
Diluted alcohol, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the cacao beans and the cinnamon 
to moderately fine powder; add 16 fluid ounces 
of diluted alcohol; macerate for 7 days, agi- 
tating occasionally; transfer to a percolator 
and percolate, adding sufficient of the diluted 
alcohol to make the percolate measure one 
pint. 



3735. Tincture of Cactus Granditiorus. 

(Eclectic.) 
Fresh flowers and stems' of 

cactus grandiilorus 4% ounces. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 14 days, occasionally agitat- 
ing; express and filter. 



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2726. Tincture of Calamus. 

(Ger. Phar.) 
Calamus, coarse powder. . . 3 ounces. 

Water 4% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 13 11. ounces. 

Mix, macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, strain With expression and filter. 



2727. Tincture of Calendula. 

Calendula, rough ground, 6 ounces; alcohol, 
diluted q. s. to make 2 pints. Macerate the 
calendula with a portion of the diluted alco- 
hol for 2 days; then place in a percolator and 
run through enough menstruum to obtain 2 
pints. 



2728. Tincture of Calumba. 

Calumba, rough ground, 3 ounces; alcohol 
and water a. s. to make 2 pints. Mix alco- 
hol and water in the proportion of iy 2 pints 
of alcohol to 12 fluid ounces of water, y and 
moisten the powder with a portion. Macerate 
for 24 hours, then pack in a percolator and 
pour the menstruum upon it, until 2 fluid 
pints are obtained. 



2729. Tincture of Cannabis^Indica. 

(Indian Hemp.) 
Indian Cannabis powder, 5% ounces'; alco- 
hol q. s. to make 2 pints. Moisten the pow- 
der with 6 ounces of alcohol, and macerate 
for 24 hours; then pack in a cylindrical per- 
colator and gradually pour alcohol upon it 
until two pints of tincture are obtained. 



2730. Tincture of Capsicum. 

Capsicum, powdered VA ounces troy. 

Alcohol 2 pints. 

Mix alcohol and water in the proportion of 
19 parts of alcohol to 1 part of water; and 
having moistened the powder with half a 
fluid ounce of the mixture pack it firmly in a 
percolator. Then run menstruum through 
until 2 pints are obtained. 



2731. Tincture of Cardamom Co. 

Cardamom, powdered 280 grains. 

Cinnamon, powdered 280 grains. 

Caraway, powdered 140 grains. 

Cochineal, powdered 70 grains. 

Glycerine l x /2 fl. ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. to 

make 2 pints. 

Mix the drugs; moisten with 2 ounces of 
diluted alcohol; pack them firmly in a cylin- 



drical percolator and gradually pour the men- 
struum upon them until 30% fluid ounces, of 
the tincture are obtained. Then add the gly- 
cerine and mix them thoroughly. This is a 
pleasant aromatic tincture, a favorite addition 
to bitters or other stomachics. Used occa- 
sionally as a carminative. Dose, a teaspoon- 
ful. 



2732. Tincture of Carduus Mariana. 

(Tincture of Mary Thistle.) 
Carduus Mariae fruit whole 10 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 12 fluid ounces* 

Distilled water 10 fluid ounces. 

Macerate for 8 days, then filter. 



2733. Tincture Carminative. 

(Brit. Form.) 
Cardamom seeds, bruised. . 480 grains. 

Tincture of ginger 2% fl. ounces. 

Oil of cinnamon 80 minims. 

Oil of cloves 80 minims. 

Oil of caraway 80 minims. 

Alcohol, enough to make... 16 fl. ounces- 
Macerate the cardamoms with 12 fluid 
ounces of alcohol for 7 days; decant the 
liquid; express the residue, filter; add the oils 
to the filtrate, and finally add the remainder 
of the alcohol. 



2734. Tincture of Cascara Sagrada. (Codex.). 
Cascara sagrada, in coarse 

powder 3 ounces. 

Water 5% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 11% fl. ounces. 

Mix, macerate for 10 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, express, and filter. 



2735. Tincture of Castor. 

(Am. Dis.) 
Castor (Russian preferred) . l 1 /^ ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Reduce the castor to as fine a condition as 
possible. Macerate with the alcohol for 14 
days, occasionally agitating; express, and 
filter, adding enough alcohol through the fil- 
ter to make the liquid measure 16 fluid 
ounces. 



2736. Tincture of Castor— Ammoniated. 

Castor 480 grains. 

Asafetida 240 grains. 

Spirit of ammonia 16 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the drugs to coarse powder, add the 
spirit, macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and express. 



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3737. Tincture of Catechu Co. 

Catechu, No. 40 powder.... 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon, No. 40 powder. . 2% ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. to 

make 2 pints. 

Mix the powders and having moistened the 
mixture with 4 fluid ounces of diluted alcohol, 
macerate for 24 hours; then pack firmly in 
percolator and gradually pour diluted alcohol 
upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. 
This is a grateful astringent tincture. The 
dose is % to 2 teaspoonfuls. It may be ad- 
vantageously added to diarrhoea mixtures 
astringent washes; and similar preparations. 



2738. Tincture of Celandine. 

(Rademacher's.) 
Fresh herb of chelidonium. 10 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 12 fluid ounces. 

Contuse the herb to a pulp, add the alcohol; 
macerate for 8 days, express, "and. filter. 



2739. Tincture of Chloroform Co. 

(Brit. Phar.) 

Chloroform T fluid ounce. 

Alcohol 4 fluid ounces. 

Com. tincture of cardamon. 5 fluid ounces. 
Mix. 



2740. Tincture of Cimicifuga. 

(Black Cohosh.) 
Cimcifuga No. 60, powder. . 5% ounces. 
Alcohol, q. s. to make.... 2 pints. 
Macerate the cimcifuga for 48 hours; then 
transfer to a percolator, and pour alcohol 
upon it until 2 pints of tincture are obtained. 
Dose a fluid dram to one half a fluid ounce. 

2741. Tincture of Cinnamon Co. £J 

(Eclectic.) 

Cinnamon 240 grains. 

Cardamon 90 grains. 

Prickly ash berries 90 grains. 

Ginger 90 grains. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Extract the mixed drugs in fine powder by 
percolation so as to obtain 16 ounces of tincture. 



2742. Tincture of Cochineal. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Cochineal powdered 2 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol, enough to 

make 16 fluid ounces. 

Extract the drug by percolation or macera- 
tion. 

The product may be used for coloring 
elixirs and other preparations. 



2743. Tincture of Cochineal. 

(Rademacher's.) 
Cochineal in coarse powder. 1 ounce. 
Alcohol . 11 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 3 days, agitating occasionally, 

and filter. 



2744. Tincture of Colchicum Co. 

(Eclectic.) 
Tinct. of colchicum seed. 8 fluid ounces. 
Tincture of black cohosh. 8 fluid ounces. 
Mix. 

2745. Tincture of Colchicum. 

Colchicum seed, 30 powder. 4% ounces. 

Alcohol, dilute q. s. to make 2 pints. 
Moisten the colchicum with 5 ounces of 
alcohol; dilute; macerate for 3 days; perco- 
late with diluted alcohol until 2 pints are ob- 
tained. 

2746. Tincture of Coloeynth. 

(Ger. Phar.) 
Coloeynth, with seeds, cut 

coarse 1% ounces. 

Alcohol q- s. 

Percolate alcohol through the drug so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 

2747. Tincture of Coloeynth Seed. 

(Rademacher's.) 

Coloeynth seed 3 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent q. s. 

Wash the seeds with water, dry and reduce 
to coarse powder, add 16V 2 fluid ounces of al- 
cohol. Macerate for 14 days, agitating; ex- 
press, filter, and add enough of the alcohol to 
the filtrate to make 16 fluid ounces. 



2748. Tincture of Conium. 

(U. S. P., 1880.) 

Conium seed, powder 2% ounces. 

Diluted hydrochloric acid. . V 2 fluid dram. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Extract tbe drug by percolation so as to ob- 
tain 16 fluid ounces of product, adding the 
acid to that portion of the diluted alcohol 
which is used for moistening the drug. 



2749. Tincture of Convallaria. 

(Brit. Form.) 
(Tincture of Lily of the Valley.) 
Lily of the valley flowers 
and stalks, dried, coarse 

powder 2 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Extract the drug by percolation, so as to 
make 16 fluid ounces of tincture". 



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2750. Tincture of Copper Acetate. A 

Copper sulphate, pure 675 grains. 

Lead acetate, pure 840 grains. 

Distilled water 8% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 7% fl. ounces 

Triturate the two salts together until a 
smooth paste is formed, transfer this to a 
copper vessel, add the water, heat to boiling, 
allow to cool, add the alcohol, set aside for 4 
weeks, agitating frequently, and filter. 



2751. Tincture of Copper Acetate. B 

Copper acetate crystallized 480 grains. 

Distilled water 9 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 7 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the acetate in the water previously 
warmed and filter. 



2752. Tincture of Corydalis— Eclectic. 

(Tincture of Turkey Corn.) 
Turkey corn, fine powd. . . . 3% ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation with 
diluted alcohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces 
of tincture. 



2753. Tincture of Cubeb. 

Cubeb No. 30, powder 4 ounces. 

To per cent alcohol q. s. 

to make 2 pints. 

Moisten the powder with 3 ounces of 75 per 
cent alcohol and macerate for 24 hours; then 
pack i't firmly in a percolator, and gradually 
pour 75 per cent alcohol upon it until 2 pints 
of tincture are obtained. 



2754. Tincture of Culvers Root— Eclectic. 

(Tincture of Leptandra.) 

Culvers root ?>y± ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug in moderately fine powder 
by percolation so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces 
of product. 



2755. Tincture of Digitalis— Ethereal. 

Digitalis, cut fine 1% ounces. 

Spirit of ether 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, macerate for 7 days, and filter. 



2756. Tincture of Ergot. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Ergot, powdered 4 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Percolate the drug so as to obtain 16 fluid 
ounces of tincture. 



2757. Tincture of Eucalyptus. 

(Brit. Form.) 
Eucalyptus, powdered .... 3% ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



2758. Tincture of Gelsemium. 

Gelsemium in fine powder. 4*4 ounces. 
Alcohol, 188 per cent, q. s. 

to make 2 pints. 

Moisten the gelsemium with 4 fluid ounces 
of alcohol; percolate with alcohol until 2 
pints of tincture are obtained. 



2759. Tincture of Gentian. 

G. P. 

Gentian, powdered 3>£ ounces. 

Diluted alcohol 1 pint. 

Moisten the powder with sufficient men- 
struum', and macerate for 24 hours; then 
place in a filter and pour on diluted alcohol 
until 1 pint of tincture is obtained. 



2760. Tincture Gentian Compound. 

Gentian 2% ounces. 

Bitter orange peel 1%. ounces. 

Cardamom . 280 grains. 

Diluted alcohol 4 pints. 

Mix the gentian, orange peel and cardamom 
and reduce them to a coarse powder; moisten 
the powder with 6 ounces of diluted alcohol; 
macerate for 24 hours, then pack firmly in 
percolator and pour diluted alcohol upon it 
until 4 pints of tincture are obtained. 



2761. Tincture of Ginger. 

(U. S. P.) 

Ginger in No. 40 powder. . 5% ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. to make 2 pints. 

Moisten the ginger with 2 ounces of alcohol 
and macerate for 24 hours; percolate with 
menstruum until 2 pints of tincture are ob- 
tained. 



2762. Tincture of Golden Seal Co 

(Eclectic.) 
Tincture of Golden Seal 
(U. S. P.) 



Tincture of lobelia 
Mix. 



. . . 9V 2 A- ounces. 
... 6^ fl. ounces. 



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8763. Tincture of Henbane. 

(Tincture of Hyoscyamus.) 

Hyoscyamus leaves 4% ounces. 

Alcohol diluted, q. s. to 

make 2 pints. 

Moisten the hyoscyamus with 4 fluid ounces' 
of diluted alcohol and macerate for 24 hours; 
percolate with diluted alcohol until 2 pints 
of tincture are obtained. 



2764. Tincture of Hips. 

(Rademacher's 1 .) 
(Tincture Cynosbati.) 
Fresh rose hips, cut fine. . 2 ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Macerate the hips with 12 fluid ounces of 
alcohol, agitating frequently, express, filter, 
and add enough alcohol to the filtrate to make 
12 fluid ounces. 



3765. Tincture of Iodine. 

Iodine resublimed 510 grains. 

Alcohol 1 pint. 

Dissolve the iodine in the alcohol. 
This" tincture is seldom given internally, 
but is used for outward application as an 
absorbent, alone, or combined with other sub- 
stances. 

2766. Tincture of Iodine Co. 

(U. S. P. 1870.) 

Iodine 240 grains. 

Totassium iodide 480 grains. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and dissolve. 

This must not be confused with the com- 
pound solution of iodiDe of the present 
pharmacopoeia. 



2767. 



Tincture of Iron Co. 



Tincture of ferrated ex- 
tract of apples', N. F 8 fl. ounces. 

Tinous tincture of rhubarfc 8 fl. ounces. 
Tincture of nux vomica... 1 fl. ounce. 
Mix. 

2768. Tincture of Iron. 

(Athenstaedt.) 

Compound Aromatic Tincture of Iron — Athen- 

staedt's Tincture. 

Soluble oxide of iron 330 grains. 

Distilled water 19 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol GV 2 fl. ounces. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Tincture of orange peel... 50 minims. 

Aromatic tincture 12 drops. 

Tincture of cinnamon .... 12 drops. 

Tincture of vanilla 12 drops. 

Acetic ether 1 drop. 



Dissolve the iron salt in the water; then 
add the other ingredients and filter. The 
iron oxide used for the above should repre- 
sent 10 per cent of metallic iron. If it be 
weaker, a proportionately larger amount 
should be employed, and slightly decreasing 
the amount of syrup subsequently added. 



2769. Tincture of Iron Acetate. A 

(Rademacher's.) 

Iron sulphate, pure 656 grains. 

Lead acetate, pure 684 grains. 

Diluted acetic acid 3 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water 3 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 6 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the two salts together to a pasty 
mass, introduce this into an iron vessel, add 
the water and acid, heat to boiling, allow to 
cool; transfer to a large flask, add the 
alcohol; set the flask, loosely stoppered, aside 
for several months, agitating occasionally 
until the liquid has acquired a light red tint, 
and filter. 



2770. Tincture of Iron Chloride. 

Solution of chloride of iron 4 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 12 ounces. 

Mix; let stand for 3 months; keep in glass 
stoppered bottles'. 



3771. Tincture of Iron. B 

Solution of iron tersul- 
phate 2y 2 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water 2y 2 fl. ounces. 

Lead acetate, pure 1% ounces. 

Diluted acetic acid 5 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 5 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the lead acetate in the acid; add 
the iron solution previously mixed with the 
water; then gradually add the alcohol; set 
aside for two weeks and decant the clear 
liquid. t 



3773. Tincture of Jaborandi. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Jaborandi, powder 4 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract by percolation so as to obtain 16 
fluid ounces' of tincture. 



3773. Tincture of Kalmia— Eclectic. 

(Tincture of Sheep Laurel or Mountain Mint.) 
Sheep laurel leaves, grd... 3*4 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of product. 



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2774. Tincture of Kino. 

Kino ^ 360 grains. 

Glycerine '. 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol ~> q. s. to make 

Water j % pint. 

Mix the glycerine with 6 ounces of alcohol, 
and 114 ounces of water. Rub the kino in 
a mortar, adding- gradually 3 ounces of this 
menstruum until a smooth paste is made; 
transfer this 1 to a bottle add the remainder of 
the menstruum and macerate for 24 hours, 
occasionally shaking the bottle; then filter 
through paper, adding through the filter 
enough of a mixture of alcohol and water, 
made in the proportion of 5 drams of alcohol 
to 1 dram of water, to make half a pint of 
tincture. 



2775. Tincture of Lobelia Co.— Eclectic. 

(King's Expectorant Tincture.) 

Lobelia (herb) 120 grains. 

Bloodroot 120 grains. 

Skunk cabbage 120 grains. 

Canada snake root 120 grains. 

Pleurisy root 120 grains. 

Water q. s. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Mix the drugs and reduce to fine powder; 
mix the alcohol and water in the proportion 
of 3 of the former to 1 of the latter, and ex- 
tract the mixed drugs by percolation with 
this menstruum so as to obtain 16 fluid 
ounces of product. 



2776. Tincture of Lobelia and Capsicum 
Co. — Eclectic. 

(Anti-spasmodic Tincture, Eclectic.) 

Lobelia .' 1 ounce. 

Capsicum 1 ounce. 

Skunk cabbage .7 1 ounce. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Mix the drugs in moderately fine powder, 
and extract by percolation with diluted 
alcohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces. 



2777. Tincture of Lupulin— Eclectic. 

Lupulin 2% ounces. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces 

Macerate for 7 days, shaking occasionally, 
and filter, adding enough alcohol through the 
filter to make 16 fluid ounces. 



2778. Tincture of Myrrh. 

Myrrh, No. 30, powder. . . . 5% ounces. 
Alcohol, sufficient to make 2 pints. 
Mix the powder with iy 2 pints' alcohol; ma- 
cerate for seven days in a well stoppered 



vessel, agitating occasionally; then filter 
through paper, adding through the filter 
enough alcohol to make the tincture measure 
2 pints. 

2779. Tincture of Opiurn— Ammoniated. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Opium , 80 grains. 

Spanish saffron 144 grains. 

Benzoic acid 144 grains. 

Oil of anise 50 minims. 

Stronger water of am- 
monia 314 A- ounces/ 

Alcohol q. s. 

Mix the first five ingredients' with 13 fluid 
ounces of alcohol, macerate for 7 days, 
agitating occasionally, express, filter, and add 
enough alcohol to the filtrate to make 16 
fluid ounces. 



2780. Tincture of Opium— Camphorated. 

(Paregoric ) From Laudanum. 

Laudanum 1% ounces. 

Benzoic acid , . 1 dram. 

Oil of anise 1 dram. 

Camphor 2 scruples. 

Alcohol dilute 30 ounces. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Caramel to color q. s. 

Dissolve the benzoic acid, camphor and oil 
of -anise in the alcohol; mix the glycerine, 
laudanum and water, and add gradually to 
the first solution; after standing a few hours; 
filter through paper. 

The dose for an infant is from five to 
twenty drops. 



2781. Tincture of Opium— Camphorated. 

TJ. S. 1880. 

Opium, powdered 35 grains. 

Benzoic acid 35 grains. 

Camphor 35 grains. 

Oil of anise 37 minims. 

Glycerine 5 fl. drams. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. to 

make 20 fl. ounces. 

Add eighteen ounces of diluted alcohol to 
the other ingredients and macerate for seven 
days in a well covered vessel; then filter 
through paper, adding through the filter suffi- 
cient diluted alcohol to measure in all twenty 
fluid ounces. 



2782. Tincture of Poke Root Co. 

Fluid extract of poke root. 3 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of cardamom 1 fl. dram. 
Diluted alcohol, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



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8783. Tincture of Prickly Ash Berries. 

(Eclectic.) 
Prickly ash berries in fine 

powder 4U ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation with 
diluted alcohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces 
of tincture. 



2784. Tincture of Pulsatilla. 

Pulsatilla herb, fresh S 1 /^ ounces. 

Strong alcohol q. S. 

Cut the herb into small pieces and add 
strong alcohol enough so that the product will 
measure 16 fluid ounces; macerate for 14 days, 
express, and filter. 



2785. Tincture of Quinine. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Quinine sulphate 12S grains. 

Tinct. of bitter orange peel 16 fl. ounces. 



2786. Tincture of Quinine— A nimoniated. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Water of ammonia I fl. ounces. 

Diluted alcohol 11 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the sulphate of quinine in the al- 
cohol with the aid of a gentle heat and add 
the ammonia. 



2787. Tincture of Rhubarb— Aromatic. 

Rhubarb, coarse ground... G% ounces. 

Cinnamon, coarse ground. 1*4 ounces. 

Cloves, coarse ground 1^4 ounces. 

Xutmeg, coarse ground. . . . 275 grains. 

Alcohol dilute q. s. to make 2 pints. 
Mix the drugs and moisten with 10 ounces 
of dilute alcohol; macerate for 3 days; perco- 
late and run menstruum through until 2 pints 
of product are obtained. 



2788. Tincture of Rhubarb— Sweet. 

Rhubarb, coarse ground... 2y 2 ounces. 

Licorice root, coarse grd... l 1 ^ ounces. 

Anise seed, coarse ground. 1% ounces. 

Cardamom seed coarse grd. 136 grains. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. to 

make 2 pints. 

Mix the drugs and moisten with 5 ounces 
of diluted alcohol; macerate for 3 days; perco- 
late and run through menstruum until 2 pints 
are obtained. 



2789. Tincture of Opium and Saffron. 

(Germ. Pharm.) 

(.Sydenham's Laudanum Compound Wine of 

Opium.) 

Opium, powdered 1*4 ounces. 

Spanish saffron \' 2 ounce. 

Cloves, bruised 90 grains. 

Cassia bark, coarse powder 90 grains. 

Alcohol 6% fl. ounces 

Water .- 9% fl. ounces. 

Mix all; macerate for 7 days, agitating oc- 
casionally, and filter. 



2790. Tincture of Phosphorus Co.. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Phosphorus 8 grains. 

Chloroform 14 fl. drams. 

Alcohol, enough to make. . 10 fl. ounces. 
Place the phosphorus in a stoppered bottle, 
apply the heat of a water-bath until dis- 
solved, and then add the alcohol, then shake 
well. 

This tincture should be protected from the 
light, in well stoppered bottles. Each fluid 
dram contains 1-10 grain of phosphorus. 



2791. Tincture of Poison Oak— Eclectic. 

(Tincture of Poison Ivy.) 
Fresh leaves of rhus toxi- 
codendron 9 ounces. 

Alcohol 6 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 14 days; express and filter in 
a well-covered funnel. 



2792. Tincture of Podophyllum— Eclectic. 

Podophyllum, fine powder. 3*4 ounces. 

Alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation with al- 
cohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of tinc- 
tuie. 



2793. Tincture of Quillaia. 

(Tincture of Soap Bark.) 
Quillaia, coarse powder... 3% ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 5% fl. ounces. 

Water q. s. 

Boil the quillaia with 13 fluid ounces of 
water for 15 minutes; strain; ' wash the 
residue on the strainer, with 1% fluid ounces 
of water, boil the strained liquid down to 10 
fluid ounces; allow to cool; add the alcohol, 
filter, and through the filtrate add enough 
water to make the filtrate measure 16 fluid 
ounces. 



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3794. Tincture of Poke Root— Eclectic. 

Poke root, fine powder..., 3*4 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation with 
diluted alcohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces 
of tincture. 



2795. Tincture of Rhubarb Co.— Eclectic;. 

Rhubarb 384 grains. 

Dogsbane 192 grains. 

Golden seal 192 grains. 

Gentian 192 grains. 

Prickly ash berries 192 grains. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Mix the drugs, reduce to fine powder, and 
extract with diluted alcohol by percolation, 
so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



2796. Tincture of Rhubarb— Koelreuter's. 

Rhubarb, cut fine 2% ounces. 

Bitter orange peel, cut fine 360 grains. 

Centaury, cut fine 180 grains. 

Fennel, crushed 110 grains. 

Distilled water 9 fl. ounces. 

Alcobol, 188 per cent .... 7V 2 fl. ounces. 
Mix and macerate for 8 days; strain and 
filter. 



2797. Tincture of Saffron. 

(Tincture of Crocus.) 

Saffron '. 1% ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Macerate the saffron for 3 days in a portion 
of the diluted alcohol; percolate with men- 
struum until 16 ounces are obtained. 



2798. Tincture of Savin. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Savin, coarse powder 2 ounces'. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



2799. Tincture of Savin, Compound- Eclec- 
tic. 

Fluid extract of savin.... 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of castor , 7y 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of myrrh 7% fl. ounces. 

Mix. 



2800. Tincture of Senna, Compound— Eclec- 
tic. 

(Elixir Salutis— Elixir of Health.) 

Alexandria senna, cut 480 grains. 

Jalap, finely powdered 240 grains. 

Coriander 120 grains. 

Raisins deprived of seeds. % ounce. 

Diluted alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 7 days, shaking occasionally, 
and filter. 



2801. Tincture of Serpentaria Co.— Eclectic. 

Sudorific Tincture.) 

Serpentaria igo grains. 

Ipecac 160 grains. 

Spanish saffron 160 grains. 

Camphor 160 grains. 

Opium 160 grains. 

Diluted alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate the finely powdered drugs with 
the diluted alcohol for 7 days, agitating oc- 
casionally, and filter. 



2802. Tincture of Shepherd's Purse. 

(Rademacher's.) 
(Tincture Bursas Pastoris.) 
Shepherd's purse herb 

freshly gathered 10 ounces. 

Alcohol 12 fl. ounces. 

Contuse the herb to pulp, add the alcohol; 
macerate for 7 days, express and filter. 



2803. Tincture of Skunk Cabbage.— Eclectic. 

Skunk cabbage, recentlj 

dried 3% ounces. 

Diluted "alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug in fine powder by perco- 
lation with diluted alcohol so as to obtain 16 
fluid ounces. 



2804. Tincture of Stavesacre — Eclectic. 

Stavesacre seed, fine powd 11 ounces. 

Absolute alcohol q. s. 

Percolate the drug with the absolute al- 
cohol so as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of pro- 
duct. 



2805 Tincture of Stillingia— Eclectic. 

Stillingia, fine powder 3 ounces. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of product. 



3806. Tincture of Strychnine. 

(Brit. Pharm.) 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 12 grains. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Agitate occasionally until dissolved. 

3807. Tincture of Strychnine, Co.— Eclectic. 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 16 grains. 

Acetic acid 4 fl. drams. 

Comp. tinct. cardamom..., 4 fl. drams. 

Water 7% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine in the alcohol and 
acetic acid, add the remaining ingredients and 
filter. 



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3808. Tincture of Sulphur. 

(Hager.) 

Washed sulphur 290 grains. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix; macerate for 4 days t agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter. 

2809 Tincture of Sulphur— Homeopathic. 

Washed sulphur V/ 2 ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 16 fl. ounces 

Mix; macerate for S days, shaking twice 
a day, decanting the clear liquid, and filter- 
ing. This is considered equal to the first cen- 
tesimal potency. 

3810. Tincture of Tolu. 

(U. S. P.) 

Tolu 1% ounces. 

Alcohol, enough to make. . 16 fl. ounces 
Mix: agitate occasionally, until dissolved, 
and filter. 



2811. Tincture of Vanilla. 

Vanilla bean, cut small anf 

bruised 3 ounces. 

Sugar, granulated 6 ounces. 

Alcohol 'i each sufficient to 

Water j make 2 pints. 

Mix alcohol and water in the proportion of 
two parts by weight of alcohol to one part 
by weight of water. Macerate the vanilla in 
one pint of this mixture for 12 hours; then 
drain off the liquid and set it aside. Transfer 
the vanilla to a mortar; beat it with the sugar 
into a uniform paste, then pack it into a per- 
colator and pour upon it the reserved liquid; 
when this has disappeared from the surface, 
gradually pour on menstruum aud continue 
the percolation until 2 pints of tincture are 
obtained. 



2812. Tincture of Valerian Ethereal. 

(Germ. Pharm.) 

Valerian in powder 2y 2 ounces. 

Spirit of ether q. s. 

Mix the drug with 15 fluid ounces of spirit; 
macerate for 7 days, agitating occasionally, 
express, add enough spirit of ether to make 
15 fluid ounces, and filter. 

2813. Tincture of Veratri Viridis. 

(Tincture of American Hellebore.) 
American hellebore in 60 

powder 14^ ounces. 

Alcohol, q. s. to make 2 pints. 

Moisten the powder with 5 ounces of al- 
cohol and macerate for 24 hours. Percolate 
with menstruum until 2 pints of tincture are 
obtained. 



2814. Compound Tincture of Viburnum. 

Cramp bark 2 ounces. 

Cassia bark l ounce. 

Skull cap %' ounce. 

Wild yam % ounce. 

Cloves 14 ounce. 

Grind together to fine powder and percolate 
with a menstruum consisting of alcohol, 2 
parts; water, 1 part, and glycerin, 1 part; 
first moistening, packing arid macerating in 
the usual way. The product should measure 
16 fluid ounces. 

3815. Tincture of Wahoo, 

(Brit. Form.) 
Tincture of Euonymus.) 

Wahoo bark, powdered 3% ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent q. s. 

Extract the drug by percolation so as to 
obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 

2816. Warburg's Tincture— Modified. 

Camphor , 2 drams. 

Rhubarb, coarse ground... 4 drams. 

Aloes soc, powdered 4 drams. 

Quinine sulphate 4 drams. 

Cinchonidia sulphate 4 drams. 

Gum myrrh, powdered 8 drams. 

Oil of angelica • 10 droos. 

Oil of caraway 10 drops. 

Alcohol diluted, q. s. to 

make /. . . 4 pints. 

2817. Tincture of Witch Hazel Bark. 

(Brit. Form.) 
Hamamelis bark, No. 20 

powder 1% ounces. 

Dilated alcohol, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Extract the drug by percolation. 

2818. Tincture of Wormwood. 

(Ger. Phar.) 
(Tincture of Absinthe.) 

Wormwood 3 ounces. 

Water 3% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 12% fl. ounces. 

Mix; macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, express, and filter. 

2819. Tincture of Wormwood, Co. 

(Bitter Stomach Drops.) 

Wormwood 520 grains. 

Blessed thistle 130 grains. 

Galangal root 130 grains. 

Orange berries 130 grains. 

Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Mix the drugs, reduce to powder, and ex- 
tract by percolation with diluted alcohol so 
as to obtain 16 fluid ounces of tincture. 



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SOLUTIONS. 



2820. Solution of Acid Phosphates. N. F. 

(Co. Solution of Phosphoric Acid.) 
Bone ash, in fine powder. . 17% ounces. 
Sulphuric acid (sp. gr. 

1.830) 13% ounces. 

Wa ter 64 ounces. 

Mix the bone ash with 16 fluid ounces of 
water, add the sulphoric acid, diluted with 
32 fluid ounces of water, and mix thoroughly 
with a porcelain or glass stirrer. Now add 
the remainder of the water and set the mix- 
ture aside for 24 hours, stirring occasionally. 
Then transfer the mixture to a strong muslin 
strainer, and subject this to a gradual pres- 
sure (avoiding contact with metals), so as to 
express as much of the liquid as possible. 
Lastly, filter this through paper. 

2821. Solution of Aloes and Soda. 

(Mettauer's Aperient.) 

Aloes socotrine 5 drams. 

Soda bicarb 1% ounces. 

Tincture of lavender co. . . . % ounce. 

Water q. s. to make 16 ounces. 

Macerate the drugs in the water for 2 
weeks; filter and add the tincture of lavender 

CO. 

2822. Solution of Arsenious Acid. 

(Solution Chloride of Arsenic.) 
Arsenious acid in small 

pieces 74 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid 135 minims. 

Distilled water sufficient 

to make 1 pint. 

Boil the arsenious acid with the hydro- 
chloric acid, mixed with 4 fl. ounces of dis- 
tilled water until it is dissolved. Filter the 
liquid and pass enough distilled water 
through the filter to make the solution meas- 
ure one pint. 

The medical properties of this solution are 
the same as Fowler's solution. The dose is 
from two to eight minims. 

2823. Solution of Acetate of Ammonium. 

(Spirit of mindererus.) 

Diluted acetic acid * 1 pint. 

Carbonate of ammonia q. s. 

Add a sufficient quantity of carbonate of 
ammonia to the diluted acetic acid, until it is 
neutralized. This preparation should be 
freshly made when required for use. 

Solution of acetate of ammonium may also 
be prepared in the following manner: 
Carbonate of ammonium.. 2 ounces. 

Acetic acid 4% fl. ounces. 

Distilled water 27 fl. ounces. 



Dissolve the carbonate of ammonium in one 
pint of distilled water and filter the solution. 
To the acetic acid add enough distilled water 
to make one pint. Keep the solutions in 
separate well-stopped bottles, and when 
solution of acetate of ammonium is to be dis- 
pensed; measure equal quantites of each solu- 
tion and mix them. 

2824 Sol. of Acetate of Ammonium. Strong. 

Carbonate ammonium . 5 ounces. 

Acetic acid q. s. or 13 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water q. s. 

Crush the carbonate of ammonium , and add 
it gradually to 12 ounces of the acetic acid; 
then add more of the acid until a neutral 
solution results. To this add sufficient water 
to make 16 fluid ounces. 

2825. Solution of Citrate Bismuth and Am 
monium. 

(Br.) 

Citrate bismuth 800 grains. 

Solution of ammonia q. s. 

Distilled water q. s. 

Rub the citrate of bismuth to a paste with 
a little distilled water; add the solution of 
ammonia gradually, and with stirring until 
the salt is just dissolved. Dilute with dis- 
tilled water to form one pint. 



2826. Solution of Magnesium Citrate. A 

Carbonate of magnesium. 200 grains. 

Citric acid 400 grains. 

Syrup of citric acid 2 fl. ounces. 

Bicarbonate of potas- 
sium in crystals 30 grains. 

Water q. s. 

Dissolve the citric acid in 4 fluid ounces of 
water, and, having added the Carbonate of 
magnesium, stir until it is dissolved. Filter 
the solution into a strong bottle of the ca- 
pacity of 12 fluid ounces, containing the syrup 
of citric acid. Then add enough water, pre- 
viously boiled and filtered, to nearly fill the 
bottle, drop in the bicarbonate of potassium, 
and immediately close the bottle with a cork, 
which must be secured with twine. Lastly, 
shake the mixture occasionally until the bi- 
carbonate of potassium is dissolved. 



2827. Solution of Citrate of Magnesia. B 

Citric acid, crystals GO grains. 

Sulphate of magnesia y. 2 ounce. 

Simple syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Extract of lemon 10 drops. 

Bicarbonate of potash 

(crystals) 2 scruples. 

Water, q. s. to make 12 ounces. 



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Place the acid and epsom salts together in 
a 12-ounce citrate of magnesia bottle; add the 
simple syrup and extract of lemon; agitate for 
a moment and add the water; when dissolved 
add the bicarbonate of potash; cork the bottle 
and tie down with twine. 



2828. Solution of Four Chlorides. 

(Era.) 

Alum 10 ounces. 

Sal soda j 10 ounces. 

Sal ammoniac 2 ounces. 

Common salt 2 ounces. 

Chloride of zinc 1 ounce. 

Muriatic acid, commer- 
cial q. s. 

Water, q. s. to make 1 gallon. 

Dissolve the alum in % gallon of boiling 
water: then add the sal soda, which gives a 
precipitate of aluminum hydrate. Muriatic 
acid is then added in sufficient quantity to 
dissolve this precipitate, thereby forming alu- 
mium chloride. The other salts are then 
dissolved in the remainder of the water and 
added to the first solution. The advantages 
claimed for this preparation are cheapness, 
ease of preparation, odorless, non-poisonous, 
and its adaptability for general use. Its free- 
dom from iron in the disinfection of clothing 
is an important point, in so much that it will 
not injure the fabric in any way. It com- 
mends itself for the disinfection of rooms, by 
saturating a sheet with the diluted solution 
and hanging up in any convenient place. 

This diluted solution may be made by mix- 
ing one pint of the concentrated solution with 
one gallon of water. 



2829. Solution of Hyclrastris— Colorless. 

(Glycerite of Hydrastis.) 

Hydrastis hydrochlorate. .. 25 grains. 

Aluminum chloride 50 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid dil 10 minims. 

Water distilled 8 ounces. 

Glycerine 8 ounces. 

Dissolve the salts in the water by the aid 
of the diluted acid; filter; then add the gly- 
cerin. 



!830. Solution of Iron Acetate. 

(U. S.) 
Solution of tersulphate 

of iron 14% fl. ounces. 

Glacial acetic acid 4% fl. ounces. 

Water of ammonia 1 pint. 

Water 

Distilled water, q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 



To the water of ammonia diluted with iy 2 
pints of cold water add, constantly stirring, 
the solution of tersulphate of iron, previously 
diluted with 4 pints of cold water. Pour the 
whole on a wet muslin strainer, allow the 
precipitate to drain, then return it to the ves- 
sel and mix it intimately with 7 pints of 
cold water; again drain it on the strainer, 
and repeat the operation, until the washings 
cause but a slight cloudiness with test — solu- 
tion of chloride of barium. Then allow the 
excess of water to drain off and press the 
precipitate, folded in the strainer, until its 
weight is reduced to fourteen ounces or less. 
Add the precipitate to the glacial acetic acid 
contained in a capacious porcelain capsule, 
and stir occasionally, until the oxide is en- 
tirely dissolved. Finally, add enough cold, 
distilled water to make the solution measure 
1 pint, and filter if necessary. Solution of 
acetate of iron should be kept in well-stop- 
pered bottles', protected from light. 



2831. Solution of Iron Chloride. 

(U. S.) 

Iron, in the form of 

fine wire and cut into 

small pieces Sy 2 ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid 16% fl. ounces. 

Nitric acid .... ^ of each q. s. 
Distilled water j to make 1 pint. 

Put the iron wire into a flask capable of 
holding double the volume of the intended 
product. Pour upon it 10M> fluid ounces of 
hydrochloric acid previously diluted with 5y 2 
fluid ounces of distilled water, and let the 
mixture stand until effervescence ceases; then 
heat it to the boiling point, filter through 
paper, and, having rinsed the flask and iron 
wire with a little boiling distilled water, pass 
the washings through the filter. To the fil- 
tered liquid add 5% fluid ounces of hydro- 
chloric acid, and pour the mixture, slowly 
and gradually, in a stream, in 1 fluid ounce 
and 3 fluid drams of nitric acid contained in 
a capacious porcelain vessel. After efferves- 
cence ceases, apply heat, by means of a sand 
bath, until the liquid is free from nitrous- 
odor. Then test a small portion with freshly 
prepared test — solution of ferricyanide of pot- 
assium. Should this reagent produce a blue 
color, add a little more nitric acid and eva- 
porate off the excess. Finally, add the re- 
maining 1 fluid ounce of hydrochloric acid, 
and enough distilled water to make the solu- 
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2833. Solution of Iron Citrate. 

(U. S.) 

Solution of tersulphate 
of iron 10y 2 fl. ounces. 

Citric acid 3 ounces. 

Water of ammonia : 8% fl. ounces'. 

Water q. s. to make 10 ounces. 

To the water of ammonia previously diluted 
with 20 fluid ounces of cold water, add, con- 
stantly stirring, the solution of tersulphate 
of iron previously diluted with 6 pints of cold 
water. Pour the whole on a wet muslin 
strainer, allow the precipitate to drain, then 
return it to the vessel and mix it intimately 
wun iy 2 pints of cold water. Again drain it. 
on a strainer, and repeat the operation until 
the washings cause but a very slight cloudi- 
ness with test — solution of chloride of bar- 
ium; then allow the excess of water to drain 
off. Transfer the moist precipitate to a 
porcelain dish, add the citric acid, and heat 
the mixture on a water-bath, to 60° C. (140° 
F.), stirring constantly until the precipitate 
is dissolved. Lastly, filter the liquid and eva- 
porate it, at the above mentioned tempera- 
ture, until it weighs 10 ounces. 



2833. Solution of Iron Perchloride 

Strong solution of per- 
chloride of iron 5 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, q. s. to 
produce after admix- 
ture 20 fl. ounces. 

Mix. 



2834. Solution of Iodine Compound. 

(U. S.) 

Iodine 1 % ounce. 

Iodide of potassium 1 ounce. 

Distilled water 8 fluid 
ounces and 3 fluid 

drams, to make 9 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iodine and iodide of potassium 
in the distilled water. Keep the solution in 
well-stoppered bottles. 



2835. Solution of Lime. (Lime Water.) 

Lime one part % ounce. 

Water q. s. 

Distilled water q. s. 

Slake the lime by the gradual addition of 3 
fluid ounces of water; then add one pint of 
water and stir occasionally during half an 
hour. Allow the mixture to settle, decant 
the liquid and throw it away. Then add to 
the residue 8 pints of distilled water; stir 
well; wait a short time for the coarser arti- 
cles to subside, and pour the liquid, holding 



the undissolved lime in suspension, into a 
glass stoppered bottle. Pour off the liquid 
when wanted for use. 

2836. Solution of Lime.— Chlorinated. 

Br. 

Chlorinated lime 1 pound. 

Distilled water 1 gallon. 

Mix well the water and the chlorinated 
lime by trituration in a large mortar, and 
having transferred the mixture to a stoppered 
bottle; let it be well shaken several times for 
the space of three hours. Pour out now the 
contents of the bottle on a calico filter, and 
let the solution which passes through be pre- 
served in a stoppered bottle. 

2837. Solution of Mercury and Arsenic 

Iodides. 

Donovan's Solution. 

Iodide of arsenic 37 grains. 

Red iodide of mercury 37 grains. 

Distilled water, q. s. to 

make % pint. 

Triturate the iodides with a fluid ounce of 
distilled water, until they are dissolved. Fil- 
ter the liquid and pass enough distilled water 
through the filter to make the solution meas- 
ure y 2 > pint. 

2838. Solution of Morphine Acetate. (Br.) 

Acetate of morphine 9 grains. 

Diluted acetic acid 18 minims. 

Rectified spirit % fl. ounce. 

Distilled water 1% fl. ounces. 

Mix the acid, the spirit, and the water, 
and dissolve the acetate of morphine in the 
mixture. 



2839. Sol. of Morphine Hydrochlorate.(Br.) 

Hydrochlorate of mor- 
phine * 9 grains. 

Dil. hydrochloric acid 18 minims. 

Rectified spirit V 2 A. ounce. 

Distilled water 1% fl. ounce. 

Mix the hydrochloric acid, the spirit, and 
the water, and dissolve the hydrochlorate of 
morphine in the mixture. 



2840. Solution of Pepsin. (IT. S.) 

Saccharated pepsin 400 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid 110 minims. 

Glycerin 7 fl. ounces. 

Water 12 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the saccharated pepsin in the 
water, previously mixed with the hydro- 
chloric acid, add the glycerin, let the mixture 
stand 24 hours, and filter. 



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2841. Solution of Lead Subacetate. 

U. S. 

Acetate of lead 4 ounces, 150 grains. 

Oxide of lead 3 ounces, 30 grains. 

Distilled water, q. s. to 

make 20 fl. ounces'. 

Dissolve the acetate of lead in 20 fluid 
ounces of boiling distilled water, in a glass or 
porcelain vessel. Then add the oxide of lead 
and boil for half an hour, occasionally adding 
enough hot distilled water to make up the 
loss by evaporation. Remove the heat, allow 
the liquid to cool, and add enough distilled 
water, previously boiled and cooled, to make 
the product measure 20 fluid ounces. Finally, 
filter the liquid in a well-covered funnel. 
Solution of subacetate of lead should be kept 
in well-stoppered bottles'. 

2842. Solution of Potash. 

Br. 

Carbonate of potassium.... 1 pound. 

Slaked lime, washed 12 ounces. 

Distilled water 1 gallon. 

Dissolve the carbonate of potassium in the 
water; and, having heated the solution to the 
boiling point, in a clean iron vessel, gradually 
mix with it the washed slaked lime and con- 
tinue the boliing for ten minutes with con- 
stant stirring. Then remove the vessel from 
the fire; and, when by the subsidence of the 
insoluble matter the supernatant liquor has 
become perfectly clear, transfer it by means 
of a siphon to a green-glass bottle furnished 
with an air-tight stopper, and add distilled 
water, if necessary, to make it correspond 
with the tests of sp. gr. and neutralizing. 
The sp. gr. is 1.058. 

2843. Solution of Potash. 

U. S. P. 

Potassium hydrate 1 ounce. 

Water distilled 16 ounces. 

Mix and dissolve. 

2844. Solution of Potassium Arsenite. 

Fowler's Solution, XL S 
Arsenious acid in small 

pieces 37 grains*. 

Bicarb, of potassium 37 grains'. 

Comp. tinct. lavender 130 minims. 

Distilled water, q. s. to 

make y 2 pint. 

Boil the arsenious acid and bicarbonate of 
potassium in a glass vessel with six fluid 
drams of distilled water, until the acid is 
completely dissolved. Then add the com- 
pound tincture of lavender and enough dis- 
tilled water to make the product measure 
half a pint. Lastly, set the mixture aside for 
eight days- and then filter through paper. 

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2845 



Solution of Soda. 

U. S. 

Soda hydrate 1 ounce. 

Water distilled 16 ounces 

Mix and dissolve. 



2846. Solution of Soda.— Chlorinated. 

U. S. 

Carbonate of sodium 25 ounces. 

Chlorinated lime 20 ounces. 

Water, q. s. to make 14 pints. 

Mix the chlorinated lime intimately with 
5% pints of water in a tared vessel" provided 
with a tightly fitting cover. Dissolve the 
carbonate of sodium in 5% pints of boiling 
water, and immediately pour the latter solu- 
tion into the former. Cover the vessel 
tightly, and when the contents' are cold, add 
enough water to make them measure 14 pints. 
Lastly, strain the mixture through muslin, 
allow the precipitate to subside, and remove 
the clear solution by means of a siphon. Keep 
the product in well-stoppered bottles. 

2847. Solution of Sodium Arseniate. 

U. S. 
Arseniate of sodium de- 
prived of its water of 
crystallization by a 
heat not exceeding 

149° (300° F.).. 

Distilled water 

Dissolve the arseniate of sodium in the dis» 
tilled water. 



23 grains'. 
5 fl. ounces. 



2848. Spiritus Acidi Formici.— N. F. 

Spirit of Formic Acid. 

Spiritus Formicarum (Germ. Pharm.). Spirit 

of Ants. 

Formic acid 250 minims. 

Distilled water Sy 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix the formic acid with the distilled 
water, and add enough alcohol to make six- 
teen (16) fluid ounces. 

Note. — Formic acid is required by the 
Germ. Pharm. to have a specific gravity of 
1.060 to 1.063. 



2849. Spiritus Amygdala? Amaree.— N. F. 

Spirit of Bitter Almond. 
Essence of Bitter Almond. 

Oil of bitter almond K;0 minims. 

Alcohol 14 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the alcohol, and add 
enough distilled water to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. 



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3850. Spiritus Aromaticus.— N. F. 

Aromatic Spirit. 
Comp. spirit of orange 

(N. F.) 8 fl. ounces. 

Deodorized alcohol . . 7*/ 2 pints. 

Mix them. Preserve the product, if it is 
to be kept in stock, in completely-filled and 
well-stoppered vials or bottles, and stored in 
a cool and dark place. 

Aromatic spirit may also be prepared in 
the following manner: 
Sweet orange peel, 
fresh, and deprived 
of the white, inner 

portion 16 tr. ounces. 

Lemon peel, fresh. 2 tr. ounces'. 

Coriander, bruised 2 tr. ounces 1 . 

Oil of star anise 10 minims. 

Deodorized alcohol enough 

to make 1 gallon. 

Macerate the solids during four days with 
1 gallon of deodorized alcohol; then add the 
oil of star anise, filter, and pass* enough de- 
odorized alcohol through the filter to make 
the product measure one (1) gallon. 

Note. — When good, fresh essential oils can- 
not be readily obtained for preparing the 
compound spirit of orange, the second 
formula may be used. But the product ob- 
tained by it should not be employed in mix- 
tures containing iron, as the latter would 
cause a darkening of the mixture. 

3851. Spiritus Aurantii Compositus. 

N. P. 
Compound Spirit of Orange. 

Oil bitter orange peel 4 fl. ounces. 

Oil of lemon 1 fl. ounce. 

Oil of coriander 160 minims. 

Oil of star anise 40 minims'. 

Deodorized alcohol enough 

to make 20 fl. ounces. 

Mix them. 

Note. — One fluid ounce of this spirit and 15 
fluid ounces of deodorized alcohol make 1 pint 
of aromatic spirit. (See No. 2850.) 

The essential oils used in this preparation, 
particularly those of orange and lemon, must 
be as fresh as possible, and absolutely free 
from any terebinthinate odor or taste. They 
should be diluted as soon as received, with a 
definite quantity of deodorized alcohol, which 
will retard deterioration. They should not 
be kept in stock, undiluted, for any length 
of time, or should at least be kept in bottles 
completely filled, and in a dark place. The 
alcoholic solution should be kept in the same 
manner. If oil of curacao orange of good 
quality can be obtained, it is advisable to use 
this, in place of ordinary oil of orange, as it 
imparts to the spirit a finer flavor than the 
latter. 



3853. Spiritus Cardamomi Compositus. 

N. F. 
Compound Spirit of Cardamom." 

Oil of cardamom,* 12 minims. 

Oil of caraway 4 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon, cassia. ... 2 minims'. 

Alcohol 8 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

"Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

*The oil of cardamom may be replaced by 
180 grains of freshly-bruised cardamom, and 
macerating for two days in the alcoholic solu- 
tion of the oils. 

Dissolve the oils in the alcohol, add the 
glycerin, and, lastly, enough water to make 
sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Note. — This preparation is intended as a 
flavoring ingredient, being equivalent to the 
officinal tinctura cardamomi composita, with- 
out the coloring matter. 



3853. Spiritus Curassao. 

N. F. 
Spirit of Curacao. 

Oil of curacao orange 2 fl. ounces. 

Oil of fennel 15 minims. 

Oil of bitter almond 3 minims. 

Deodorized alcohol 10 fl. ounces. 

Mix the oils with the deodorized alcohol, 
and keep the spirit in completely-filled and 
well-corked bottles, and stored in a cool and 
dark place. 

Note. — The essential oils used in this case 
must be as fresh as possible, and absolutely 
free from any terebinthinate odor or taste. 
Oil of curacao orange may be obtained with- 
out difficulty in the market, but it should be 
carefully examined as to its quality, immedi- 
ately upon receipt, and should not be kept 
in stock for any length of time, without 
special precautions (see Note to No. 2851). A 
still finer quality of oil of orange is that de- 
rived from citrus nobilis, which is known in 
the market as oil of mandarin. 



3854. Spiritus Glonoini. 

Spirit of Glonoin. 
Spirit of Nitroglycerin. Solution of Nitro- 
glycerin. 

A solution of glonoin (or nitroglycerin) in 
officinal alcohol, containing one (1) per cent, 
by weight, of the former. 

Note. — The specific gravity of this spirit, at 
15° C. (59° F.) is 0.828. On mixing 10 C.c. of 
the solution with distilled water, in a test- 
tube having a diameter of % inch, both 
liquids being at the temperature of 15° C. 
(59° F.), it will require about 16 C.c. of the 
water to render the liquid faintly turbid 
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and about 4 C.c. more of water will be re- 
quired to render it so opalescent that the eye 
cannot distinguish print placed behind the 
tube. 

Glonoin (or nitroglycerin), for medical pur- 
:sually procured by wholesale deal- 
ers in drugs directly from the factory where 
it is made, in form cf a 10 per cent solution in 
alcohol. Such a solution is non-explosive, 
and may te dilutee on requires 

the strength of 1 per cent. The specific 
gravity of the 10 per cent solution is 0.S63 at 
IS 1 . Ten C.c. of it require about 

:. of distilled water to render it 
opalescent that print cannot be distinguished 
through it under the conditions just described 
in the case of the 1 per cent solution. 

Solutions of Glonoin, particularly the 
_ger (10 per cent), should always be trans- 
ported or kept in tin cans, and never in glass 
or other fragile vessels. Should the container 
of a solution of glonoin be broken, and the 
contents be soaked up by wood, or packing 
material, the latter may become dangerously 
explosive when the alcohol has evaporated. 
Should the proportion of glonoin to porous 
material be not more than 70 parts of the 
former, and not less than 30 parts of the 
:. the compound will be non-explosive ex- 
cept by a detonator): and if the proportions 
are not more than 52 parts of the former, 
and not less than 48 parts of the latter, the 
compound cannot even be detonated. But, 
in presence of substances readily yielding oxy- 
gen, such as nitrates, chlorate- -mall 
a proportion as 5 per cent of glonoin will 
produce a dangerously explosive combination. 

When handling an alcoholic solution of glo- 
noin. care should be taken that it be not 
brought in prolonged or extended contact with 
the skin, as it is readily absorbed, and will 
then cause its characteristic physiological ef- 
g headache, nav.- 



Spiritu* Olei Volatile. 

M. F. 
Spirit of a Volatile Oil 
Any spirit or alcoholic solution of a volatile 
oil, for which no fo'rmula is given by the 
.iarni. or by this Formulary, should be 
prepared in accordance with the following 
general formula: 

volatile oil 400 minims. 

dorized alcohol, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

ve the volatile oil in the deodorized 
alcohol. 

ngth of the spirit thus pre- 
pared is approximately 5 per cent by weight. 
provided the specific gravity of the oil is 
about 



2S56. Spiritus Ophthalmicus. 

>". F. 
Ophthalmic Spirit 
Alcoholie Eye-Wash. 

Oil of lavender 10 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 30 minims. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Mix them by agitation, and, if necessary. 
filter the liquid through paper. 

£857. Spiritus Phosphori. 

N. F. 
Spirit of Phosphorus. 
Tincture of Phosphorus 

Phosphorus 10 grains. 

At solute alcohol, enough to 
make 15 fL oun 

To the absolute alcohol, contained in a flask, 
add the phosphorus, cut into small pieces, 
and apply a moderate heat, by means of a 
water-bath, taking care to prevent, as much 
as possible, any loss of alcohol by evapora- 
tion, or making up any loss by adding, from 
j time to time, a little more absolute alcohol. 
When the phosphorus is dissolved, allow the 
liquid to become cold, and add enough abso- 
lute alcohol, if necessary, to make fifteen 
fluid ounces. Then transfer the spirit to 
small, dark amber-colored vials, stopper them 
securely, and keep them in a cool and dark 
place. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 12 grain of 
phosphorus, or 14.4 minims contain 1 T 
grain of phosphorus. 

Note. — The phosphorus should be perfectly 
translucent, cut and weighed under ws 
and quickly dried with filtering paper before 
being dropped into the alcohol. The loss of 
alcohol, during the heating, may be avoided, 
and solution effected more expeditiously, by 
attaching to the flask a well-cooled upright 
condenser, which will cause the vapor of the 
alcohol to be condensed, and to flow back 
into the flask. In the absence of a con- 
denser, a long glass tube, inserted through a 
tight-fitting cork into the neck of the flask, 
and maintained in an upright condition, will 
nearly answer the same purpose. 

This preparation is intended for preparing 
the elixir of phosphorus - 
unsuited for internal administration without 
corrigents. Care should be taken that it be 
not confounded with Thompson's solution of 
phosphorus. 

28o8. Spiritus Saponatu*. 

X. F. 
Spirit of S 
Castile soap, in sharing* - . :r. ounces. 

Alcohol 9 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make... 16 fl. ounces. 



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Introduce the soap into a bottle, add the 
alcohol and three (3) fluid ounces' of water, 
cork the bottle, and immerse it in hot water, 
frequently shaking. When the soap is dis- 
solved, allow the bottle and contents to be- 
come cold, then add enough water to make 
sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter. 

Note. — The spiritus saponatus of the Germ. 
Pharm. is prepared by saponifying olive oil 
with potassa, and then adding alcohol and 
water. 

If time permits, the spirit ought to be set 
aside, in a moderately cold place, for about 
12 hours, before it is filtered. 



2859. Spiritus Sinapis. 

N. F. 
Spirit of Mustard 

Volatile oil of mustard 190 minims. 

Alcohol, enough to make.. 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix them. 

Note. — This preparation is officinal in the 
Germ. Pharm. 



AROMATIC WATERS. 

2860. Aqua Anetlii. 

Dill Water. 

Oil of dill 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Drop the oil on the cotton, pick and pack 
in a percolator or small glass funnel; run 
the distilled water through slowly until 1 pint 
is obtained. 

2861. Aqua Anisi. 

(Anise Water.) 

Oil of anise star 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Drop the oil on the cotton, pick and pack 
in a percolator or small glass funnel, run the 
distilled water through slowly until 1 pint is 
obtained. 

2862. Aqua Aurantii Flor. 

(Orange Flower Water.) 

Oil of neroli petale 20 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Drop the oil on the cotton, pick and pack 
in a percolator or small glass funnel; run the 
distilled water through slowly until 1 pint is 
obtained. 



2863. Aqua C amphorae. 

(Camphor Water.) 

Gum camphor l dram. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 2 drams. 

Absorbent cotton 1 dram. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make i P i n t. 

Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol drop 
the solution on the cotton, pick and pack in 
a percolator or small glass funnel; run the 
water through slowly until 1 pint is obtained. 

2864. Aqua Carui. 

(Caraway Water.) 

Oil of caraway 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 p i n t. 

Proceed as directed for aqua aurantii. 

2865. Aqua Chloroformi. 

(Chloroform Water.) 

Chloroform 1 fl. dram. 

Distilled water 25 ounces. 

Put them into a two-pint stoppered bottle 
and shake them together until the chloroform 
is entirely dissolved. 

2866. Aqua Cinuamonii. 

(Cinnamon Water.) 

Oil of cinnamon 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 p i nt . 

Proceed as directed for aqua aurantii. 

2867. Aqua Creasoti. 

(Creasote Water.) 

Creasote 72 minims. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Proceed as directed for aqua chloroformi. 

2868. Aqua Foeniculi. 

(Fennel Water.) 

Oil of fennel 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make l pint. 

Proceed as directed for aqua cinnamomi. 

2869. Aqua L,auro-Cerasi. 

(Cherry Laurel Water.) 
Oil of bitter almonds, es- 
sential 20 minims. 

Alcohol 2 drams. 

Absorbent cotton 60 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint 

Proceed as directed for aqua camphora. 



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2870. Aqua Mentha? Pip. 

(Peppermint Water.) 

Oil of peppermint 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Proceed as directed for aqua aurantii. 

2871. Aqua Mentha? Virid. 

(Spearmint Water.) 

Oil of spearmint 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Proceed as directed for aqua aurantii. 

2873. Aqua Pimentae. 

(Pimento Water.) 

Oil of allspice 15 minims. 

Absorbent cotton 30 grains. 

Distilled water q. s. to 

make 1 pint. 

Proceed as 1 directed for aqua aurantii. 

2873. Aqua Rosae. 

(Rose Water.) 

Oil of rose 5 drops. 

Absorbent cotton 15 grains. 

Distilled water, warm, q. s. 

to make 1 pint. 

Proceed as directed for aqua aurantii, and 
run through the warm water; the latter 
should have a temperature of about 120° F. 



WLNES— MEDICINAL. 



2874. Wine of Aloes. 

U. S. P. 

Purified aloes 1 ounce. 

Cardamom 75 grains. 

Ginger 75 grains. 

Alcohol q. s. 

White wine q. s. 

Mix the three drugs, reduce to coarse 
powder, add 2 fluid ounces of alcohol and 14 
of wine; macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter; add through the filter 
enough of a mixture of one part of alcohol 
to 7 of wine by volume to make the filtrate 
measure 16 fluid ounces. 

2875. Wine of Beef and Iron. 

Extract of beef 256 grains. 

Tincture of citro-chloride 

of iron 4*4 fl. drams. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Sherry wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



Pour the hot water on the extract of beef 
contained in a mortar or other suitable vessel, 
and triturate until a smooth mixture results. 
Then gradually add, while stirring, 12 fluid 
ounces of sherry wine. Next add the tinc- 
ture and the remainder of the wine. Trans- 
fer the mixture to a bottle, set this aside for 
a few days in a cold place, if convenient, fil- 
ter, and pass enough sherry wine through the 
filter to restore the original volume. 

2876. Wine of Beef, Iron and Cinchona. 

Extract of beef 256 grains. 

Tincture of citro-chloride 
of iron 4^ fl. drams. 

Quinine sulphate 16 grains. 

Cinchonidine sulphate 8 grains. 

Citric acid 6 grains. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Angelica wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citric acid and the quinine and 
cinchonidine sulphates in the hot water, and 
pour the solution upon the extract of beef 
contained in a mortar or other suitable vessel. 
Triturate the liquid with the extract, until 
they form a smooth mixture, then gradually 
add, while stirring, 12 fluid ounces of angelica 
wine, and afterwards the tincture of citro- 
chloride of iron. Transfer the mixture to a 
bottle, set this aside for a few days in a 
cold place; if convenient filter, and pass 
through the filter, the remainder of the an- 
gelica wine. 



2877. Wine of Beef, Iron and Coca. 

Extract of beef 256 grains. 

Tincture of citro-chloride 

of iron 256 minims. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of coca 10*4 fl. drams. 

Sherry wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces'. 

Triturate the extract of beef with the 

I water until dissolved, add 10 fluid ounces of 

: wine, then the tincture, syrup, fluid extract, 

I and the remainder of the wine, and filter. 

Each % fluid ounce represents 8 grains of 

beef extract, 8 minims of tincture of iron, 

and 20 minims of coca. 



2878. Wine of Cinchona. 

Germ. Pharm. 
Yellow cinchona, coarse 

powder % ounce. 

Port wine 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 8 days and filter. 



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2879. "Wine of Cinchona Co. 

Codex. 

Yellow cinchona 1% ounces. 

Bitter orange peel 75 grains. 

Chamomile flowers 75 grains. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 4% fl. ounces. 

White wine 13 fl. ounces. 

Bruise the drugs, macerate in the mixed 
alcohol and wine for 10 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter. 



3880. Wine of Cinchona and Cocoa. 

Fluid extract of yellow 

cinchona 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of cocoa 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Angelica wine 12 fl. ounces'. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3881. Wine of Creasote. 

Glycerite of creasote 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 2% fl. ounces. 

Water 4 fl. ounces. 

White wine 5% fl. ounces. 

This contains 2% per cent of creasote. 



3883. Wine of Creasote Co. 

Creasote 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 4 fl. drams. 

Tincture of gentian 5 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



2883. Wine of Daniiana. 

Wine of Turnera. 
Fluid extract of damiana. . 3 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 3 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine 10 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



2884. Wine of Golden Seal Co. 

Wine Bitters Eclectic. 

Golden seal 20 grains. 

Tulip tree bark 20 grains. 

Bitter root (dogsbane) 20 grains. 

Prickly ash berries 10 grains. 

Sassafras bark 10 grains. 

Capsicum 10 grains. 

Sherry wine q. s. 

Extract the mixed drugs in coarse powder 
by percolation with the wine so as to obtain 
16 fluid ounces. 



2885. Wine of Iron. -Bitter. 

U. S. P. 
Iron and quinine citrate 

soluble / 360 grains. 

Tincture of sweet orange 

peel 2y 2 fl. ounces. . 

Simple syrup 5 ounces. 

White wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the iron and quinine citrate in 8 
fluid ounces of wine, add to this the tincture, 
syrup, and remainder of the wine, set aside 
for several days, and filter. 

2886. Wine of Iron.— Sweet. 

Cinchona, powdered 60 grains. 

Bitter orange peel, pow- 
dered 30 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Citrate of iron soluble 120 grains. 

Water 3% fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine 7 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of sweet orange 

peel 3V 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 14 fl. drams. 

Mix the tincture with the water and with 
this percolate the mixed cinchona and 
orange peel, adding enough of the same men- 
struum to make 7 fluid ounces, add to this the 
citric acid and iron salt dissolved in the wine, 
then add the syrup and filter. 

2887. Wine of Iron and Quinine Citrate. 

Citrate of iron and quinine 48 grains. 

Water, hot 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of lemon 2 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron and quinine citrate in the 
water, add the other ingredients and filter 
if necessary. 

2888. Wine of Iron and Potassium Tartrate. 

Tartrate of iron and pot- 
assium 160 grains. 

Water, hot 4 fl.drams. 

Water of ammonia q. s. 

Angelica wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. . 

Dissolve the salt in the water, carefully 
neutralize the acid in the wine with am- 
monia water; mix the two liquids, and filter. 

2889. Wine of Iron Citrate. 

U. S. P. 

Iron citrate, soluble 288 grains. 

Tincture of sweet orange 

peel ' . 2y 2 fl. ounces. 



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Simple syrup 13 fl. ounces. 

White wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in 12 fluid ounces of 
wine, to this add the tincture, syrup, and re- 
mander of the wine, set the mixture aside for 
several days and filter. 

2890. Wine of Orange. 

Oil of orange 5 minims. 

Alcohol, 1SS per cent 4 fl. drams 

Magnesium carbonate 240 grains. 

Simple syrup - fl - ounces. 

Sherry wine 13 <2 A. ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the alcohol, triturate 
with the magnesium carbonate, add the other 
ingredients and filter. 

2891. Wine of Pancreatin. 

Pancreatin, pure 160 grains. 

Simple elixir 5 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine 11 fl. ounces. 

Macerate the pancreatin in the elixir for 
24 hours, then add the wine and filter. 

2892. "Wine of Quinine. 

Brit. Pharm. 

Quinine sulphate 16 grains. 

Citric acid 24 grains. 

Orange wine 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, let stand for 3 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter. 

2893. Wine of Wormvrood.-Codex. 

Wine of Absinthium. 

Wormwood, cut % ounce. 

Alcohol, 188 per cent 1 fl. ounce. 

Sherry wine 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter. 



MISCELLANEOUS ELIXIRS. 

2894. Elixir of Aletris. 

Fluid extract of aletris 

farinosa 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 14 fl. ounces. 

Mix. let staDd for several days, and filter. 
Each fluid dram represents 7% grains of 
aletris fariDOsa. 

2895. Elixir of Ammonium Chloride. 

Ammonium chloride 1280 grains. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation, and filter if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 10 grains of am- 
monium chloride. 



2896. Elixir of Ammonium Chloride and 
Licorice, Compound. 

Ammonium chloride 640 grains. 

Compound elixir of licorice. 

enough to make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation, and filter if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of am- 
monium chloride. 



2897. Elixir of Ammonium, Quinine and 
Strychnine Valerianates. 

Strychnine (alkaloid) l 1 ^ grains. 

Valerianic acid q. s _ 

Quinine valerianate 04 grains. 

Elixir of ammonium valeri- 
anate, N. F., enough to 

make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine in 2 fluid drams of 
the elixir of ammonium valerianate by the aid 
of a slight excess of valerianic acid. Tri- 
turate the quinine salt with this solution and 
add the remainder of the elixir of ammonium 
valerianate, agitate occasionally until dis- 
solved, then filter. 

In case the valerianic acid is in such excess 
that its odor is perceptible, the liquid must 
be cautiously neutralized by stirring it with 
a glass rod which is repeatedly moistened 
with very dilute ammonia water. Any ex- 
cess of the latter must be avoided, as other- 
wise alkaloidal strychnine will be precipi- 
tated. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine valerianate, % grain of quinine 
valerianate and 2 grains of ammonium valeri- 
anate. 



2898. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Sumbul. 

(Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate with Musk 

PvOOt.) 

Fluid extract of sumbul. .. 2 ounces. 
Elixir of ammonium valeri- 
anate 14 ounces. 

Mix, let stand for several hours and filter 
through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains nearly 2 grains of 
ammonium valerianate and represents 7% 
grains of sumbul root. 



2899. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Elixir of ammonium valeri- 
anate 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, dissolve by agitation, and filter. 



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2900. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Cinchonidine, Iron Pyrophosphate 
and Quinine. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 64 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate, with cinchonidine 
and quinine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water and add 
the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains nearly 2 grains of 
ammonium valerianate, % grain of cinchoni- 
dine sulphate, and % grain of quinine hydro- 
chlorate, as well as y 2 grain of iron pyrophos- 
phate. 

3901. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Cinchonidine, Iron Pyrophosphate 
Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 2 drams. 

Elixir of ammonium valeri- 
anate, cinchonidine, iron 
pyrophosphate, and qui- 
nine, enough to make. ... 16 ounces. 
Dissolve the strychnine salt in the water 
and add the elixir. 



2903. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Cinchonidine and Quinine. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 32 grains. 

Cinchonidine sulphate 64 grains. 

Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate, N. P., enough to 

make 16 ounces. 

Mix, dissolve by agitation and filter. 
Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of am- 
monium valerianate, % grain of cinchonidine 
sulphate and % grain of quinine hydrochlo- 
rate. 

2903. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
■with Cinchonidine, Quinine and 

Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate iy± grains. 

Distilled water 2 drams. 

Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate with cinchonidine 
and quinine, enough to 

make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine in the water and 
add the elixir. 

2904. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Cinchonidine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1*4 grains. 

Distilled water 2 drams. 



Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate with cinchonidine, 

enough to make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine sulphate in the 
water, add the elixir and filter if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, y 2 grain of cinchonidine 
sulphate and 2 grains of ammonium valeria- 
nate. 

2905. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 

and Iron. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 ounce. 

Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate, N. F 15 ounces. 

2906. Elixir of Ammonium Valerianate 
with Iron, Quinine and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 2 drams. 

Elixir of ammonium valeria- 
nate with iron and qui- 
nine, enough to make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine sulphate in the 
water and add the elixir. 

2907. Elixir of Antifehrin. 

Acetanilid 128 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation. Each fluid dram 
contains one grain of antifebrin. 

2908. Elixir of Antipyrin. 

Antipyrin 640 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of anti- 
pyrin. \ 

3909. Elixir of Arsenic and Quinine. 

Solution of arsenious acid. . 10% drams. 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter if neceWry. 
Each fluid dram contains 1-20 grain of 
arsenious acid 3 and 2 grains of quinine sul- 
phate. 

2910. Elixir of Arsenic and Strychnine. 

Solution of arsenious acid.. 10% fl. drams. 

Strychnine sulphate V& grains. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter. 
Each fluid dram contains 1-20 grain of 
arsenious acid, and 1-100 grain of strychnine 
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3911. Elixir of Beef. 

Extract of beef 25G grains. 

Distilled water 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the extract in the water, add the 
elixir, let stand for several days if possible, 
and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains - of extract 
of beef. 

The extract of beef suitable for this and 
similar preparations is that which is prepared 
by Liebig's method. 

3912. JElixir Aurantii. 

U. S. P. 
Oil of orange peel 2y 2 A. drams. 

Cotton y 2 ounce. 

Sugar, in coarse powder.... 25 ounces. 

Alcohol 

Water q„ s. to make 4 pints. 

Mix alcohol and water in the proportion of 
1 pint of alcohol to 2% pints of water. Add 
the oil of orange to the cotton, in small por- 
tions at a time; distributing it thoroughly by 
picking the cotton apart after each addition; 
then pack tightly in a conical percolator, and 
gradually pour on the mixture of alcohol and 
water, until 3% pints of filtered liquid are 
obtained. In this liquid dissolve the sugar by 
agitation, without heat, and strain. 



2913. Elixir of Beef and Iron. 

Citrate of iron and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Distilled water, warm 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of beef, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water and add 
the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
salt and 1% grains of extract of beef. 

2914. Elixir of Beef, Iron and Malt. 

Extract of beef 256 grains. 

Extract of malt (thick) 4 av. ounces. 

Citrate of iron and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Spirit of orange 1 fl. dram. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces 

Sherry wine . 9 fl. ounces. 

Water. -» of each 

Ferric hydrate j sufficient. 

Dissolve the extract of beef in one fluid 
ounce of hot water, and add the alcohol con- 
taining the spirit of orange, then the wine 
with which the malt extract has previously 
boon mixed; shake frequently during 2 or 3 
days, filter, and wash the filter with a mix- 



ture of alcohol and water in the proportion of 
1 of the former to 4 of the latter by measure, 
so as to obtain a filtrate of 15 fluid ounces. 
Dissolve the iron salt in 6 fluid drams of 
water, add to the filtrate, and then add 
enough water to make 16 fluid ounces. 

The ferric hydrate may be prepared as de- 
scribed under the heading of elixir of gen- 
tian; the amount to be used must be suffi- 
cient to detannate the mixture, and if an 
insufficient amount has been- used, more must 
be added, allowing to stand for several days 
more. The test to be applied is the usual 
one — filtering a small amount of liquid and 
resting the filtrate with solution of iron chlo- 
ride to note if any discoloration occur. 



2915. Elixir of Berberine. 

Berberine phosphate 32 grains. 

Distilled water, tot 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 15 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the berberine in the water and add 
the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of berbe- 
rine phosphate. 

2916. Elixir of Berberine and Iron. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of berberine, enough 

to make '. 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water, add the 
elixir, and filter if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
pyrophosphate and nearly % grain of berbe- 
rine phosphate. 

3917. Elixir of Bismuth. 

Bismuth subnitrate 180 grains. 

Nitric acid ; C. P 3 fl. drams. 

Tartaric acid \ „ . 

Sodium bicarbonate, C. P.,. I ^ . ^ 
T .. ,.,, , f sufficient. 

Distilled water J 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix 3 fluid drams of nitric acid with an 
equal measure of distilled water, and to this 
add the bismuth subnitrate, stirring until 
solution is effected; add enough distilled 
water to make 3 fluid ounces. Now dissolve 
135 grains of tartaric acid in 12 fluid drams of 
distilled water, and pour this into the bis- 
muth solution, stirring constantly during 
mixing. To this mixture gradually add 150 
grains of sodium bicarbonate, stirring con- 
stantly during mixing. Dilute the magma 
thus obtained with 5 fluid ounces o'f distilled 
water, and after the lapse of several hours, 



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pour the whole upon a plain filter; allow the 
liquid to drain, and wash the precipitate with 
distilled water until the washings pass taste- 
less. 

Now mix 150 grains of sodium bicarbonate 
with 1 fluid ounce of distilled water, and add 
135 grains of tartaric acid gradually, with 
constant stirring. When reaction has ceased, 
and a clear solution has formed, add the 
washed precipitate of bismuth tartrate and 
stir until it is dissolved. Now add enough 
distilled water to make 3 fluid ounces and 
then the elixir. Allow to stand for 24 hours 
and filter. 

The 3 fluid ounces of solution to which 
elixir is added is a solution of tartrate of 
bismuth and sodium, and may be used to 
advantage, instead of citrate of bismuth and 
ammonium, in all preparations containing a 
soluble compound of bismuth. 

Each of the elixirs of bismuth contains 
about 2 grains of the respective bismuth salt. 

3918. Elixir of Bismuth and Cinchona. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Ammonia water sufficient. 

Detannated elixir of cin- 
chona, N. F., enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the bismuth salt with the hot water, 
allow the solution to stand to permit any 
undissolved matter to subside; decant the 
clear liquid and add to the residue just 
enough ammonia water to dissolve. Mix this 1 
solution with the decanted liquid, and if 
alkaline, neutralize the mixture with dilute 
solution of citric acid gradually added. To 
the whole add the elixir of cinchona, let stand 
24 hours, and filter if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of bis- 
muth salt and represents. V-/ 2 grains of cali- 
saya. 

8919. Elixir of Bismuth, Cinchona, Iron 
and Pepsin. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Detannated tincture of cin- 
chona 2y 2 fl. ounces. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 256 grains. 

Pepsin, pure 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic spirit i fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 5 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces . 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 



Add the bismuth salt to 4 fluid drams of the 
water, triturate well for a moment, allow to 
stand until the insoluble portion subsides, 
decant the clear liquid, carefully add to the 
residue just sufficient ammonia water to dis- 
solve it, carefully avoiding any excess, and 
mix this solution with the decanted portion. 

Add the pepsin to 5 fluid ounces of simple 
elixir and agitate occasionally until dis- 
solved; also dissolve the iron salt in the re- 
mainder of the water. 

Now mix the three liquids, add the tinc- 
ture, the spirit, syrup, and the remainder of 
the elixir, allow to stand for 24 hours, and 
filter. 

Each fluid, dram represents 1 grain each of 
citrate of bismuth and ammonium and of pep- 
sin, nearly 2 grains of cinchona, and 2 grains 
of iron pyrophosphate. 



3930. Elixir of Bismuth, Cinchona, Iron 
Pepsin and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth, cin- 
chona, iron and pepsin. .. 15% fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the strychnine sulphate in the 
water, add the elixir, and filter. 



3931. Elixir of Bismuth, Cinchona - and 
Pepsin. 

Detannated tincture of cin- 
chona 2% fl. ounces 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Pepsin, pure 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 

Aromatic spirit 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium with the water, allow to stand until 
the insoluble matter subsides, to the residue 
add ammonia water until solution takes 
place, carefully avoiding any excess, and mix 
the two liquids. Add the pepsin to 7 fluid 
ounces of elixir, agitate occasionally until 
dissolved; mix this with the preceding liquid, 
add the tincture, spirit, syrup and remainder 
of the elixir, allow to stand for 24 hours, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram represents nearly 2 grains 
of cinchona, and contains 1 grain each of 
pepsin, and of citrate of bismuth and am- 
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2922. Elixir of Bisimitli and Gentian. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams 

Ammonia water sufficient. 

Elixir of gentian, N. F., 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Treat the bismuth salt as described under 
elixir of bismuth and cinchona, add the elixir 
of gentian, allow to stand for 24 hours, and 
filter if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of bismuth 
salt and represents about 2 grains of gentian. 



2923. Elixir of Bismuth, Gentian and Iron. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Ammonia water sufficient 

Elixir of gentian and iron 
phosphate, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Treat the bismuth salt as in the preceding 
elixir, add the elixir of gentian and iron, let 
stand 24 hours, and filter if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of bismuth 
salt and nearly 1 grain of iron phosphate, and 
represents about 1% grains of gentian. 



2924. Elixir of Bismuth, Gentian, Iron 
and Stryehnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth, gentian 
and iron, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the strychnine in the water, add 
the elixir, let stand a few hours and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, nearly 1 grain bismuth 
salt and nearly 1 grain of iron phosphate, and 
represents about 1V 2 grains of gentian. 



2925. Elixir of Bismuth, Gentian and 
Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth and 
gentian, enough to make 10 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the strychnine in the water, add 
the elixir, let stand a few hours, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, and nearly 1 grain of bis- 
muth salt and represents about 1% grains of 
gentian. 



2926: Elixir of Bismuth, Golden Seal and 
Iron. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Glycerite of hydrastis 1 fl. ounce. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth, enough 16 fl. ounces. 

to make 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water, and the 
glycerite and elixir, let stand for a day or 
two, and filter. The elixir must be perfectly 
neutral. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
pyrophosphate, and nearly 2 grains of bis- 
muth salt and represents 3% grains of 
hydrastis. 



2927. Elixir of Bismuth and Golden Seal. 

(Elixir of Bismuth and Hydrastis.) 

Glycerite of hydrastis 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of bismuth 15 fl. ounces. 

Mix, let stand for several days if possible, 
and filter. The elixir of bismuth must be 
exactly neutral before adding the glycerite. 

Each fluid dram represents 3% grains of 
hydrastis and contains* nearly 2 grains of 
citrate of bismuth and ammonium. 



Elixir Bismuth and Iron. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth 8 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in water and add the 
elixirs. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
iron pyrophosphate and bismuth salt. 

2929. Elixir of Bismuth, Iron and Pepsin. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Iron pyrophosphate ...... 128 grains. 

Pepsin, pure 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the bismuth with 4 fluid drams of 
water, allow the insoluble matter to subside, 
decant the clear liquid, to the residue add 
gradually ammonia water until solution 
occurs, carefully avoiding any excess, and 
mix this with the decanted portion. Dis- 
solve the iron pyrophosphate in the remain- 
der of the water; also dissolve the pepsin in 
12 fluid ounces of elixir by frequent agita- 
tion. Mix the three liquids, add the remain- 
der of the elixir, and filter. 



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Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
iron pyrophosphate, pepsin, and citrate of bis- 
muth and ammonium. 



3930. Elixir of Bismuth, Iron, Pepsin 
and Quinine. 

Quinine hydi ochlorate ... 32 grains. 
Elixir of bismuth, iron and 

pepsin 16 fl. ounces. 

„ Mix, dissolve by agitation, and filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
pepsin, iron pyrophosphate and citrate of bis- 
muth and ammonium and % grain of quinine 
hydrochlorate. 



3931. Elixir of Bismuth, Iron and 
Strychnine. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1*4 grains. 

Distilled water 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of bismuth 8 fl. ounces 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt and strychnine salt 
separately in 4 fluid drams of the water; add 
the two elixirs, and filter if necessary. The 
elixir of bismuth must be perfectly neutral. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate and 1 grain each of iron 
pyrophosphate and bismuth salt. 



2932. Elixir of Bismuth, Nux Vomica 
and Pepsin. 

Tincture of nux vomica... 5% fl. drams. 
Elixir of pepsin and bis- 
muth, N. F., enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
pepsin and 2 grains of citrate of bismuth and 
ammonium and represents about y 2 grain of 
nux vomica. 



3933. Elixir of Bismuth and Pancreatin. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Pancreatin, pure 128 grains. 

Distilled water l fl. ounce. 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the bismuth salt with the water, 
allow the insoluble portion to subside, decant 
the clear liquid, add sufficient ammonia water 
to dissolve the residue, add this solution and 



the decanted portion to 12 fluid ounces of 
elixir mixed with the tincture, then add the 
pancreatin, agitate occasionally until the lat- 
ter is apparently dissolved, filter in a well- 
covered funnel, and add enough elixir through 
the filter to make the filtrate measure 16 
fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
pancreatin and citrate of bismuth and ammo- 
nium. 



2934. Elixir of Bismuth, Pepsin and 
Quinine. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 32 grains'. 

Elixir of pepsin and bis- 
muth, N. F 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and dissolve by agitation. 
Each fluid dram contains %. grain of qui- 
nine, hydrochlorate of pepsin, and 2 grains of 
citrate of bismuth and ammonium. 



2935. Elixir of Bismuth and Quinine. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 32 grains. 

Elixir of bismuth, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the elixir 
(which should be neutral) by agitation and 
filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of qui- 
nine hydrochlorate and 2 grains of bismuth 
salt. 



2936. Elixir of Bismuth and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of bismuth 15% fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salt in the water 
and add to the elixir, which latter should be 
neutral. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of. 
strychnine sulphate and nearly 2 grains of 
bismuth salt. v 



2937. Elixir, Bitter. 

(Elixir Amarum.) 
Germ. Pharm. 

Extract of wormwood 3% av. ounces 

Oleosaccharate of pepper- 
mint 1% av. ounces 

Aromatic tincture, N. F. 1% fl. ounces. 

Bitter tincture, N. F 1% fl. ounces. 

Water 8y 2 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the extract and oleosaccharate 
with the water to a smooth condition and add 
the other ingredients. This preparation 
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2938. Elixir of Blackberry. 

Fluid extract of rubus. ... 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla 4 fl. drams. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% . grains , of 
blackberry root bark. 

2939. Elixir of Black Haw. 

(Elixir of Viburnum Prunifolium.) 
Fluid extract of black haw 2 fl. ounces. 
Compound tincture of car- 
damom 9y 2 fl. drams'. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix. allow the mixture to stand a few days. 
if convenient, and filter. 

2940. Elixir of Black Cohosh. 

(Elixir of Cimicifuga.) ■ 
Fluid extract of black 

cohosh 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 11 fl. ounces. 

Mix, let stand 24 hours, and filter through 
purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents" 7% grains of 
cimicifuga. 

2941. Elixir of Black Haw, Compound. 

(Compound Elixir of Viburnum Prunifolium.) 
Fluid extract of black haw 2 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of hydrastis. 2 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of Jamaica 

dogwood 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 11 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours and filter 
Each fluid dram represents 7% grains each 

of black haw and golden seal and 3% grains 

of Jamaica dogwood. 

2942. Elixir of Blue Flag. 

Fluid extract of blue flag. 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 11 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours, and filter. 
Each fluid dram represents* 15 grains of 
blue flag. 



2943. Elixir of Blue Flag and Wahoo. 

Fluid extract of blue flag. 2% fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of wahoo. . . . 2% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol % fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 10 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours and filter, 
through talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents about 10 grains 
each of blue flag and wahoo. 



2944. Elixir of Three (or Triple) Bromides. 

Potassium bromide 128 grains. 

Sodium bromide 128 grains. 

Elixir of caffeine, enough 

to make 16 fl, ounces. 

Mix, dissolve by agitation, and filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 8 grains of each 
of the bromides of potassium, sodium, and 
caffeine. 



2945. Elixir of Six Bromides. 

Potassium bromide 640 grains. 

Sodium bromide 640 grains. 

Ammonium bromide 384 grains. 

Calcium bromide 192 grains. 

Lithium bromide 04 grains. 

Iron bromide 64 grains. 

Compound tincture of car- 
bear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter, if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains" 5 grains each of 
potassium and sodium bromides, 3 grains of 
ammonium bromide, 1% grains of calcium 
bromide, and 1 grain each of lithium and iron 
bromides. 



2946. Elixir of Bromide of Zinc. 

Zinc, bromide 128 grains. 

Citric acid 3 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter, if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of zinc 
bromide. 



2947. Elixir of Buchu and Juniper, 
Compound. 

(Rheumatic Elixir.) 

Fluid extract of buchu 6 l / 2 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of barberry 

bark 3^ fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of juniper 

berries 3^4 A- drams. 

Sodium salicylate 160 grains. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix all, let stand for 24 hours, and filter 
through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains 1% grains of 
sodium salicylate, and represents 3 grains of 
buchu, and 1% grains each of barberry bark 
and juniper berries'. 



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8948. Elixir of Bucliu, Juniper and 
Potassium Acetate. 

Fluid extract of buchu .... 12 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of juniper 

berries 4 fl. drams. 

Potassium acetate 192 grains. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours and filter 
through talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains \y 2 grains of po- 
tassium acetate, and represents" about 5Vi 
grains of buchu, and 2 grains of jumper ber- 
ries. 



2949. Elixir of Bucliu, Juniper, Uva Ursi 
and Potassium Acetate. 

Fluid extract of buchu .... 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of uva ursi . . 11 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of juniper 
berries 5% fl. drams. 

Potassium acetate V/ 2 av ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces'. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours, and filter 
through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram, contains 5 grains of po- 
tassium acetate, and represents iy 2 grains of 
buchu, 5 grains of uva ursi, and 2y 2 of juni- 
per berries. 



2950. Elixir of Bucliu and Pareira. 

Fluid extract of buchu 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of pareira 
brava 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 10 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours, ana" filter 
through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents iy 2 grams each 
of buchu and pareira brava. 



2951. Elixir of Bucliu and Pareira, 
Compound. 

Fluid extract of buchu 8 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of juniper 

berries 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of pareira 

brava 2 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of stone-root. 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours, and filter 
through purified talcum. 



Each fluid dram represents about 4 grains 
of buchu, 2 grains' of juniper berries, and 1 
grain each of pareira brava and collinsonla. 



2952. Elixir of Buckthorn and Senna. 

Fluid extract of frangula". . 2 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of senna 14 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents iy 2 grains of 
buckthorn bark, and 26 grains of senna. 



2953. Elixir of Calcium and Sodium 
Hypophosphites with Malt. 

Calcium hypophosphite. . . . 128 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir 8 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of malt, N. F. 8 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salts in the elixir by tritura- 
tion, filter, and add the malt extract. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
the hypophosphites of calcium and sodium. 



2954. Elixir of Calcium and Sodium 
Hypophosphites with Tar. 

Calcium hypophosphite .... 128 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 2 fl. ounces. 

"Elixir of tar, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salts in the water, add the 
elixir, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains" 1 grain each of the 
hypophosphites. 



2955. Elixir of Calcium Iodide. 

Calcium iodide V/ 2 ounces av. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation, and filter. 

Inasmuch as calcium iodide is an un- 
stable compound, it should be prepared as 
needed, and the following formula should 
therefore receive preference: 

Solution of iron iodide, N. 
F., prepared without hy- 
pophosphorous' acid 13^ fl. drams. 

Calcium oxide, C. P 2 ounces av. 

Distilled water sufficient. 

Sugar Sy 2 ounces av. 

Compound spirit of orange. 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Hydrate the calcium oxide with 6 fluid 
ounces of water, add the solution of iron ox- 
ide, heat to boiling, allow to stand a few 
minutes, decant the clear liquid, add to the 
residue a fresh portion of distilled water, 
heat again to boiling, decant as before, and 
repeat the process again until the mixed de- 
cantates measure 10 fluid ounces; add the 
alcohol containing the spirit, let stand for an 



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hour or more, filter, in the filtrate dissolve 
the sugar by agitation, and strain if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of cal- 
cium iodide. 



2956. Elixir of Iodo-Bromide of Calcium, 
Compound. 

(Compound Elixir of Calcium Bromide with 
Iodides.) 

Calcium bromide 256 grains. 

Sodium iodide 256 grains. 

Potassium iodide 256 grains. 

Magnesium chloride 256 grains. 

Compound fluid extract of 
sarsaparilla 2 fl. ounces. 

Compound fluid extract of 

stillingia 2 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 4 fl. ounces. 

Sugar 4y 2 ounces. 

"Water, enough to make.... 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salts' in the water, add the 
sugar, and to this syrup add the fluid ex- 
tracts previously mixed with the aromatic 
elixir; after standing for 2 days, filter, and 
add the remainder of the water. 



2957. JElixir of Calcium L,actophosphate 

and Cinchona. 

Detannated elixir of cin- 
chona 8 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of calcium lacto- 
phosphate 8 fl. ounces. 

2958. Elixir of Calcium Phosphate. 

Calcium phosphate 640 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid, concen- 
trated 5 fl. drams. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of cudbear ....... 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the calcium phosphate with the water, 
add the acid, dissolve, add the elixir, and 
then the tincture. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of cal- 
cium phosphate. 

2959. Elixir of Cascara Sagrada with 

Sodium Salicylate. 

Elixir of cascara sagrada. . 5 fl. ounces. 

Sodium salicylate 2% ounces av. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 1G fl. ounces. 

Mix, dissolve by shaking, and filter if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram represents approximately 2 
grains cascara sagrada, and contains very 
nearly 1 grain of sodium salicylate. 



2960. Elixir, Castillon's. 

Cinchona, coarsely powd. .. 160 grains. 

Gentian, coarsely powd.... 160 grains. 

Ipecac, coarsely powd 80 grains. 

Columbo, coarsely powd 80 grains. 

Cinnamon, coarsely powd. . . 20 grains. 

Aqueous extract of opium. . 20 grains. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Macerate the drugs with 16 fluid ounces of 
diluted alcohol for 7 days', and filter, adding 
enough menstruum through the filter to make 
up 16 fluid ounces of filtrate. 

2961. Elixir of Celery and Guarana. 

Fluid extract of celery seed 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of guarana . . 2 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours, and filter 
through talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 7y 2 grains eacn 
of celery and guarana. 

2962. Elixir of Cherries. 

(Elixir Cerasorum.) 

Ripe, sour cherries, free 
from stems 8 ounces av. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup sufficient. 

Crush the cherries and stones to a pulp, 
add the alcohol and glycerine, macerate for 7 
days, press and filter, and to the filtrate add 
simple syrup enough to make 18 fluid ounces. 



2963. Elixir of Cherries with Calcium and 
Sodium Hypophosphites. 

Calcium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Sodium hypophosphite 128 grains. 

' Elixir of cherries, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the two salts to fine powder, add 
to the elixir, dissolve by agitation, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
sodium and calcium hypophosphites. 



2964. Elixir of Chloral Hydrate. 

Chloral hydrate, crystal. .. . 640 grains. 
• Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, dissolve by agitation, and filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of chloral 
hydrate. 



2965. Elixir of Chirata. 

Tincture of chirata./ 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 1% grains of 
chirata. 



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2966. Elixir of Chloral Hydrate and 
Ammonium Valerianate. 

Refer to "Elixir of Ammonium Valeria- 
nate" and its combinations. 



2967. Elixir of Chlorides of Arsenic and 
Iron. 

(Elixir of Two Chlorides.) 
Solution of arsenious acid. 10% fl. drams. 
Tincture of citrochloride of 

iron 5% fl. drams. 

Simple elixir 14 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-20 grain ot 
arsenious acid (as so-called "chloride of 
arsenic") and about % grain of iron chloride. 



2968. Elixir of Chlorides of Arsenic, Iron 
and Mercury. 

(Elixir of Three Chlorides.) 
Solution of protochloride of 

iron, N. F.. 48 minims. 

Mercuric chloride 1 grain. 

Solution of arsenious acid.. 50 minims. 
Compound elixir of quinine, 

N. P., enough to make. .. 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix, dissolve, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of iron 
protochloride, 1-128 grain of mercuric chloride 
and 1-256 grain of arsenious acM (as so-called 
"chloride of arsenic"). 



2969. Elixir of Four Chlorides. 

(Four Chlorides.) 

Mercuric chloride 2 grains. 

Solution of arsenic 5% fl. drams. 

Tincture of ferric chloride. . 2 fl. ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid, diluted. . 11 fl. drams. 

Syrup of ginger 4 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make.... 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, dissolve, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains about 1-40 grain 
of arsenious acid (as so-called "chloride of 
arsenic"), 1-64 grain of mercuric chloride, 
about % grain of ferric chloride, and a'bout 5 
minims of diluted hydrochloric acid. 



2970. Elixir of Chloroform. 

Chloroform 4 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the alcohol and chloroform, and add 
the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains very nearly 2 min- 
ims of chloroform. 



2971. Elixir of Cinchona Detannaled. 

Yellow Cinchona 480 grains. 

Saigon cassia 80 grains. 

Coriander 80 grains. 

Nutmeg 20 grains. 

Star anise 20 grains. 

Sugar 10 av. ounces. 

Alcohol | of each 

Water j sufficient. 

Spirit of orange 2 fl. drams. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Reduce the cinchona, cassia, coriander, nut- 
meg and anise to a moderately fine powder; 
and extract by percolation with a mixture of 
alcohol and water, in the proportion of 1 by 
measure of the former to 3 of the latter, 
until 22 fluid ounces of percolate are obtained. 
Now beat the white of 1 egg with a portion 
of the percolate, add the remainder of the 
percolate, and set aside for 24 hours, agitating 
occasionally. Test at the end of the specified 
period of time with solution of ferric chloride 
and if discoloration occurs, the white of an- 
other egg may be added as before, allowing 
to stand 24 hours, then filtering. Wash the 
filter with a liquid similar to tlfe menstruum 
used until 25 fluid ounces of filtrate are ob- 
tained. To this add the spirit of orange and 
purified talcum, filter; to the filtrate add the 
sugar, dissolve by agitation, and strain, or 
filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents about 1% grains 
of cinchona. 



2972. Elixir of Cinchona, Compound. 

^Elixir of Cinchona and Coca.) 
Fluid extract of cinchona. . 10 fl. drams'. 

Fluid extract of coca 10 fl. drams'. 

Tincture of cacao 2% fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 11 fl. ounces. 

Mix, and filter, if necessary. 
Each fluid dram represents about 4% grains 
each of cinchona and coca. 



2973. Elixir of Cinchona, Gentian and Iron 
Malate. 

Malate of iron ("scales")... 128 grains. 

Extract of gentian 35 grains. 

Simple syrup 4 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of cinchona 6 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla 2 fl. drams. 

Oil of cinnamon 1 drop. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt and extract in the 
water, add the other ingredients' and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents about 1 grain of 
gentian and % grain of cinchona, and con- 
tains 1 grain of iron malate. 



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The nialate of iron to be used should not 

be the ferrate?! extract of apples, but the 

pure malate of iron which appears in the 
scale form. 



2974. Elixir of Cinchona and "Protoxide" 
of Iron. 

Solution of "protoxide" of 

iron li^> fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 1V 2 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of cinchona, N. F. . . . 13 fl. ounces. 
Mix the solution and the glycerin and add 
the elixir. 



2975. Elixir of Cinchona, Iron and 
Phosphorous. 

Spirit of phosphorus ~\o fl. drams. 

Elixir of cinchona and iron, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-200 grain of 
phosphorus. 2 grains of iron phosphate, and 
represents nearly 2 grains of cinchona. 



2976. Elixir of Cinchona and Pepsin. A 

Quinine sulphate 16 grains. 

Cinchonine sulphate 8 grains. 

Elixir of pepsin 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salts in the elixir 
and filter if necessarv. 



2977. Elixir of Cinchona and Pepsin. B 

Pure pepsin 12S grains". 

.... % fl. dram. 



Hydrochloric acid 

Detannated elixir of cin- 
chona, enough to make... 



16 fl. 



ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter, using puri- 
fied talcum, if necessary. 



2978. Elixir of Cinchona with Phosphates. A 

Syrup of calcium laeto- 
phosphate, U. S. Y 4 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of iron laetophos- 
phate 2 fl. ounces. 

Diluted phosphoric acid.... l fl. ounce. 

Quinine sulphate 32 grains. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of orange 4 fl. drams. 

Water 4V 2 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the alcohol pre- 
viously mixed with the acid and spirit, pour 
this solution into the syrups previously mixed 
with the water, allow to stand for 2 days, 
and filter. 

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2979. Elixir of Cinchona with Phosphates. B 

Elixir of cinchona S fl. ounces. 

Compound syrup of phos- 
phates 8 fl. ounces. 

The elixir of cinchona, iron and calcium 
lactophosphate, X. F., may be dispensed 
under the above title. 



29SO. Elixir of Cinchona and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1*4 grains. 

Detannated elixir of cin- 
chona 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, and represents nearly 2 
grains of cinchona. 



2981. Elixir of Cinchonidine. 

Cinchonidine sulphate 128 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation, and filter, if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of cin- 
chonidine sulphate. 



2982. Elixir of Cinchonidine and Iron. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 256 grains. 

Cinchonidine sulphate 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 6 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir 15 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron pyrophosphate in the 
water, and the cinchonidine in the elixir; mix 
the two solutions and filter if necessary- 
Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of cin- 
chonidine sulphate and 2 grains of iron pyro- 
phosphate. 



2983. Elixir of Cinchonidine, Iron and 
Strychnine. 

Make this either by adding 1% grains of 
strychnine sulphate to the preceding, or the 
elixir of iron phosphate, cinchonidine and 
strychnine may be employed. 



2984. Elixir of Coca and Phosphorus. 

Spirit of phosphorus 15 fl. drams. 

Elixir of coca, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 
Each fluid dram contains '1-100 grain of 
phosphorus and represents Gy 2 grains of coca. 



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3985. Elixir of Codeine. 

Codeine sulphate 16 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of codeine 
sulphate. 



2986. Elixir of Corydalis, Compound. 
(Alterative Elixir.) 

Fluid extract of corydalis. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of stillingia. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Fl. ext. of prickly ash bark. 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of blue flag. . iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Potassium iodide 384 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the alcohol with the fluid extracts, dis- 
solve the potassium iodide in the mixture, and 
add the aromatic elixir. Let the mixture 
stand a few days', if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 3 grains of potas- 
sium iodide, and small quantities of the sev- 
eral fluid extracts. 



2987. Elixir of Codeine and Terpin Hydrate. 

Codeine sulphate 16 grains. 

Terpin hydrate 256 grains. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter if necessary. 
Each fluid dram contains % grain of codeine 
sulphate, and 2 grains of terpin hydrate. 



2988. Elixir of Crampbark, Compound. 

(Compound Elixir of Viburnum Opulus.) 
Fluid extract of crampbark 10 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of trillium... 2% fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of aletris 10 fl. drams. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 11 fl. ounces. 
Mix, allow to stand a few days, if con 
venient, and filter. — N. F. 



Elixir of Croton Chloral Hydrate. 

(Elixir of Butyl Chloral Hydrate.) 

Croton chloral hydrate..... 256 grains. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Tincture of cacao 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the croton chloral in the alcohol, 
add the tincture and elixir, and filter, if ne- 
cessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of croton 
chloral hydrate. 



2990. Elixir of Croton Chloral Hydrate and 
Quinine. 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Elixir of croton chloral 
hydrate 16 fl. ounces'. 

Reduce the quinine salt to fine powder, add 
the elixir, dissolve by agitation, and filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of quinine 
sulphate and 2 grains of croton chloral 
hydrate. 



2991. Elixir of Damiana, Iron, Nux Vomica 
and Phosphorus. 

Fluid extract of damiana.. 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of nux vomica. .. loy 2 fl. drams. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Elixir of phosphorus 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract, tincture, elixir of 
phosphorus, alcohol, and 6 fluid ounces of 
simple elixir, also dissolve the iron salt in th e 
water, mix the two liquids, add the remainder 
of the simple elixir, and filter, if necessary, 
in a well-covered funnel. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% grains of 
damiana and about 1 grain of nux vomica, 
and contains 1-200 grain of phosphorus and 1 
grain of iron pyrophosphate. 



2992. Elixir of Damiana, Iron and 
Phosphorus. 

Fluid extract of damiana. . 2 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of phosphorus 4 fl. ounces. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 
Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract, elixir of phosphorus, 
alcohol, and 8 fluid ounces of simple elixir, 
dissolve the iron pyrophosphate in the water, 
mix the two liquids, add the remainder of the 
elixir, and filter, if necessary, in a well-cov- 
ered funriel. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-200 grain of 
phosphorus and 1 grain of iron pyrophosphate 
and represents 7% grains of damiana. 



2993. Elixir of Damiana, Nux Vomica and 
Phosphorus. 

Fluid extract of damiana.. 2 fl. ounces. 
Tincture of nux vomica. . . . 10% fl. drams. 
Elixir of phosphorus 2 fl. ounces. 



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Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the above ingredients in the order 
given and filter, if necessary, in a well-covered 
funnel. 

Each fluid dram represents 1-200 grain of 
phosphorus, about 1 grain of nux vomica, and 
7% grains of damiana. 



8994. Elixir of Damiana and Phosphorus. 

Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of damiana. 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 4 fl ounces. 

Mix the elixir of phosphorus, alcohol, and 
fluid extract and add the simple elixir. 

Each fluid dram represents 1-100 grain of 
phosphorus and 7% grains of damiana. 



2995. Elixir of Damiana, Phosphorus and 
Strychnine. 

Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of damiana... 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Strychnine sulphate V/± grains. 

Simple elixir 4 fl. ounces. 

Mix the elixir of phosphorus, alcohol, and 
fluid extract and add the simple elixir, having 
first dissolved the alkaloidar salt in the latter. 

Each fluid dram represents iy 2 grains of 
damiana and contains 1-100 grain each of 
phosphorus" and strychnine suiphate. 



2996. Elixir of Dewberry Root, Compound. 
Dewberry root, in coarse 

powder 214 av. ounces 

Galls, powdered 120 grains. 

Kino, powdered 120 grains. 

Cinnamon, powdered 60 grains 

Cloves, powdered 30 grains. 

Capsicum, powdered 5 grains. 

Tincture of opium 4 fl. drams. 

Spirit of peppermint 45 minims. 

Brandy 16 fl. ounces. 

Sugar jy 2 av. ounces* 

Macerate all of the above, sugar, excepted, 
for 14 days, shaking occasionally; express, 
filter, and in the filtrate dissolve the sugar. 



2997. Elixir of Dandelion. 

Fluid extract of dandelion. 6 fl. ounces. 
Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 22% grains of 
dandelion. 



2998. Elixir of Dandelion, Compound. A 

Compound Elixir of Taraxacum. 
Fluid extract of dandelion. 4 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of sweet 

orange peel 2% fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of wild cherry 2% fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of licorice 

root l fl. ounce. 

Tincture of cinnamon 4 fl. drams. 

Compound tincture of car- 
damom 4 fl. drams. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix, let stand a few days, and filter.— X. F. 
(last edition). 

2999. Elixir of Dandelion, Compound. B 

Dandelion 320 grains. 

Wild cherry 320 grains. 

Sweet orange peel, recently 

dried 320 grains. 

Licorice, Russian, peeled.... 2% av. ounces. 

Cinnamon, Saigon , 80 grains. 

Cardamom 80 grains. 

Canada snake root 80 grains. 

Caraway 80 grains. 

Cloves 27 grains. 

Simple syrup 21 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol ) of each 

Water j sufficient. 

3000. Elixir of Dandelion, Compound. C 

A formula for a preparation of the same 
name, which is also much in use and which 
is much different in some respects from either 
of the preceding, is the following: 

Fluid extract of dandelion. 5 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of wild cherry 3 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of gentian., l fl. dram. 
Fluid extract of licorice 

root l fl. dram. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

3001. Elixir, Emmenagogue. 

Rue 96 grains. 

Spanish saffron 96 grains. 

Savin 96 grains. 

Socotrine aloes 192 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the drugs to moderately fine pow- 
der, mix with 12 fluid ounces of adjuvant 
elixir, macerate for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, filter, and through the filter add the 
remainder of the elixir. 

Each fluid dram represents % grain each 
of rue, saffron and savin, and 1% grains of 
aloes. 



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3002. Elixir, Flavoring. 

Oil of orange sweet V/ 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon % dram. 

Oil of cardamom 10 minims. 

Oil of coriander 5 minims. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Made from vanillin ^ 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188$... ) 1 gallon. 
The above amount is for one gallon of 
simple elixir. For mode of manufacture see 
Elixir Simple, No. 3093. 



3003. Elixir of Galls, Aromatic. 

Galls 1 av. ounce. 

Nutmegs % av. ounce. 

Cinnamon . „ y 2 av. ounce. 

Brandy sufficient. 

Elixir of orange 10 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the drugs to moderately coarse 
powder, moisten with brandy, pack in a per- 
colator and percolate until 6 fluid ounces of 
liquid are obtained, to which add the elixir. 



3004. Elixir de Gams. A 

(Elixir Gari.) 

Cinnamon 30 grains. 

Canella 30 grains. 

Cloves 30 grains. 

Nutmeg 30 grains. 

Myrrh no grains. 

Aloes 220 grains. 

Spanish saffron 8 grains. 

Orange flower water 1 fl. ounce. 

Water 8 fl. ounces'. 

Simple syrup 16 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the drugs, except the saffron, to a 
moderately coarse powder, macerate for 24 
hours in a small still with 8 fluid ounces of 
alcohol and the water, then distil off 8 fluid 
ounces; to this distillate add the saffron, the 
remainder of the alcohol and the orange 
flower water, macerate for 2 days, agitating 
occasionally; add the syrup, and filter. 



3005. Elixir de Garus. B 

Oil of cassia 8 drops. 

Oil of cloves 8 drops. 

Oil of mace 8 drops. 

Saffron 20 grains. 

Tincture of vanilla % fl. dram. 

Alcohol 5 fl. ounces. 

Orange flower water 6% fl. ounces. 

Sugar 7 av. ounces. 

Mix the oil, saffron, tincture and alcohol, 
macerate for 2 days, agitating occasionally; 
strain to remove the saffron, add the orange 
flower water and sugar, agitate until the lat- 
ter is dissolved, and filter. — H. modified. 



3006. Elixir of Gentian. 

Fluid extract of gentian. .. 5% fl. drams. 
Compound spirit of carda- 
mom 4 fl. drams. 

Solution of tersulphate of 

iron 4 fl. drams. 

Water of ammonia 4y 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol ^ 

Distilled water I of eact \ 

Aromatic elixir J sufficient. 

Dilute the solution of tersulphate of iron 
with 4 fluid ounces of cold water, and add it, 
constantly stirring, to the water t of ammonia, 
previously diluted with an equal volume of 
cold water. Collect the precipitate on a well- 
wetted muslin strainer, allow it to drain com- 
pletely, return it to the vessel, mix it inti- 
mately with 4 fluid ounces of water, and again 
drain. Repeat this operation once more with 
the same quantity of water. When the pre- 
cipitate has been completely drained for the 
third time, fold the strainer, and press It 
gently so as to remove the water as com- 
pletely as pos'sible without loss of magma; 
then remove the magma into a tared bottle, 
and ascertain its weight. Now add to the 
magma one-fifth of its weight of alcohol, 
the fluid extract, compound tincture and 12 
fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, and shake the 
mixture occasionally during 24 hours: Filter 
through paper, and pass enough aromatic 
elixir through the filter to make the product 
measure 16 fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents about 2 grains 
of gentian. — N. F. (last edition). 

3007. Elixir of Gentian, Compound. A 

Stronger compound infusion 

of gentian, N. F 4% fl. ounces . 

Aromatic elixir 11% fl. ounces . 

3008. Elixir of Gentian, Compound. B 

Gentian 256 grains. 

Coriander 64 grains. 

Bitter orange peel 64 grains. 

Alcohol ■) of each 

Water / sufficient. 

Sugar 5 av. ounces. 

Aromatic spirit 1 fl. ounce. 

Egg albumen 120 grains. 

Citric acid 5 grains. 

Mix alcohol and water in the proportion of 
1 of the former to 2 of the latter by measure, 
and with this mixture percolate the drugs, 
previously ground to moderately fine powder, 
until 12 fluid ounces of percolate are ob- 
tained. To this percolate add the albumen 
and citric acid, agitate until the latter is dis- 
solved, add the aromatic spirit and filter. In 
the absence of dried egg albumen, the white 
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3009. Elixir of Gentian, Compound. C 

Compound tincture of gen- 
tian 5% fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 10% fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 2 grains of 
gentian. 

3010. Elixir of Gentian and Iron Pyrophos- 

phate. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of gentian, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water, add the 
elixir, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
salt and represents nearly 2 grains of gentian. 



3011. Elixir of Gentian, Iron Phosphate, 
Nux Vomica and Quassia. 

Tincture of nux vomica. .. 256 minims. 

Iron phosphate 128 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of quassia. .. 4 fl. drams. 
Compound fluid extract of 

gentian 4 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron phosphate in the water, 
add the other ingredients and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
phosphate, and represents 2/5 grains of nux 
vomica, nearly 2 grains of quassia, and 1% 
grains of gentian. 



3012, Elixir of Gentian and Phosphorous. 

Fluid extract of gentian. .. 10 fl. drams. 

Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 5 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 1/100 grains of 
phosphorus and 5 grains of gentian. 



3013. Elixir of Guaiac. 

Tincture of guaiac 4 fl. ounces. 

Potassium carbonate 20 grains. 

Water 2 fl. drams. 

Glycerin 4 fl. ounces. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 4 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the potassium carbonate in the 
water, add to the tincture of guaiac and to 
this mixture add the remaining ingredients 
in the order given above. 



3014. Elixir of Golden Seal. 

"(Elixir of Hydrastis.) 

Glycerite of hydrastis 10% fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains of 
golden seal. 



3015. Elixir of Guarana. 

Br. 

Guarana, powdered BV^ av. ounces. 

Light magnesia 175 grains. 

Oil of cinnamon 5 drops. 

Simple syrup 13 fl. drams. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Sand, clean and coarse 6% av. ounces. 

Mix the guarana and magnesia, moisten 
with 2y 2 fluid ounces of diluted alcohol, set 
aside for 24 hours, then mix with the sand, 
pack in a percolator, percolate until 13 fluid 
ounces of liquid are obtained, then remove 
the mass from the percolator, inclose it in a 
cloth and express in a tincture press; to the 
percolate add the oil and syrup, and make 
up to 16 fluid ounces by addition of the ex- 
pressed liquid, previously concentrating the 
latter, if necessary, by evaporation. 

Each fluid dram represents about 11 grains 
of guarana. 



3016. Elixir of Helonias. 

Fluid extract of helonias. . 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours and filter. 
Each fluid dram represents 15 grains of hel- 
onias. 

3017.1[Elixir of Helonias, Compound. 

(Compound Elixir of Squaw-vine.— Compound 
Elixir of Mitchella.) 
Fluid extract of false uni- 
corn (helonias dioica). .. . 2 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of mitchella. 4 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of blue cohosh 2 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of crampbark 2 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum Y2 av. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents nearly 14 grains 
of mitchella, and 7 grains each of helonias, 
blue cohosh and crampbark. 



3018. Elixir of Hypophosphites of Iron 

and Quinine. A 

Iron hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Potassium citrate 128 grains. 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Calcium hypophosphite.... 30 grains. 



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Spirit of orange. 2 fl. drams. 

Orange flower water 1 fl. ounce. 

Sugar 5 av. ounces. 

Alcohol i of each 

Distilled water J sufficient. 

Dissolve the iron hypophosphite with the 
aid of the potassium citrate in the orange 
flower water, and enough water to make the 
solution measure 6% fluid ounces, and in this 
dissolve the sugar. Triturate the quinine sul- 
phate with 5 fluid ounces of alcohol, add a 
solution of the calcium hypophosphite in 4 
fluid drams of water, and shake the mixture 
occasionally during 1 hour; filter, and wash 
the filter with enough alcohol to make 6% 
fluid ounces. Add this solution to the spirit 
of orange, mix this' with the iron solution 
and sugar solution previously prepared, and 
filter the whole. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
the hypophosphites of iron and quinine. 

3019. Elixir of Hypophosphites of Iron 

and Quinine. B 

Solution of iron hypophos- 
phite, N. F 12% fl. drams. 

Quinine hypophosphite 128 grains. 

Hypophosphorous acid sufficient. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

mate 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the quinine hypophosphite with 8 
fluid ounces' of elixir, add enough of the acid 
to dissolve the quinine, add the solution of 
iron hypophosphite, and then enough elixir 
to make 16 fluid ounces, and filter. 

This is of the same strength as the preced- 
ing. 



3020. Elixir of Hypophosphites of Iron, 

Quinine and Strychnine. 

This may be prepared by dissolving 1% 
grains of strychnine sulphate in 4 fluid drams 
of distilled water, and adding enough of the 
preceding elixir to make 16 fluid ounces. 

3021. Elixir of Hypophosphites with Malt. 

Refer for above to Elixir of Calcium Hy- 
pophosphite and its' combinations. 

3022. Elixir of Six Iodides. 

Arsenic iodide 1 grain. 

Mercuric iodide 1 grain. 

Manganese iodide 13 grains. 

Sodium iodide 128 grains. 

Potassium iodide 128 grains. 

Solution of iron iodide, N. 

F 15 minims. 

Sodium hypophosphite sufficient. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



Add the six iodides to the elixir, dissolve 
by agitation, add a few grains of sodium 
hypophosphite, or sufficient to decolorize the 
liquid, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/128 grains each 
of arsenic and mercury iodides, 1/12 grain of 
ferrous iodide, 1/10 grain of manganese 
iodide, and 1 grain each of sodium and potas- 
sium iodides. 



3023. Elixir of Iodide of Potassium, Com- 
pound. 

(Alterative Elixir.) 

Potassium iodide 640 grains'. 

Tincture of citrochloride of 

iron 10y 2 fl. drams. 

Spirit of orange 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of saxifrage. 12 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of stillingia. . 12 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of menisper- 

mum 12 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of helonias.. 12 fl. drams. 

Sugar 4% av. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the potassium iodide in the water, 
add the tincture or iron, and in this mixture 
dissolve the sugar by agitation. Mix the 
fluid extracts, add the spirit, then the syrup, 
allow the whole to stand for two days, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of potas- 
sium iodide, and represents about % grain of 
ferric chloride, and about 5% grains each of 
saxifraga, stillingia, menispermum and hel- 
onias". 



3024. Elixir of Iodide of Potassium. 

Potassium iodide 640 grains. 

Aromatic elixir of licorice, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of potas- 
sium iodide. 



3025. Elixir of Iron, Pepsin and Quinine. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 256 grains. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 32 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of pepsin, N. F., 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the water, add the 
elixir and the quinine salt, agitate occasion- 
ally until dissolved, and filter. Each fluid 
dram contains 2 grains of iron pyrophosphate, 
V± grain of quinine hydrochlorate, and nearly 
1 grain of pepsin. 



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3026. Elixir of Iron, Quinine and Arsenic. 

Iron pyrophosphate 128 grains. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 64 grains. 

Solution of arsenious acid. 400 minims. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron pyrophosphate in the 
water, dissolve the quinine in about 12 fluid 
ounces of elixir by agitation, mix the solu- 
tions, add the acid solution and the remain- 
der of the elixir, then neutralize exactly with 
ammonia water, carefully added, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
pyrophosphate, % grain. of quinine hydrochlo- 
rate, and 1/32 grain of arsenious acid. 



3037. Elixir of Iron and Wild Cherry. 

(Ferrated Elixir of Wild Cherry.) 

Iron pyrophosphate 128 grains'. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of wild cherry 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol r 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the alcohol and fluid extract, add the 
elixir, and then the iron salt previously dis- 
solved in the water, and filter through puri- 
fied talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
pyrophosphate, and represents" 7y 2 grains of 
wild cherry. 



3028. Elixir of Iron and Quinine Citrate. 

(Elixir of Iron and Quinine.) 
Citrate of iron and quinine. 256 grains. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate in the water, add the 
elixir, and filter. Each fluid dram contains 2 
grains of iron and quinine citrate. 



3029. Elixir of Iron Peptonate. A 

Dried egg albumen 75 grains. 

(Or fresh egg albumen 560 grains.) 

Distilled water sufficient. 

Hydrochloric acid 2 fl. drams. 

Pepsin, pure 4 grains. 

Solution of iron oxychloride 15 fl. dr. 

Solution of soda sufficient. 

Brandy 14 fl. dr. 

Dissolve the albumen in 16 fluid ounces of 
distilled water, add the hydrochloric acid and 
pepsin, digest the mixture at a temperature 
of 40 degrees C, until it produces only a 
faint turbidity with nitric acid; allow to cool, 
neutralize with solution of soda, strain, mix 
the colature with the solution of iron oxychlo- 
ride, to which has been added 16 fluid ounces 



of distilled water. The mixture is again 
neutralized with solution of soda, the precip- 
itate is washed by decantation with distilled 
water, until the washings are no longer affec- 
ted by silver nitrate. The precipitate is now 
drained on a well-wetted muslin strainer, 
transferred to a porcelain capsule, 10 minims 
of hydrochloric acid are added, and the mix- 
ture heated on a water bath and stirred 
until solution occurs. To this solution is now 
added distilled water to make 14*4 fluid 
ounces, and lastly, the brandy is added. — D. 
Iron peptonate may be obtained by spread- 
ing the solution in the porcelain capsule upon 
glass plates and allowing to dry. 



3030. Elixir of Iron Peptonate. B 

Pepsin, pure 4 grains. 

Dried egg albumen 30 grains. 

Simple syrup 4 fl. drams. 

Solution of dialized iron or 
ironoxychloride 12% fl. drams. 

Aromatic elixir 12% fl. drams. 

Distilled water, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the albumen in 3*4 fluid ounces of 
water, add the pepsin and digest for four 
hours at 50 degrees C. Mix the syrup and 
solution of iron with 9 fluid ounces of the 
water, then add to the pepsin solution and 
heat to 90 degrees C. Cool, add the elixir 
and the remainder of the water. Set aside 
for 8 days and then decant the clear solution. 



3031. Elixir of Iron Phosphate, Quinine 
and Strychnine. A 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 1% grains. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Citric acid 5 grains. 

Iron phosphate, soluble.... 256 grains. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. ounces. 

Orange flower water 3 fl. ounces. 

Sodium bicarbonate sufficient. 

Triturate the strychnine and quinine sul- 
phate with the acid until well mixed, and rub 
this mixture with the alcohol gradually 
added. Heat the syrup to about 65 degrees 
C, add to it the alcoholic liquid, and stir until 
clear. Dissolve the iron salt in the water. 
add the orange flower water, mix this with 
the preceding liquid, and allow to cool. 
Then add sodium bicarbonate in very small 
amounts, stirring thoroughly after each ad- 
dition, until the elixir remains but slightly 
acid. Allow to stand for a few hours, then 
filter through white filter paper. Any ex- 
cess of soda must be avoided. 



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3033. Elixir of Iron Phosphate, Quinine 
and Strychnine. P» 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 128 grains. 

Iron phosphate, soluble. .. . 256 grains. 

Potassium citrate 32 grains. 

Alcohol iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Glycerin 18 fl. drams. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in 10 fluid ounces 
of elixir, mixed with the alcohol, by agita- 
tion, and mix this solution with the strych- 
nine sulphate previously dissolved in 2 fluid 
drams' of the water. 

Dissolve the iron phosphate in 6 fluid drams 
of the water, add 2 fluid ounces of glycerin 
and mix this solution with the preceding 
liquid. Now to this mixture add the potas- 
sium citrate dissolved in iy 2 fluid ounces of 
aromatic elixir mixed with 2 fluid drams of 
glycerin. Allow the whole to stand for sev- 
eral hours, then filter. 



3033. Elixir of Tron Phosphate, Quinine 
and Strychnine. C 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Iron phosphate, soluble.... 256 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine salt in the a'icohol, 
and add the quinine; mix the glycerin and 
syrup, and heat, and when warm add to the 
alkaloidal solution; continue heating care- 
fully, until quinine is dissolved, and add 
enough elixir to make 15 fluid ounces. Dis- 
solve the iron salt in the water, add this to 
previous liquid, let stand three or four hours, 
and filter. 



3034. Elixir of Iron Phosphate, Quinine 
and Strychnine. D 

Iron phosphate, soluble. . . . 256 grains. 

Quinine sulphate 128 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup „ 8 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron phosphate in the syrup 
by the aid of heat, and rais'e the temperature 
to near the boiling boint. Dissolve the alka- 
loidal salts in 6 fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, 
contained in a flask, by the aid of heat, and 



while still hot add this solution all at once to 
the iron solution, shaking immediately. Al- 
low to stand 24 hours, then filter. 



3035. Elixir of Iron, Quinine and Strych- 
nine Phosphates. 

(Elixir of Three Phosphates.) 
Nearly all of the preparations dispensed 
under this name contain the iron as 1 phos- 
phate or pyrophosphate, and the quinine and 
strychnine in some other form than as phos- 
phate. If it be desired to dispense such a 
preparation as "elixir of three phosphates," 
then any of the preparations made according 
to formulas given in this formulary under 
elixir of iron phosphate, or pyrophosphate, 
quinine and strychnine may be dispensed. 

The following formula does actually con- 
tain the three bases in the form of phosphates, 
which are maintained in solution by the ex- 
cess of hydrochloric acid: 

Solution of iron chloride, U. 

S. P 7% fl. drams. 

Quinine (alkaloid) 110 grains. 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 1 grain. 

Phosphoric acid, U. S. P.. ■ 2% fl. drams. 

Distilled water 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 10 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the iron solution, phosphoric acid and 
water, and in this mixture dissolve the alka- 
loids; to this solution add the syrup, and then 
elixir and alcohol previously fnixed. 

However, any elixir containing iron in the 
form of phosphate or pyrophosphate will in- 
evitably darken upon exposure to light, and 
therefore some manufacturers place upon the 
market a so-called "permanent elixir of three 
phosphates," which contains the iron as citro- 
chloride; a preparation of this character 
would be well represented by the elixir of 
iron, quinine and strychnine of the National 
Formulary. 



3036. Elixir of Iron "Protoxide." 

Solution of "protoxide" of 

iron 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 14 fl. ounce?. 



3037. Elixir of Iron Pyrophosphate, Qui- 
nine and Strychnine. A 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 256 grains. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Strychnine 1% grains. 

Citric acid 5 grains. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of orange V/2 A- drams. 

Distilled water 7 fl. ounces'. 



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Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Ammonia water sufficient. 

Triturate the quinine sulphate, strychnine 
and acid together, until minutely divided, 
and add the alcohol and spirit of orange; 
warm the syrup to about 65 degrees C, and 
add to the alcoholic mixture, stirring until 
clear. To this add the iron salt previously 
dissolved in the water; to the mixture add 
ammonia water, drop by drop, until the mix- 
ture is clear, and finally filter. 



3038. Elixir of Iron Pyrophosphate, Qui- 
nine and Strychnine. B 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 1% grains. 

Quinine (alkaloid) 64 grains. 

Iron pyrophosphate 128 grains. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 3 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 8 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine and quinine in the 
alcohol, also the iron salt in the water, mix 
the two solutions, add the syrup and then the 
elixir, and filter, if necessary. 



3039. Elixir of Iron Pyrophosphate, Qui- 
nine and Strychnine. C 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 1*4 grains. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Citric acid . 5 grains. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, hot 4 fl. ounces. 

Orange flower water 3 fl. ounces. 

Iron pyrophosphate, soluble 256 grains. 

Sodium bicarbonate. sufficient. 

Triturate together the alkaloids and the 
acids until thoroughly mixed; rub this with 
the alcohol gradually added. Heat the syrup 
to about 65 degrees' C, add it to the alco- 
holic mixture, and stir until clear. Dissolve 
the iron salt in the water, and add the orange 
flower water; mix the two solutions, and 
when cold, add carefully bicarbonate of so- 
dium in small portions until the elixir re- 
mains but slightly acid. Allow to stand for 
a few hours, then filter through white filter 
paper. Excess of soda must be carefully 
avoided. 



3040. Elixir of Iron Pyrophosphate and 
Strychnine. 

Iron pyrophosphate 256 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1*4 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 



Dissolve the iron salt and strychnine sul- 
phate in the hot water, add the elixir, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of iron 
pyrophosphate and 1/100 grains of strychnine 
sulphate. 



3041. Elixir of Iron Salicylate. 

Iron salicylate 640 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 2% fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 2^4 A- ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the hot water and 
glycerin, add the elixir, allow to stand for a 
few days and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of iron 
salicylate. 

3042. Elixir of Iron Salicylate, Compound. 

Iron salicylate 640 grains'. 

Distilled water, hot 214 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 2% fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of colchicum 

root 9 fl. drams. 

Deodorized tincture of 

opium 4% fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the hot water and 
glycerin, add the other ingredients, allow to 
stand a few days, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of iron 
salicylate and represents about 4^4 grains of 
colchicum root and 2 minims of deodorized 
tincture of opium. 

3043. Elixir of Iron Valerianate. 

Iron valerianate 128 grains. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 15 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the iron salt in the alcohol, add 
the elixir, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of iron 
valerianate. 



3044. Elixir of Kola. 

Fluid extract of kola 2 fl. ounces. 

Ammoniated glycyrrhizin. . 60 grains. 

Saccharin 60 grains. 

Oil of orange 5 drops. 

Water 7 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol Sy 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 3 X ^ fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the ammoniated glycyrrhizin in 
the water and in this dissolve the saccharin; 
add the syrup and alcohol, followed by the 



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fluid extract of kola, to which has been- added 
the oil of orange; set aside for 5 or 6 hours, 
agitating occasionally; filter, and add the 
simple elixir. 

Each fluid dram represents iy. 2 grains of 
kola. 



3045. Elixir of Licorice Aromatic. A 

Cardamom (seed without 

capsule) 16 grains. 

Cinnamon 16 grains. 

Staranise 16 grains. 

Coriander 8 grains. 

Caraway 8 grains. 

Canella 4 grains. 

Nutmeg 4 grains. 

Cloves 4 grains. 

Vanilla 24 grains. 

Ammoniated glycyrrhizin. . 110 grains. 

Diluted alcohol 6% fl. ounces. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces 

Reduce the drugs to moderately coarse 
powder, macerate for 7 days in the diluted 
alcohol, and filter, adding, if necessary, 
enough diluted alcohol through the filter to 
make the filtrate measure 6% fluid ounces. 
Dissolve the glycyrrhizin in the water, mix 
this solution with the filtrate, and add the 
syrup. 



3046. Elixir of Iiicorice- Aromatic. B 

Select licorice root, cut and 
slightly bruised 2^4 av. ounces. 

Water of ammonia 4 fl. drams. 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

Water 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate for 24 hours, strain, boil for 10 
minutes, filter, and evaporate at gentle heat 
until reduced to 6 fluid ounces. 
Now add to this evaporated infusion. 

Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of orange 2 fl. drams. 

Oil of cinnamon (Ceylon).. 2 drops. 
This elixir is employed for disguising the 
taste of bitter medicines, particularly quinine. 
No acid should be used because it dissolves 
the quinine and makes itsi bitter taste more 
perceptible, and at the same time liberates the 
glycyrrhizin from its combination with am- 
monia and renders it insoluble, and therefore 
valueless for the purpose of disguising or 
modifying taste. 



3047. Elixir of Licorice Compound. 

Pure extract of licorice, (U. 

S. P.) y 2 av. ounce. 

Wine of antimony l fl. ounce. 



Paregoric 2 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of nitrous ether 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of cherries, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the extract in a portion of the 
elixir and add the remaining ingredients. 

The above replaces "brown mixture" in 
the form of an elixir. 

3048. Elixir of Long Iafe. 

("Elixir ad Longam Vitam." — "Elixir of 
Life." — Compound Tincture of Aloes. (Germ. 
Pharm.) ("Swedish Bitters.") 

Aloes 200 grains. 

Rhubarb 35 grains. 

Gentian 35 grains. 

Zedoary 35 grains. 

Spanish saffron 35 grains. 

Water 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 12 fl. ounces. 

Mix the drugs in coarse powder with the 
two liquids, macerate for 3 days, agitating 
frequently; express and filter. Sometimes 
35 grains of agaric is added to the other drugs, 
and the menstruum generally employed is 
diluted alcohol. 

The following is a simple formula which 
may be used for the preparation of this an- 
cient and complicated remedy. 

Tincture of aloes and 
mvrrh 8 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of rhubarb 2 fl. ounces. 

Compound tincture of gen- 
tian 1 fl. ounce. 

Water i fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

3049. Elixir of Lupulin. 

Fluid extract of lupulin... 1 fl. ounce. 

Magnesium carbonate 1 av. ounce. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the fluid extract with the talcum, 
add the elixir, transfer to a bottle, set aside 
for several hours, and filter. 

The above is of the strength usually fur- 
nished by manufacturers; Diehl's formula, 
which is largely used, directs the use of 2 
fluid ounces of the fluid extract to the pint 
of finished elixir. 



3050. Elixir of Lupulin and Sodium Bro- 
mide. 

Fluid extract of lupulin... 10% fl. drams. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Sodium bromide 640 grains. 

Aromatic elixir of licorice, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the fluid extract with the talcum, 
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add the sodium salt and the remainder of the 
efcxir, dissolve by agitation, and filter after 
several hours. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains' of 
lupulin and contains 5 grains of sodium bro 
mide. 



3051. Elixir of Malt. 

Extract of malt 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 12 fl. ounces. 

3052. Elixir of Malt and Pepsin. 

Elixir of malt 8 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of pepsin, N. F . 8 fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents % grain -of pep- 
sin and 15 minims of extract of malt. 



3053. Elixir of Manaca and Salicylates. 

Fluid extract of manaca. .. 2% fl. ounces. 

Sodium salicylate 1% av. ounces 

Potassium salicylate 384 grains. 

Lithium salicylate 96 grains. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salicylates in some of the elixir 
add the fluid extract and the remainder of 
the elixir, allow to stand for, a few hours, 
and filter through talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains 6 grains of sodium 
salicylate, 3 grains of potassium salicylate, 
and % grain of lithium salicylate, and repre- 
sents nearly 10 grains of manaca. 



3054. Elixir of Matico, Compound. . 

Fluid extract of matico. ... 3 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of buchu 1% fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of cubeb 1% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol . 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 4 fl. ounces. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 4 fl. ounces. 

Mix, set aside for 3 days, and filter through 
talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 11 grains of 
matico and nearly 4 grains each of buchu and 
cubeb. 



3055. Elixir of Morphine Valerianate. 

Morphine valerianate 16 grains. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter. 
Each fluid dram contains V & grain of mor- 
phine valerianate. 



3056. Elixir of Orange. 

Oil of orange 4y 2 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 14 fl. ounces. 

Water 22 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 28 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum y 2 av. ounce. 

Mix the oil and alcohol, add the talcum, 
shake well, and then add the other ingredi- 
ents in small portions at a time, agitating well 
after each addition.— U. S. P. 1880 modified. 
The oil used should be a perfectly fresh 
sweet oil of orange peel. 



3057. Elixir of Orange, Compound, 

(Compound Wine of Orange. — Vinum Ama- 
rum, Bitter Wine. — Elixir Stomachicum, 
Stomachic Elixir. — Elixir Visceral e Hoff- 
mani.) 

Bitter orange peel, cut.... 1600 grains. 

Cinnamon, bruised 320 grains. 

Potassium carbonate 80 grains. 

Extract of gentian 160 grains. 

Extract of wormwood 160 grains. 

Extract of buckbean 160 grains. 

Extract of cascarilla 160 grains. 

Sherry wine, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate the orange peel, cinnamon and 
potassium carbonate with 16 fluid ounces of 
sherry wine for 8 days, agitating occasion- 
ally; express the liquid portion, in the latter 
dissolve the extracts, filter, and add enough 
sherry wine through the filter to make the fil- 
trate measure 16 fluid ounces. — Germ. Pharm. 
The National Formulary also recognizes 
what is identically the same preparation un- 
der the title of "compound wine of orange;" 
in the latter no extracts are used, but the 
drugs themselves are mixed with the orange 
peel, cinnamon, and potassium carbonate, 
the whole being extracted by percolation. 



3058. Elixir of Pancreas. 

Take 1 pig pancreas, chop into pieces, and 
macerate in a cool place for 3 days in a mix- 
ture of 

Water 32 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 6^ fl. ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid 5 fl. ounces. 

Strain, add % fluid dram of oil of orange and 
enough glycerin to make 48 fluid ounces, and 
filter. 



3059. Elixir of Pancreatin. 

Pancreatin, pure 128 grains. 

Sodium bicarbonate 16 grains. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir enough to 

16 fl. ounces. 



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Macerate the pancreatin in the water for 
24 hours, add the sodium bicarbonate, tritu- 
rate until dissolved, gradually add the elixir 
and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of pan- 
creatin. 

The elixir of pancreas may be substituted 
for the above, if deemed desirable. 



3060. Elixir of Pancreatin, Bismuth and 
Pepsin. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Pancreatin, pure 64 grains. 

Pepsin, pure. 64 grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Water ' 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the bismuth salt with the water, 
allow the insoluble portion to subside, decant 
the clear portion, to the residue add ammonia 
water very gradually, until the solution oc- 
curs, carefully avoiding any excess, and mix 
this liquid with the decanted portion. 

Macerate the pepsin and pancreatin with 
the glycerin and water for 24 hours, agitatirig 
occasionally; add the tincture, the bismuth 
solution, and the elixir, and filter through 
purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains" 1 grain each of 
pepsin and of citrate of bismuth and ammon- 
ium, and y 2 grain of pancreatin. 



3061 . Elixir of Pancreatin and Pepsin. 

Pancreatin, pure 64 grains. 

Pepsin, pure 128 grains. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Macerate the pepsin and pancreatin with 
the glycerin and water for 24 hours, agitating 
occasionally; add the tincture and elixir, and 
filter through talcum. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of pepsin 
and y 2 grain of pancreatin. 



3062. Elixir of Papain. 

Papain 256 grains. 

Glycerin 3% nV ounces. 

Sherry wine 8 fl. ounces. 

Saccharin 10 grains. 

Chloroform water 4% fl. ounces. 



Mix, let stand for 7 days, agitating occa- 
sionally, and filter. 
Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of papain. 



3063. Elixir of Paraldehyde. 

Paraldehyde 4 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces'. 

Alcohol 5 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cardamom 2% fl. drams. 

Oil of orange 15 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon 15 minims. 

Compound tincture of cud- 
bear 2 fl. drams. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the ingredients in the order given, and 
filter, if necessary. — N. F. 

Each fluid dram contains" 15 minims of par- 
aldehyde. 

Elixir of paraldehyde varies in strength 
from 10 to 25 per cent, as prescribed in dif- 
ferent localities. The formula here given pro- 
duces a 25 per cent elixir, and from this the 
weaker preparations may readily be made by 
the addition of aromatic elixir colored with 
compound tincture of cudbear in the propor- 
tion used in the above formula. 

To make a 20 per cent elixir of paralde- 
hyde, for instance, 4 fluid ounces of the 25 
per cent elixir are mixed with 1 fluid ounce 
of colored aromatic elixir. To make 5 fluid 
ounces of 15 per cent elixir, 3 fluid ounces of 
the 25 per cent elixir are required, and to 
make the same quantity of 10 per cent 
elixir, 2 fluid ounces of the above elixir are 
required. 



3064. Elixir of Pareira Brava. 

Fluid extract of pareira... 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir 14 fl. ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for 24 hours and filter 
through talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 7y 2 grains of 
pareira brava. 



3065. Elixir ol Pepsin. 

Pepsin, pure 128 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid x k A. dram. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Sugar 4% av. ounces. 

Water, enough to make.... 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the pepsin with 6 fluid ounces of water. 

add the glycerin and acid, and agitate until 

solution has been effected. Then add the 

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the talcum, and mix thoroughly. Set the 
mixture aside for a few hours, occasionally 
agitating. Then filter it through a wetted 
filter, dissolve the sugar in the filtrate, and 
pass the remainder of the water through the 
filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of pep- 
sin. — N. F. 



3066. Elixir of Pepsin, Compound. A 

(Elixir of Lactated or Lactinated Pepsin. — 
Compound Digestive Elixir.) 

Pepsin, soluble scales 75 grains. 

Pancreatin, pure 8 grains. 

Diastase 8 grains. 

Lactic acid 20 minims. 

Hydrochloric acid 40 minims. 

Glycerin 4 fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cudbear, X. F. . 2 fl. drams. 

Talcum, purified 120 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Add the acid to the water and glycerin, and 
to this mixture add the pepsin, pancreatin, 
and disastase, and macerate until apparently 
dissolved; then add the tincture and aromatic 
elixir; thoroughly incorporate the purified tal- 
cum and filter. 



3067. Elixir of Pepsin, Compound. B 

Pepsin, pure SO grains. 

Pancreatin 40 grains. 

Diastase of ptyolin 10 grains. 

Cudbear, powdered 180 grains. 

Diluted hydrochloric acid.. 20 minims. 

Lactic acid 3 drops. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Water 7 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Mix all the above except the syrup, macer- 
ate for 3 days, agitating frequently; filter, to 
the filtrate add the syrup, and then through 
the filter add enough of a mixture of alcohol 
and water, in the proportion of 5 to 7 by 
measure, to make the liquid measure 16 fluid 
ounces. 

3068. Elixir of Pepsin and Quinine. 

Quinine sulphate 32 grains. 

Elixir of pepsin 16 fl. ounces. 

Agitate until dissolved and filter. 
Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of pepsin 
and 14 grain of quinine sulphate. 

3069. Elixir of Pepsin, Quinine and Strych- 

nine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of pepsin and quinine 15% fl. ounces. 



Dissolve the alkaloidal salt in the water 
and add the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, nearly % grain of qui- 
nine sulphate, and nearly 1 grain of pepsin. 



3070. Elixir of Pepsin and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Elixir of pepsin 15% fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salt in the water 
and add the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate and nearly 1 grain of pep- 
sin. 



3071. Elixir of Pepsin and Wafer Ash. 

(Elixir Pepsin and Ptelea.) 

Pepsin, pure. 128 grains. 

Simple elixir 14 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of wafer ash. 2 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Add the pepsin to the simple elixir, agitate 
until dissolved, add the remaining ingredi- 
ents, set aside for 24 hours, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of pepsin 
and represents 7% grains of wafer ash. 

3072. Elixir of Phosphorus. A 

Spirit of phosphorus - 3% fl. ounces. 

Oil of anise 16 minims. 

Glycerin 9 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
mak e 16 fl. ounces. 

To the spirit contained in a bottle, add the 
oil and glycerin, and mix by repeatedly in- 
verting bottle until a clear liquid is obtained. 
Then add the elixir in several portions, gently 
agitating after each addition, until all is 
added. — U. S. P. 



3073. Elixir of Phosphorus. B 

Phosphorus 2% grains. 

Chloroform 4 fl. drams. 

Alcohol 2% fl. ounces. 

Glycerin, enough to make. 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the phosphorus in the chloroform, 
add the alcohol, and then the glycerin. — Brit. 
Form. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/50 grain of 
phosphorus. 

3074. Elixir of Thosphorus, Compound. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Iron pyrophosphate 12S grains. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol l fl. ounce. 



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Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the strychnine salt in 4 fluid drams 
of the water, and the iron salt in the remain- 
der of the water. 

Mix the alcohol and elixir of phosphorus, 
add the two solutions already prepared, then 
the quinine salt and the simple elixir, agitate 
until dissolved, and filter in a well-covered 
funnel. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, 1 grain of iron pyrophos- 
phate, % grain of quinine sulphate and 1/100 
grain of phosphorus. 



3075. Elixir of Phosphorus, Quinine and 
Strychnine. 

Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 32 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in 7 fluid ounces 
of simple elixir, and the strychnine salt in 
the water, mix the two solutions, and then 
add the other ingredients. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/100 grain of 
strychnine sulphate, % grain of quinine sul- 
phate, and 1/100 grain of phosphorus. 



3076. Elixir of Phosphorus and Strychnine. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams'. 

Elixir of phosphorus 8 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the quinine salt in the water and 
add the remaining ingredients. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/100 grain of 
of phosphorus and strychnine sulphate. 



3077. Elixir Pulmonic. 

(Pectoral Elixir.) 
Pure extract of licorice, U. 

S. P 300 grains. 

Fluid extract of squill 128 minims. 

Fluid extract of senega. .. . 128 minims. 
Fluid extract of henbane 

leaves 128 minims. 

Fluid extract of ipecac 64 minims. 

Morphine sulphate 8 grains. 

Distilled water 4 fl. drams. 

Tincture of cacao 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of cherries, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 



Dissolve the morphine salt in the water, 
add the licorice extract, mix well, add the 
remaining ingredients, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1/16 grain of 
morphine sulphate. 

3078. Elixir of Quinine Bisulphate. 

Quinine bisulphate 128 grains'. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve by agitation and filter, !f neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of quinine 
bisulphate. 



Elixir of Quinine, Phosphorus and 
Strychnine. 

Refer to Elixir of Phosphorus and its' com- 
binations. 



3079. Elixir of Quinine and Strychnine. 

Quinine sulphate 64 grains. 

Strychnine sulphate 1% grains. 

Simple elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salts in the elixir 
by agitation, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of quinino 
sulphate and 1/100 grain of strychnine sul- 
phate. 



3080. Elixir of Quinine Valerianate. 

Quinine valerianate 128 grains. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the quinine valerianate with a 
little of the elixir to a smooth paste. Add 
about 8 fluid ounces more of elixir, triturate 
until dissolved, add the tincture and the re- 
mainder of the elixir. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of quinine 
valerianate. 



3081. Elixir of Quinine and Strychnine 
Valerianates. 

Strychnine (alkaloid) 1% grains. 

Valerianic acid sunicient. 

Quinine valerianate 128 grains. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the strychnine and quinine sul- 
phate with a little elixir to a smooth paste, 
add 4 fluid ounces of elixir and just 
enough valerianic acid to dissolve the alka- 
loids; then add the tincture and the remainder 
of the elixir, neutralize any excess of valeri- 
anic acid as described in the formula preced- 
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Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of quinine This preparation represents the well-known 
valerianate and 1/100 grain of strychnine syrup of rhubarb and potassium in the elixir 
valerianate. form. 



3083. Elixir of Rhubarb -Aromatic. 

Aromatic fluid extract of 

rhubarb 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 15 fl. ounces'. 

This is of the same strength as the aro- 
matic syrup_of rhubarb of the United States 
pharmacopoeia. 



3083. Elixir of Rhubarb and Potassium 
with Pancreatin. 

Rhubarb 320 grains. 

Golden seal 160 grains. 

Cinnamon 160 grains. 

Potassium bicarbonate 320 grains. 

Pancreatin 320 grains. 

Spirit of peppermint 1 fl. dram. 

Simple syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Diluted alcohol "> of each 

Simple elixir J sufficient. 

Moisten the rhubarb, golden seal and cin- 
namon (first reduced to a suitable powder) 
with diluted alcohol, and pack moderately in 
a percolator; allow to macerate 48 hours and 
then percolate with diluted alcohol until 6 
ounces have been obtained; in the percolate 
dissolve the potassium bicarbonate and add 
the pancreatin previously dissolved in the 
syrup, and about 4 fluid ounces of elixir; mix 
thoroughly, add the spirit and enough elixir 
to make the whole measure 16 fluid ounces, 
and filter. 

This" is similar to the preceding, containing 
only pancreatin in addition. Like the preced- 
ing, also, it may be prepared with fluid ex- j 
tracts. 



3084. Elixir of Rhubarb and Potassium. 

(Neutralizing Elixir.) 

Rhubarb 320 grains. 

Golden seal 160 grains. 

Cinnamon 160 grains. 

Potassium bicarbonate 320 grains. 

Spirit of peppermint l fl. dram. 

Simple syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Diluted alcohol "» of each 

Simple elixir j sufficient. 

Reduce the three drugs to moderately 
coarse powder, extract them in the usual way 
by percolation with diluted alcohol until 6 
fluid ounces of percolate are obtained. In 
this percolate dissolve the potassium bicar- 
bonate, add the spirit of peppermint, syrup, 
and enough elixir to make 16 fluid ounces of 
product, and filter. 



3085. Elixir of Rhubarb, Magnesia and 
Senna. 

Magnesia, calcined 144 grains. 

Acetic acid sufficient. 

Fluid extract of rhubarb.. 8% fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of senna 8% fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

m ake 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the magnesia in 2^ fluid ounces of 
acetic acid with the aid of a gentle heat, add- 
ing, if necessary, a little more acetic acid. 
drop by drop, until the solution is neutral to 
test paper; then add the fluid extracts and 
elixir, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 4 grains of mag- 
nesium acetate and represents 4 grains each 
of rhubarb and senna. 



3086. Elixir of Rhubarb and Senna. 

Fluid extract of rhubarb. . . 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of senna 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of cacao 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir io fl. ounces. 

Mix and filter, if necessary. 
Each fluid dram represents 7% grains each 
of senna and rhubarb. 



3087. Elixir of Salicylic Acid- Compound. 

Salicylic acid 640 grains. 

Sodium bicarbonate 480 grains. 

Potassium iodide 192 grains. 

Fluid extract of black co- ' 
hosh 4 fl. drams. 

Fluid extract of gelsemium 2 fl. drams. 

Compound spirit of orange. 1 fl. dram. 

Glycerin 4 fl. ounces. 

Water 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the acid, sodium bicarbonate and 
water in a capacious mortar, stir occasionally 
until reaction is completed, add the potassium 
iodide, stir until dissolved, then add the alco- 
hol, glycerin, fluid extracts, spirit and syrup, 
and filter. 



3088. Elixir of Senna. 

Deodorized fluid extract of 
senna S fl. ounces. 

Compound tincture of car- 
damom u 2 A- ounce. 

Simple elixir 7 1 / -> fl. ouuces. 



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3089. Elixir of Senna. B 

Alexandria senna 11 av. ounces. 

Sugar 8 av. ounces. 

Water 1 ■ - M . 

», x. , f of eacn 

Alcohol y ffi . . 

t^-i 4. i i u i I sufficient. 

Diluted alcohol J 

Chloroform 16 rniniins. 

Oil of coriander 2 drops. 

Tincture of capsicum 20 minims. 

Mix 2% fluid ounces 1 of alcohol with 8% 
fluid ounces of water, and with it evenly 
moisten the senna; pack tightly in a closed 
vessel, macerate for 3 days, express forcibly, 
break up the mare, macerate it with enough 
more of the same kind of menstruum to fur- 
nish, in all, 11 fluid ounces of liquid, express 
in 24 hours, mix the two liquids, add the 
sugar, heat in a closed vessel by means of a 
waterbath to 94 degrees C, maintain at this 
temperature 10 minutes, allow to cool, strain, 
add the chloroform, tincture of capsicum, 
and oil of coriander, first mixed with 2 fluid 
drams of alcohol, and finally add, if neces- 
sary, enough diluted alcohol to make 16 
fluid ounces. — Brit. Form. 

3090. Elixir of Senna- Compound. 

Fluid extract of senna.... 2 fl. ounces. 
Purified tamarind pulp.... 4 av. ounces. 

Oil of coriander 12 drops. 

Alcohol 2 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the alcohol, add to the 
fluid extract and pulp, then add the elixir. 



3091. Elixir of Saw Palmetto and Pichi. 

Fluid extract of saw pal- 
metto 2 ounces. 

Fluid extract pichi 1 ounce. 

Oil of sandalwood % ounce. 

Potassium iodide 512 grains. 

Ammonium .chloride 512 grains. 

Simple elixir enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

3093. Elixir of Saw Palmetto and Sandal- 
wood- Compound. 

Fluid extract of saw pal- 
metto 2 ounces. 

Oil of sandalwood 14 ounce. 

Alcohol 1% fl. ounces. • 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

3093. Elixir Simple. A 

Oil of orange 1% drams. 

Oil of lemon % dram. 

Oil of cardamom 10 minims. 

Oil of coriander 5 minims. 



Tincture of vanilla, made 

from vanillin 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 2 pints. 

Simple syrup 3 pints'. 

Rose water 1 pint. 

Water, distilled 2 pints. 

Magnesia carbonate l ounce. 

Dissolve the oils in 4 ounces of the cologne 
spirits'; place the magnesia in a large mortar; 
pour on the solution of oils and triturate well. 

Take 12 ounces of the spirits, mix with the 
32 ounces of water, and slowly add to the 
contents of the mortar, stirring constantly 
and uniformly for 10 minutes to ensure its 
solubility; filter and set aside. Mix the syrup 
and rose water, and to this mixture add the 
remaining pint of spirits, then add the 2 
ounces of vanillin extract, and shake well. 
To this add the soluble flavoring and mix 
thoroughly. If the syrup is clear (as it 
should be) no further filtration is needed — if 
red el'xir is desired, color with carmine and 
caramel, q. s^ This elixir has a very fine 
flavor, is easily made and can be used with 
iron salts. 



3094. Elixir Simple. B 

Oil of orange % A. dram. 

Oil of cinnamon 5 drops. 

Oil of anise 2 drops. 

Oil of bitter almond 1 drop. 

Tincture of cardamom 5 fl. drams. 

Alcohol .' 16^4 fl. ounces. 

Water 36 fl. ounces. 

Sugar 26 ounces. 

Cacao (Baker's) 240 grains. 

Magnesium carbonate 480 grains. 

Mix the oils, tincture and alcohol, and tri- 
turate with the cacao and magnesium car- 
bonate, having first mixed the latter inti- 
mately; transfer the mixture to a bottle, add 
the water gradually, agitate occasionally for 
several hours, filter, express the filter be- 
tween muslin, filter the expressed liquid, mix 
the two filtrates, in the liquid dissolve the 
sugar by agitation, and filter or strain as 
may be necessary. 



3095. Elixir Simple. C 

Oil of orange TO minims. 

Alcohol 27% fl. ounces 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Orange flower water 18% fl. ounces 

Simple syrup 18% fl. ounces 

Mix the oil and alcohol, add the talcum, 

shake well, add the other ingredients, shake 

again, and filter. 



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3096. Elixir Simple. I> 

Tincture of fresh orange 

peel 12 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of fresh lemon 

p ee i 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 8 fl - ounces. 

Orange flower water S fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 2 ay. ounces. 

Simple syrup 32 fl. ounces. 

Mix the whole well and filter. 
This and the preceding haye been known 
as elixir of orange. 



3097. Elixir Simple. E 

Oil of sweet orange l l / 2 fl. ounces. 

Oil of caraway 20 drops. 

Alcohol 14% fl. ounces. 

Spirit of cinnamon 32 drops. 

Simple syrup • ■ • 36 fl. ounces'. 

Glycerin S fl. ounces. 

Distilled water 4 fl. ounces. 

Calcium phosphate 1% ounces. 

Mix the oils and alcohol, add the calcium 
phosphate, shake well, add the other ingredi- 
ents, shake again, and filter. 



3098. Elixir Simple. E 

Oil of orange 2% fl. drams. 

Oil of Ceylcn cinnamon. ... 3 drops. 

Oil of aaise 3 drops. 

Oil of -caraway 6 drops. 

Tincture of vanilla 9 fl. drams. 

Simple syrup 20 fl. ounces. 

Sherry wine 3 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 12i£ fl. ounces. 

Water 23 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 1 ay. ounce. 

Mix the oils with the talcum; mix the alco- 
hol, wine and water, add to the mixture of 
talcum and oils, then add the yanilla and the 
syrup; let stand one hour, shaking often, and 
filter. 



3099. Elixir Simple. G 

harm solution 24 grains. 

Oil of anise 160 minims. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water, enough to 

make 04 fl. ounces. 

!ve the saccharin in 40 fluid ounces of 
water, add the oil of anise, previously dis- 
solved in 16 fluid ounces of alcohol, and the 
remainder of the water. Add 1 av. ounce of 
purified talcum; let stand 24 hours, occasion- 
ally shaking, and filter. 

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3100. Elixir Simple. H 

Cinnamon water 24 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 24 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 10 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of orange 2 fl. ounces. 

This may be clarified by shaking with paper 
pulp or purified talcum, and filtering. The 
pulp can be made by beating % av. ounce 
filter paper in a mortar with sufficient water 
just to moisten it. 



3101. Elixir Simple. I 

Ceylon cinnamon 90 grains. 

Star anise 00 grains. 

Coriander 90 grains. 

Nutmeg 30 grains. 

Caraway 90 grains. 

Oil of sweet orange Vz A- dram. 

Diluted alcohol sufficient. 

Simple syrup 32 fl. ounces. 

Percolate the aromatics, previously reduced 
to coarse powder, with diluted alcohol pre- 
viously mixed with the oil of orange, continu- 
ing the percolation until 32 fluid ounces of 
aromatic tincture are obtained, and mix with 
the syrup, filtering through talcum, if neces- 
sary. 



3102. Elixir Simple. J 

Orange flower water 32 fl. ounces. 

Bitter almond water 8 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 8 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 8 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 8 fl. ounces. 

Mix all and filter through purified talcum. 



3103. Elixir of Stillingia. A 

Fluid extract of stillingia. . 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 4 fl. drams. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 10 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract and alcohol, add the 
elixir, and filter through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% grains of 
stillingia. 



3104. Elixir of Stillingia. B 

Compound fluid extract of 

stillingia 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir lo fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract and alcohol, add the 
elixirs, and filter through talcum. 



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3105. Elixir of Sumbul. 

(Elixir of Musk Root.) 
Fluid extract of sumbul... 2% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Elixir simple 12% fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum y 2 ay. ounce. 

Triturate the fluid extract with the talcum, 
add the alcohol and elixir, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents about 10 grains 
of sumbul. 



3106. Elixir of Sumbul, Compound. 

Fluid extract of sumbul... 2 fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of skullcap. . 4 fl. drams. 
Fluid extract of valerian. . 1 fl. dram. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum y 2 av. ounce. 

Mix the fluid extracts and alcohol, add the 
talcum, shake well, then add the elixir, shake 
again, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents iy 2 grains of 
sumbul, about 2 grains of skullcap, and about 
y 2 grain of valerian. 

3107. Elixir of Tar, Compound. 

N. F. 

Syrup of wild cherry 3% fl. ounces. 

Syrup of tolu sy± fl. ounces. 

Morphine sulphate 2% grains. 

Methylic alcohol 6 fl. drams. 

Distilled water, hot 1 fl. dram. 

Wine of tar, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces . 

Dissolve the morphine sulphate in the wa- 
ter, add the solution to the two syrups pre- 
viously mixed, then add the methylic alcohol 
and tne wine of tar. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-50 grain of mor- 
phine sulphate. 

3108. Elixir of Terpin Hydrate. 

Terpin hydrate 128 grains. 

Glycerin" 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of terpin 
hydrate. 



3109. Elixir of Triple Valerianates. 

Iron valerianate 64 grains. 

Quinine valerianate 64 grains. 

Zinc valerianate 64 grains. 

Tincture of cudbear 2 fl. drams. 

Valerianic acid sufficient. 

Simple elixir enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



Triturate the 3 valerianates with 8 fluid 
ounces of elixir to a smooth paste, add, if 
necessary, a very small amount of the acid, 
just enough to dissolve the salts, then add 
the tincture and the remainder of the elixir, 
and filter. 

If too much valerianic acid has been added 
so that it is betrayed by its odor, it should 
be exactly neutralized by stirring with a glass 
rod repeatedly dipped in dilute ammonia 
water. 

Each fluid dram contains y< 2 grain each of 
the valerianates of iron, quinine and zinc. 



3110. Elixir of Wafer Ash. 

(Elixir of Ptelea.) 
Fluid extract of wafer ash. 2% fl. ounces. 
Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces . 

Mix, and allow to stand for about 24 hours, 
then filter through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 10 grains of 
wafer ash. 



3111. Elixir of Wahoo. 

N. F. 

(Elixir of Euonymus.) 

Fluid extract of wahoo. . . .2% fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of coffee 2 fl. ounces. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 9y 2 fl. ounces. 

Mix them, let the mixture stand 48 hours, 
and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents about 9y 2 grains 
of wahoo. 



3112. Elixir of White Pine, Compound. 

. Fluid extract of white pine 

bark 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of balsam 

Gilead buds 64 minims. 

Fluid extract of spikenard. 64 minims. 
Fluid extract of wild 

cherry bark 1 fl. ounce. 

Sanguinarine nitrate 2 grains. 

Morphine acetate 3 grains. 

Chloroform 64 minims. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Water 7 fl. ounces. 

Simple syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extracts with the alcohol, 
water and syrup previously mixed, and filter 
through purified talcum until clear: add the 
chloroform and dissolve the sanguinarine and 
morphine salts in the mixture. 

The above represents the now well-known 
"white pine cough syrup" in the elixir form. 



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3113. Elixir of Wild Cherry. 

Fluid extract of wild cherry 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir 11 fl. ounces. 

Mix. allow to stand for 24 hours', and filter 
through purified talcum. 

Each fluid dram represents 15 grains of wild 
cherry. 



3114. Elixir of Yerba Santa. A 

(Elixir of Eriodictyon.) 
Fluid extract of yerba 

santa 2 fl. ounces. 

Pumice stone, powdered... 1 ar. ounce. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the fluid extract with the pumice 
stone until well mixed, add the alcohol, mix 
again, then add 13 fluid ounces of elixir, mix 
once more, let the whole stand for several 
hours, stirring occasionally, then Alter, re- 
turning the first portions of filtrate to the 
filter until the liquid is clear, and finally add- 
ing enough simple elixir through the filter 
until the filtrate measures the requisite 
amount. 

Each fluid dram represents 7y 2 grains of 
yerba santa. 



3115. Elixir of Yerba Santa, Aromatic. B 

(Elixir Corrigens.) 

N. F. 

Fl. ext. of yerba santa. ... 1 fl. ounce. 

Simple syrup 8 fl. ounces. 

Pumice, fine powder 240 grains. 

Magnesium carbonate 80 grains. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum, enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix 7 fluid ounces of compound elixir of 
taraxacum with the syrup and pumice, then 
add the fluid extract, and mix the whole thor- 
oughly by agitation. Shake the mixture oc- 
casionally during 2 hours, then allow it to 
settle, and carefully decant the liquid into a 
funnel, the neck of which contains a small 
pellet of abs'orbent cotton. Afterwards add 
the dregs and allow them to drain. To the 
filtrate add the magnesium carbonate, and 
shake occasionally during several hours. Let 
th<- mixture stand at rest during 12 hours, 
if convenient, then decant the liquid and fil- 
ter it through paper. To the filtrate add 
enough compound elixir of taraxacum, if 
- ary, to make 16 fluid ounces. 



3116. Elixir of Yerba Santa, Aromatic. C 

Yerba santa, coars'e powder 360 grains. 
Sweet orange peel, recently 



dried and in coarse 

powder 120 grains. 

Liquor potassa 1 fl. dram. 

Oil of cloves 4 drops. 

Oil of cinnamon 4 drops. 

Oil of caraway 2 drops. 

Oil of coriander 1 drop. 

Comp. tinct. of cardamom. 1 fl. dram. 

Sugar 7 ay. ounces. 

Glycerin ^ „ . 

Water I ot ™ C \ 

Alcohol ) efficient. 

Mix the oils and tincture with the drugs 
and extract by percolation in the usua! way, 
employing as a menstrutmi a mixture of 1 
part of alcohol, 1 of glycerin, and 3 of water, 
all by measure, with 1 per cent of liquor 
potassa; 10 fluid ounces of percolate are to be 
obtained, which is to be returned to the per- 
colator, if not clear; to this add the remain- 
der of the liauor potassa and 2 fluid ounces 
of alcohol, and in the whole dissolve the 
sugar by agitation. 



3117. Elixir of Yerba Santa, Aromatic. D 

Yerba santa 1 ay. ounce. 

Sweet orange peel 144 grains. 

Cardamom (without cap 

sule) 28 grains. 

Cloves 28 grains. 

Cinnamon 28 grains. 

Anise 20 grains. 

Coriander 20 grains. 

Caraway 20 grains. 

Red saunders 10 grains. 

Sugar 7 ay. ounces. 

Alcohol \ of each 

Glycerin..... Y sufficient . 

Distilled water ) 

Mix the drugs', reduce to moderately coarse 
powder, extract by percolation with a men- 
struum compo'sed of 1 part of alcohol, 1 of 
glycerin, ard 3 of water, all by measure, 
until 12 fluid ounces of percolate are obtained; 
in the latter dissolve the sugar by agitation, 
and filter. 



3118. Elixir of Yerba Santa, Compound. 

Fluid extract of yerba 

santa 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of grindelia. 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Pumice stone, powdered... 1 av. our.ee. 
Simple elixir enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

M'x the fluid extracts, triturate with pum- 
ice stone, add 13 fluid ounces of simple elixir, 
mix again, allow the whole to stand for sev- 
eral hours, stirring occasionally, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents nearly 4 grains 
each of yerba santa and grindelia. 



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ELIXIRS OF THE NATIONAL 
FORMULARY. 

3119. Elixir of Acidi Salicylic. 

(N. P.) 

Salicylic acid 640 grains. 

Citrate of potassium 2 tr. ounces. 

Glycerin . : 8 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate of potassium in the 
glycerin, with the aid of a gentle heat; add 
the salicylic acid, and continue the heat until 
it is dissolved. Then add enough aromatic 
elixir to make sixteen fluid ounces. 

This elixir should be freshly made, when 
wanted for use. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of sali- 
cylic acid. 



3120. Elixir Adjuvants. 

(N. P. Adjuvant Elixir.) 

Sweet orange peel, recently 
dried 2 tr. ounces. 

Wild cherry 4 tr. ounces. 

Glycyrrhiza, Russian, 
peeled 8 tr. ounces. 

Coriander 1 tr. ounce. 

Caraway 1 tr. ounce. 

Alcohol «- ^ 

Water I of each 

Syrup ) sufficient 

quantity, enough to make 1 gallon. 

Grind the wild cherry to a moderately 
coarse (No. 40) powder, moisten it with four 
(4) fluid ounces' of water and set it aside for 
twelve hours. Reduce the other solids also 
to a moderately coarse (No. 40) powder, mix 
this intimately with the wild cherry, and 
having mixed one (1) volume of alcohol with 
two (2) volumes of water, moisten the powder 
with four (4) fluid ounces of the mixture, and 
pack tightly in a percolator. Then gradually 
pour menstruumi on top until ninety-six (96) 
fluid ounces of percolate are obtained. Mix 
this with thirty-two (32) fluid ounces of 
syrup, and filter. 

NOTE. — This preparation is chiefly in- 
tended as a vehicle, particularly for acrid or 
saline remedies. 



3121. Elixir Ammonii Bromidi. 

(Elixir of Bromide of Ammonium.) 

Bromide of ammonium 640 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



Dissolve the bromide of ammonium and the 
citric acid in about eight (8) fluid ounces of 
adjuvant elixir, by agitation. Then add 
enough adjuvant elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of bro- 
mide of ammonium. 



3122. Elixir Ammonii Valerianatis. 

(Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonium.) 

Valerianate of ammonium. . 256 grains. 

Water of ammonia sufficient. 

Chloroform 6 minims. 

Tincture of vanilla 120 minims. 

Compound tincture of cud- 
bear 120 minims. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make v 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the valerianate of ammonium in 
about twelve (12) fluid ounces of aromatic 
elixir, in a graduated vessel, and add enough 
water of ammonia, in drops, until a faint ex- 
cess of it is perceptible in the liquid. Then 
add the chloroform, tincture of vanilla, and 
compound tincture of cudbear, and. finally, 
enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of val- 
erianate of ammonium. 

Note. — Should the odor of valerianic acid 
become perceptible after the elixir has been 
kept for some time, it may be overcome by 
slightly supersaturating with water of am- 
mouia. 



3123. Elixir Ammonii Valerianatis et 
Quininse. 

(Elixir of Valerianate of Ammonium and of 
Quinine.) 
Hydrochlorate of quinine. . 32 grains. 
Elixir of valerianate of am- 
monium 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the hydrochlorate of quinine in the 
elixir by agitation, and, if necessary, by occa- 
sionally immersing the bottle containing the 
ingredients in hot water, until solution has 
been effected. Finally, filter. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of hydro- 
chlorate of quinine and 2 grains of valerian- 
ate of ammonium. 



3124. Elixir A nisi. 

(N. F.) 
(Elixir of Anise: Aniseed Cordial.) 

Anethol . .♦ 25 minims. 

Oil of fennel 5 minims. 

Oil of bitter almond 1 drop. 

Deodorized alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 



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Syrup 10 fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Mis the anethol and the oils with the de- 
odorized alcohol, add the syrup and water, 
and set the mixture aside for twelve hours. 
Then mix it intimately with the purified tal- 
cum, and filter it through a wetted filter, re- 
turning the first portions of the filtrate until 
it runs through clear. 

Note. — This elixir is liable to become 
cloudy from separation of essential oils, when 
it is exposed to a temperature lower than 
that at which it has been filtered. In gen- 
eral, it is recommended that it be cooled to, 
and filtered at, a temperature of about 15° C. 
(59° F.). In the northern sections' of this 
country, or in winter time, it should be cooled 
to a proportionately lower temperature pre- 
vious to filtration. 

Anethol is the stearopten of oil of anise. 
and possesses a finer and purer aroma and 
taste than any commercial variety of oil of 
anise. If it cannot be readily obtained, the 
so-called Saxon oil of anise may be substi- 
tuted for it. Oil of star-anise, which is* usually 
supplied by dealers when "oil of anise"' 
without specification is ordered, does not an- 
swer well for this purpose. The oil of fen- 
nel should be that from the seed ("sweet"), 
and not that from the chaff. 



3125. Elixir Apii Graveolentis Conipositura 

(N. F.) 

(Compound Elixir of Celery.) 

Fluid extract of celery root l fl. ounce. 
Fluid extract of erythroxy- 

lon 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of kola l fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of viburnum 

prunifolium 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces'. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the alcohol with four (4) fluid ounces of 
aromatic elixir. To this add the fluid ex- 
tract of celery root in several portions, shak- 
ing aftf-r pach addition, and afterwards the 
other fluid extracts. Finally, add enough 
aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces: allow the mixture to stand twenty- 
four hours, and filter. 

Note. — If this preparation is prescribed 
or quoted under its Latin title, it is recom- 
mended that the full title be given, so that 
the word "Apii" may not be mistaken for 
"Opii." 



3126. Elixir Aromaticuni. 

(N. F.) 

(Aromatic Elixir.) 

Aromatic spirit 16 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 21 fl. ounces. 

Water 24 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum i tr. ounce. 

Mix the aromatic spirit with twelve (12) 
fluid ounces of syrup, and add the water 
Incorporate the purified talcum thoroughly 
with the mixture; set the latter aside dur- 
ing a few days, if possible, occasionally agi- 
tating, then stir it well, and filter it through 
a wetted filter, returning the first portions of 
the filtrate until it runs, through clear. 
Finally, mix the filtrate with the remainder 
of the syrup. 

Note. — When this elixir is to be used in 
preparations containing iron, the aromatic 
spirit to be used in its preparation should be 
that made from the essential oils. (See Spir- 
itus Aromaticus.) 

If it is desired to color this elixir, this may 
be effected by the addition of two (2) fluid 
drams of compound tincture of cudbear to 
each pint. 



3127. Elixir Bismutlii. 

N. F. 
(Elixir of Bismuth.) 
Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 256 grains. 

Water, hot 1 fl. ounce. 

Water of ammonia. . ... sufficient. 

" Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium in the hot water, allow the solution 
to stand until any undissolved matter has sub- 
sided; then decant the clear liquid, and add 
to the residue just enough water of ammo- 
nia to dissolve it. Then mix it with the de- 
canted portion and add enough aromatic elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents 2 grains. of ci- 
trate of bismuth and ammonium. 



3128. Elixir Bucliu. 

N. F. 

(Elixir of Buchu.) 

Fluid extract of buchu 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract of buchu with the 
alcohol, then add twelve (12) fluid ounces of 



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adjuvant elixir, and the syrup. Incorporate 
with it the purified talcum, and filter. 
Finally, pass enough adjuvant elixir through 
the filter to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents about 7% grains 
of buchu. 



3139. Elixir Buchu Composituin. 

N. F. 
(Compound Elixir of Buchu.) 
Compound fluid extract of 

buchu 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the compound fluid extract of buchu 
with the alcohol, then add eight (8) fluid 
ounces of adjuvant elixir, and the syrup. 
Incorporate with it the purified talcum, 
and filter. Finally, pass enough adjuvant 
elixir through the filter to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 15 minims of 
compound fluid extract of buchu. 

Note. — It is advisable to allow the mix- 
ture of liquids with the purified talcum to re- 
main at rest for several days before filtering. 



3130. Elixir Buchu et Potassii Acetatis. 

N. F. 
(Elixir of Buchu and Acetate of Potassium.) 

Acetate of potassium 640 grains. 

Elixir of buchu, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the acetate of potassium in about 
twelve (12) fluid ounces of elixir of buchu. 
filter, if necessary, and add enough elixir of 
buchu to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains of ace- 
tate of potassium and about 7 grains of buchu. 



3131. Elixir Caffeinae. 

N. F. 
(Elixir of Caffeine.) 

Caffeine 128 grains. 

Diluted hydrobromic acid 

(U. S. P.) 32 grains'. 

Syrup of coffee 4 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Rub the caffeine in a mortar, with the di- 
luted hydrobromic acid and about two (2) fluid 
ounces of aromatic " elixir, until solution is 
effected. Then add the syrup of coffee, and, 
lastly, enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen 
(16) fluid ounces. Filter, if necessary. * 
Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of caffeine. 



3133. Elixir Calcii Bromidi. 

(Elixir of Bromide of Calcium.) 

Bromide of calcium 640 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the bromide of calcium and tbe 
citric acid in about twelve (12) fluid ounces 
of adjuvant elixir by agitation. Then add 
enough adjuvant elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains' of bro- 
mide of calcium. 



3133. Elixir Calcii Hypophosphitis. 

(Elixir of Hypophosphite of Calcium.) 
Hypophosphite of calcium. 256 grains. 

Citric acid. 30 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the hypophosphite of calcium in 
fourteen (14) fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, 
and filter. Dissolve the citric acid in the 
filtrate and pass enough aromatic elixir 
through the filter to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of hy- 
pophosphite of calcium. 



3134. Elixir Calcii Eactophosphatis. 

(Elixir of Lactophosphate of Calcium.) 

Lactate of calcium 128 grains. 

Phosphoric acid (U. S. P.) 

50 per cent) 128 minims. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the lactate of calcium with the 
phosphoric acid, the water, and the syrup, 
until the salt is dissolved. Then add enough 
aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of lac- 
tate of calcium, or about iy 2 grains of so- 
called lactophosphate of calcium. 



3135. Elixir Catharticum Com posit una. 

(N. F.) 
(Compound Cathartic Elixir.) 

Fluid extract of senna 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of podophyl- 
lum i fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of leptandra. 360 minims. 

Fluid extract of jalap 360 minims. 

Tartrate of potassium and 

sodium 2 tr. ounces. 

Bicarbonate of sodium 120 grains'. 



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Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum 4 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of glycyrrhiza. 

• enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the liquids, add the salts, and dissolve 
them by agitation. 

The product should not be filtered, and 
should be shaken up whenever any of it is 
dispensed. 

The average dose for an adult is 2 fluid 
drams. 



3136. Elixir Clilorofornii Coxnpositum. 

(N. F.) 
Compound Elixir of Chloroform. 

Chloroform 3 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of opium 3 fl. ounces. 

Spirit of camphor 3 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic spirit of ammonia 3 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Oil of cinnamon (cassia). . . 40 minims. 
Water, enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix the chloroform with the alcohol, then 
add the oil of cinnamon, aromatic spirit of 
ammonia, spirit of camphor, tincture of 
opium, and lastly, enough water to make six- 
teen <16i fluid ounces. Allow the mixture 
to stand a few hours, and filter in a well- 
covered funnel. 

Each fluid dram represents about 1 grain 
of opium and 11 minims of chloroform. 

Note. — This preparation is called chlo- 
roform paregoric in some sections of the 
country. It is recommended that this title 
be abandoned, to prevent confusion with the 
officinal paregoric or tincture opii earn- 
phorata. 



3137. Elixir Cinchona?. 

(X. F.) 
(Elixir of Cinchona. Elixir of Calisaya.) 
Tincture of cinchona (U. S. 

P. 1880) 2y 2 A- ounces. 

Aromatic spirit 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 6 fl. ounces 

Purified talcum 12o grains. 

Water, enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix the liquids, allow the mixture to stand 
for twenty-four hours or longer, if conven- 
ient, then incorporate the purified talcum, and 
filter through a wetted filter, returning the 
rtlons of the filtrate, until it runs 
through clear. 

Each fluid ounce represents about 14 grains 
of yellow cinchona. 

Xote. — When elixir of cinchona is di- 
rected in combination with preparations of 
iron, the elixir cinchonae detannatum should 
be used in place of the above preparation. 



3138. Elixir Cinchonae et Hypophosphituni. 

(Elixir of Cinchona with Hypophosphites.) 
(Elixir of Calisaya and Hypophosphites.) 
Hypophosphite of ealcium. . 128 grains. 
Hyphosphite of sodium. .. . 128 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of cinchona, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the hypophosphites and the citric 
acid in the water, add enough elixir of cin- 
chona to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain each of 
the hypophosphites of calcium and sodium. 

3139. Elixir Cinchonae Detannatum. 

(X. F.) 
(Detannated Elixir of Cinchona, i 
(Detannated Elixir of Calisaya. i 
Detannated tincture of cin- 
chona 2Vo fl. ounces. 

Aromatic spirit 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Water, enough to make. ... 16 fl. ounces. 
Mix the liquids, allow the mixture to stand 
twenty-four hours or longer, if conAenient, 
then incorporate the purified talcum, and filter 
through a wetted filter, returning the first 
portions of the filtrate, until it runs through 
clear. 

Each fluid ounce represents about 14 grains 
of yellow cinchona. 

Xote. — This preparation is to be used when 
elixir cinchonae is directed in combination 
with preparations of iron. 

When detannated elixir of cinchona is not 
available, and the preparation, of which it 
forms a constituent, is required at once, an 
equivalent quantity of compound elixir of qui- 
nine, colored by the addition of 120 minims 
of compound tincture of cudbear to each pint, 
may be substituted for it. 

3140. Elixir of Cinchonae et Ferri. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Cinchona and Iron. 

Elixir of Calisaya and Iron. Ferrated Elixir 

of Calisaya. 

Phosphate of Iron <U. S. P. 

1880) 256 grains. 

Water, boiling 1 fl. ounce. 

Detannated elixir of cin- 
chona, enough to make... 16 fl. ounces. 
Dissolve the phosphate of iron in the boil- 
ing water, then add enough detannated elixir 
of cinchona, to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 
and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of phos- 
phate of iron. 



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3141. Elixir Cinchonas, Ferri, Bismuthi, 

et Stryclminae. 

N. P. 
Elixir of Cinchona, Iron, Bismuth, and 
Strychnine. 
Elixir of Calisaya, Iron, Bismuth, and Strych- 
nine. 
Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains'. 

Sulphate of strychnine 1% grains. 

Water, hot , q. s. 

Elixir of cinchona and iron, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium in one-half (%) fluid ounce of hot 
water; allow the solution to stand until any 
undissolved matter has subsided; then decant 
the clear liquid, and add to the residue enough 
water of ammonia to dissolve it, carefully 
avoiding an excess. Dissolve the sulphate of 
strychnine in one (1) fluid dram of hot water, 
and having mixed the two solutions, add 
enough elixir of cinchona and iron to make 
sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Let the mixture 
stand twenty-four hours, if convenient, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of citrate 
of bismuth and ammonium, 1-100 grain of sul- 
phate of strychnine, and nearly 2 grains of 
phosphate of iron. 

3142. Elixir Cinchonae, Ferri, et Bismuthi. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Cinchona, Iron, and Bismuth. 
Elixir of Calisaya, Iron, and Bismuth. 
Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 128 grains. 

Water, hot % fl. ounce. 

Elixir of cinchona and iron, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate of bismuth and ammo- 
nium in the hot water, allow the solution to 
stand until any undissolved matter has sub- 
sided; then decant the clear liquid, and add to 
the residue enough water of ammonia to dis- 
solve it, carefully avoiding an excess. Then 
mix the solution with enough elixir of cin- 
chona and iron to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces. Let the mixture stand twenty-four 
hours, if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of citrate 
of bismuth and ammonium and nearly 2 
grains of phosphate of iron. 

3143. Elixir Cinchonae, Ferri, et Calcii 

JLactophosphatis. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Cinchona, Iron, and Lactophosphate 

of Calcium. 

Elixir of Calisaya, Iron and Lactophosphate 

of Lime. 



Lactate of calcium , . 64 grains. 

Phosphoric acid (50 per 

cent) 64 minims. 

Water of ammonia % A- ouncfe. 

Citric acid 120 grains. 

Elixir of cinchona and iron, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the lactate of calcium in seven (7) 
fluid ounces of elixir of cinchona and iron, 
with the aid of the phosphoric acid. Then 
add the citric acid, and when this is dis- 
solved, the water of ammonia. Finally, add 
enough elixir of cinchona and iron to make 
sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains % grain of lactate 
of calcium (or about % grain of so-called lac- 
tophosphate of calcium) and nearly 2 grains 
of phosphate of iron. 



3144. Elixir Cinchonse, Ferri et Pepsini. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Cinchona, Iron and Pepsin. 

Elixir of Calisaya, Iron and Pepsin. 

Pepsin (N. F.) 128 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid 30 minims. 

Water 3 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of cinchona and iron, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the pepsin in the water mixed 
with the hydrochloric acid; then add enough 
elixir of cinchona and iron to make sixteen 
(16) fluid ounces. Let the mixture stand a 
few days, if convenient, and filter 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of pep- 
sin (N. F.) and about 1% grains of phosphate 
of iron. 



3145. Elixir Cinchonae, Ferri, et Strych- 

ninae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Cinchona, Iron and Strychnine. 

Elixir of Calisaya, Iron and Strychnine. 

Sulphate of strychnine 1% grains. 

Water 120 minims. 

Elixir of CinchoDa and Irou 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the sulphate of strychnine in the 
water, and add enough elixir of cinchona and 
iron to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of sul- 
phate of strychnine and about 2 grains of 
phosphate of iron. 

3146. Elixir Cinchonae, Pepsini, et Strych- 

ninae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Cinchona, Pepsin, and Strychnine. 
Elixir of Calisaya, Pepsin, and Strychnine. 

Sulphate of quinine 16 grains. 

Sulphate of cinehonine 8 grains. 



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Sulphate of strychnine 1% grains". 

Elixir of pepsin 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salts in the elixir, 
and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents small quantities 
of cinchona alkaloids, 1-100 grain of sulphate 
of strychnine, and 1 grain of pepsin (X. F.). 



3147, Elixir Corydalis Coinpositum. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Corydalis. 

Fluid extract of corydalis. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of stillingia. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Fl. ext. of xanthoxylum. . .. % fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of iris 1% fl. ounces 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces 

Iodide of potassium 384 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces 

Mix the alcohol with the fluid extracts, dis- 
solve the iodide of potassium in the mixture, 
and add enough aromatic elixir to make six- 
teen (16) fluid ounces'. Let the mixture stand 
a few days, if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 3 grains of iodide 
of potassium and small quantities of the sev- 
eral fluid extracts. 



3148. Elixir Curassao. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Curacao. 

Curacao Cordial. 

Spirit of curacao 120 minims. 

Orris root, in fine powder. . 30 grains. 

Deodorized alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Citric acid 50 grains: 

Syrup 8 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Water, enough to make.... 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the spirit of curacao with the alcohol, 
add the orris root, the purified talcum, and 
three (3) fluid ounces of water. Allow the 
mixture to stand twelve hours, occasionally 
agitating; then pour it on a wetted filter, re- 
turning the first portions of the filtrate until 
it runs through clear, and pass enough water 
through the filter to make the filtrate meas- 
ure eight (8) fluid ounces. In this dissolve 
the citric acid, and finally add the syrup. 



3149. Elixir Eriodictyi Aromaticum. 

X. F. 

Aromatic Elixir of Eriodictyon. 

Aromatic Elixir of Yerba Santa; Elixir Corri- 

gens. 

Fluid extract of eriodir-tyon 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup g fl. ounces. 



Pumice, in fine powder % tr. ounce. 

Carbonate of magnesium. .. 80 grains. 

Compound elixir of taraxa- 
cum, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix seven (7) fluid ounces of compound 
elixir of taraxacum with the syrup and 
pumice, then add the fluid extract, and mix 
the whole thoroughly by agitation. Shake 
the mixture occasionally during two hours, 
then allow it to settle, and carefully decant 
the liquid into a funnel, the neck of which 
contains a small pellet of absorbent cotton. 
Afterwards add the dregs and allow them to 
drain. To the filtrate add the carbonate of 
magnesium and shake occasionally during sev- 
eral hours. Let the mixture stand at rest 
during twelve hours, if convenient, then 
decant the liquid and filter it through paper. 
To the filtrate add enough compound elixir of 
taraxacum, if necessary, to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. 

Xote. — This preparation is chiefly intended 
as a vehicle for quinine and other bitter 
remedies. 

3150. Elixir Erythroxyli. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Erythroxylon. 

Elixir of Coca. 

Fluid ext. of erythroxylon 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla 120 minims. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Arorhatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract with the alcohol, the 
syrup, and ten (10) fluid ounces of aromatic 
elixir, add the purified talcum and incorporate 
the latter thoroughly. Let the mixture stand 
during forty-eight hours, if convenient, shak- 
ing occasionally; then filter, add the tincture 
of vanilla to the filtrate, and pass enough 
aromatic elixir through the filter to make the 
product measure sixteen (10) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% grains of 
erythroxylon (coca). 

3151. Elixir Erythroxyli et Guarana?. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Erythroxylon and Guarana. 

Elixir of Coca and Guarana. 

Fl. ext. of erythroxylon.... 2 fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of guarana. .. 2 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 12 fl. ounces. 
Mix the liquids, and thoroughly incorporate 
the purified talcum with the mixture. Let it 
stand during forty-eight hours, if convenient, 
occasionally agitating, then filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% grains each 
of erythroxylon (coca) and guarana. 



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3152. Elixir Eucalypti. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Eucalyptus. 

Fluid extract of eucalyptus 2 fi. ounces'. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces'. 

Carbonate of magnesium. .. 120 grains. 

Syrup of coffee 6 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum.. 6 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract with the alcohol, then 
add the other ingredients, shake the mixture 
occasionally during forty-eight hours, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram represents l x /o grains of 
eucalyptus. 



3153. Elixir Enonynii. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Euonymus. 

Elixir of Wahoo. 

Fluid extract of euonymus. 2% fl. ounces. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of coffee 



l. ounces. 



Comp. elixir of taraxacum. . 9% fl. ounces. 

Mix them, let the mixture stand forty-eight 
hours, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents' ahout 9% grains 
of euonymus. 



3154. Elixir Ferri Hypophospliitis. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Hypophosphite of iron. 
Solution of hypophosphite 

of iron 768 minims. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces.' 

Mix the solution of hypophosphite of iron 
with enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen 
(16) fluid ounces. Allow the mixture to stand 
a few days in a cool place, and filter if neces- 
sary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of hypo- 
phosphite of iron (ferric). 



3155. Elixir Ferri Eactatis. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Lactate of Iron. 
Lactate of iron, in crusts. . 128 grains. 

Citrate of potassium 381 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the lactate of iron with the ci- 
trate of potassium and about four (4) fluid 
ounces of aromatic elixir, gradually added, 
until solution has been effected. Then add 
enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of lac- 
tate of iron. 



3156. Elixir Ferri Phosphatis. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Phosphate of Iron. 
Phosphate of iron (U. S. P. 

1880) 256 grains. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the phosphate of iron in the water 
with the aid of heat; then mix this solution 
with a sufficient quantity of aromatic elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of phos- 
phate of iron. 



3157. Elixir Ferri Phosphatis, Cinchoni- 
dinse, et Strychnine. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Phosphate of Iron, Cinchonidine, 

and Strychnine. 

Phosphate of iron (U. S. P. 

1880) 256 grains. 

Citrate of potaesium 32 grains. 

Sulphate of cinchonidine . . . 128 grains. 

Sulphate of strychnine V?i grains. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Water 360 minims. 

Aromatic elixir enough to 
hiake 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve* the phosphate of iron and citrate 
of potassium in the water, using heat, if ne- 
cessary. To twelve (12) fluid ounces of arom- 
atic elixir, contained in a bottle, add the al- 
cohol, and afterwards the alkaloidal salts. 
and agitate until the latter are dissolved, or 
nearly so. Then mix the two solutions, and, 
having shaken the mixture, add enough arom- 
atic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 
Finally filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of phos- 
phate of iron, 1 grain of sulphate of cinchoni- 
dine, and 1-100 grain of sulphate of strych- 
nine. 

Note. — When this elixir is mixed with 
water, it will become cloudy or opaque 
through the separation of some of its con- 
stituents. 



3158. Elixir Ferri Phosphatis, Quininse, et 
Strychnine. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Phosphate of Iron, Quinine, and 
Strychnine. 
Phosphate of iron (U. S. P. 

1880) 256 grains. 

Citrate of potassium 1 32 grains. 

Hydrochlorate of quinine. . 128 grains. 
Sulphate of strychnine l\i grains. 



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Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Water 360 minims. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

- make '. 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the phosphate of iron and citrate 
of potassium in the water, using heat, if ne- 
cessary. To twelve (12) fluid ounces of 
aromatic elixir, contained in a bottle, add the 
alcohol, and afterwards the alkaloidal salts, 
and agitate until the latter are dissolved, or 
nearly so. Then mix the two solutions, and, 
having shaken the mixture, add enough 
aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces. Finally filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of phos- 
phate of iron. 1 grain of hydrochlorate of qui- 
nine, and 1-100 grain of sulphate of strych- 
nine. 

Note. — When this elixir is mixed with 
water, it will become cloudy or opaque 
through the separation of some of its con- 
stituents. 



3159. Elixir Ferri Pyrophosphates. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Pyrophosphate of Iron. 
Pyrophosphate of iron (U. 

S. P. 1880) 256 grains. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the pyrophosphate of iron in the 
water, and add enough aromatic elixir to 
make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if ne- 
cessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of pyro- 
phosphate of iron. 



3160. Elixir Ferri, Quininae, et Strychnine. 
X. F. 

Elixir of Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine. 
Tincture of citro-chloride 

of iron 2 fl. ounces. 

Sulphate of quinine 128 grains. 

Sulphate of strychnine 1% grains. 

Alcohol 14 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the alkaloidal salts in about 
twelve (12 1 fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, 
then add the tincture and the alcohol, and, 
finally, enough aromatic elixir to make six- 
teen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents about 1 grain of 
ferric chloride, 1 grain of sulphate of quinine, 
and 1-100 zrain of sulphate of strychnine. 



3161. Elixir Frangulae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Frangula. 
Elixir of Buckthorn. 
Fl. ext. of frangula (U. S. 

P.) 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 4 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 7 fl. ounces. 

Mix them, allow the mixture to stand dur- 
ing forty-eight hours, if convenient, and filter. 
Each fluid dram represents 15 grains of 
frangula. 



3163. Elixir Gentianae. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Gentian. 

Extract of Gentian (U. S. 

P.) 70 grains. 

Aromatic spirit 180 minims'. 

Tincture of vanilla 120 minims. 

Syrup 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the extract of gentian in about 
two (2) fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, next 
add the syrup, aromatic spirit, and tincture 
of vanilla, and, lastly, enough aromatic elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents about 2 grains 
of gentian. 

Xote. — This elixir will be more likely to re- 
main clear if, after the liquids are mixed to- 
gether, 360 grains of purified talcum are 
added, the whole allowed to stand a few days, 
and then filtered. 



3163. Elixir Gentianae et Ferri Phosphatis. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Gentian and Phosphate of Iron. 

Elixir Gentianae Ferratum. Ferrated Elixir 

of Gentian. Ferrophosphated Elixir 

of Gentian. 

Phosphate of iron (U. S. P. 

1880) 128 grains. 

Water y 2 fl. ounce. 

Elixir of gentian, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces 

Dissolve the pnosphate of iron in the water 
with the aid of heat, and add enough elixir 
of gentian to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 
Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of phos- 
phate of iron and nearly 2 grains of gentian. 



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3164. Elixir Gentians© cum Tinctura Eerri 
Chloridi. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Gentian with Tincture of Chloride 
of Iron. 
Tincture of citro-chloride 

of iron 640 minims. 

Elixir of gentian, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the tincture of citro-chloride of iron 
with enough elixir of gentian to make sixteen 
(16) fluid ounces, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents about 2-3 grain 
of ferric chloride and nearly 2 grains of gen- 
tian. 



3165. Elixir Glycyrrhiza}. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Glycyrrhiza. 

Elixir of Licorice. 

Purified ext. of glycyrrhiza 1 tr. ounce. 

Water of ammonia q. g. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the purified extract of glycyrrhiza 
with twelve (12) fluid ounces of aromatic 
elixir gradually added. To ten (10) fluid 
ounces of this mixture add water of ammonia 
in drops, until it is in slight excess. Mix this 
with the reserved portion, and, finally, add 
enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. Filter, if necessary. 



3166. Elixir Glycyrrhizfe Aromaticuna. 

N. F. 

Aromatic Elixir of Glycyrrhiza. 

Aromatic Elixir of Licorice. 

Fl. ext. of glycyrrhiza 2 fl. ounces. 

Oil of cloves 6 minims. 

Oil of cinnamon (Ceylon).. 6 minims. 

Oil of nutmeg 4 minims. 

Oil of fennel 12 minims. 

Purified talcum 360 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the oils with the purified talcum 
and the fluid extract, then add fourteen (14) 
fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, filter, and pass 
enough aromatic elixir through the filter to 
make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 



3167. Elixir Grindelia?. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Grindelia. 

Fluid extract of grindelia. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic spirit 2 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 13 fl. ounces. 



Mix them, allow the mixture to stand a few 
days, if convenient, then filter. 

Each fluid ounce represents 30 grains of 
grindelia. 



3168. Elixir Guaranae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of guarana. 
Fluid extract of guarana 

(U. S. P.) 3 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 3 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 10 fl. ounces. 
Mix them, allow the mixture to stand dur- 
ing forty-eight hours, if convenient, and filter. 
Each fluid dram represents about 11 grains 
of guarana. 



3169. Elixir Humuli. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Humulus. 

Elixir of Hops. 

Fl. ext. of hops (N. F.) 2 fl. ounces. 

Carbonate of magnesium... 120 grains. 

Tincture of vanilla 240 minims. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 2 fl. ounces. 
Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the fluid extract of hops with the 
carbonate of magnesium, then gradually add 
the compound elixir of taraxacum, tincture of 
vanilla, and enough aromatic elixir to make 
sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Allow the mixture 
to stand several days, if convenient, occa- 
sionally agitating, then filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 7% grains of 
humulus (hops). 



3170. Elixir Hypophosphitum. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Hypophosphites. 

Hypophosphite of calcium. ..384 grains. 

Hypophosphite of sodium... 128 grains. 

Hypophosphite of potas- 
sium 128 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Water 4 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin % fl. ounce. 

Comp. spirit of cardamom. . % A- ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

' Dissolve the hypophosphites and the citric 
acid in the water; then add the glycerin, com- 
pound spirit of cardamom, and enough aroma- 
tic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 
Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 3 grains of hypo- 
phosphite of calcium and 1 grain, each, of 
the hypophosphites of sodium and potassium. 



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3171. Elixir Hypophosphitum cum Ferro. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Hypopnosphites with Iron. 

Hypophosphite of calcium. . 188 grains. 

Hypophosphite of sodium. . .128 grains. 

Hypophospliite of potas- 
sium 64 grains. , 

Sulphate of iron, in clear 
crystals 96 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Water 4 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 4 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the hypophosphites in three (3) 
fluid ounces of water, and add the syrup. 
Dissolve the snilphate of iron in the remainder 
of the water, and mix this with the other 
solution. Then add six (6) fluid ounces of 
aromatic elixir, set the mixture aside, in a 
cold place, for twelve hours, and filter from 
the deposited sulphate of calcium. Finally, 
dissolve the citric acid in the filtrate, and 
pass enough aromatic elixir through the filter 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram contains about y 2 grain of 
hypophosphite of iron (ferrous'), about 1 grain 
each of the hypophosphites of calcium and 
sodium, and y 2 grain of hypophosphite of 
potassium. 



3173. Elixir Eithii Bromidi. 

N. F. , 

Elixir of Bromide of Lithium. 

Bromide of lithium 640 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the bromide of lithium and the 
citric acid in about twelve (12) fluid ounces 
of adjuvant elixir, by agitation. Then add 
enough adjuvant elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of bro- 
mide of lithium. 



3173. Elixir Eithii Citratis. 

X. F. 
Elixir of Citrate of Lithium. 

Citrate of lithium 640 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the citrate of -lithium in about 
twelve (12) fluid ounces of adjuvant elixir, by 
agitation. Then add enough adjuvant elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of citrate 
of lithium. 



3174. Elixir Eithii SaMcylatis. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Salicylate of Lithium. 

Salicylate of lithium , . . 640 grains'. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salicylate of lithium in about 
twelve (12) fluid ounces of adjuvant elixir, by 
agitation. Then add enough adjuvant elixir to 
make sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of salicy- 
late of lithium. 



3175. Elixir Malti et Ferri. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Malt and Iron. 

Extract of malt 4 fl. ounces. 

Phosphate of iron, (U. S. P. 
1880) 128 grains. 

Water y 2 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the phosphate of iron in the water 
by the aid of heat, mix the solution with the 
extract of malt previously introduced into a 
graduated bottle, and add enough aromatic 
elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Set 
the mixture aside for twenty-four hours, and 
filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of phos- 
phate of iron and 15 grains of extract of malt. 

Note. — Extract of malt, most suitable for 
this preparation, should have about the con- 
sistence of balsam of peru, at a temperature 
of about 15° C. (59° F.) The filtration of this 
preparation will be greatly facilitated by al- 
lowing the mixture to stand a few days be- 
fore pouring it on the filter. 

3176. Elixir Pepsini. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Pepsin. 

Pepsin (N. F.) 128 grains'. 

Hydrochloric acid 30 minims. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 1 fl. ounce. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Sugar 4 tr. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the pepsin with six (6) fluid ounces of 
water, add the glycerin and acid, and agitate 
until solution has been effected. Then add 
the compound elixir of taraxacum, alcohol, 
and the purified talcum, and mix thoroughly. 
Set the mixture aside for a few hours, occa- 
sionally agitating. Then filter it through a 
wetted filter, dissolve the sugar in the filtrate, 
and pass enough water through the filter to 
make the whole product measure sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. 



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Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of 
pepsin (X. P.). 

Note. — The filtration of this preparation 
will be greatly facilitated by allowing the 
mixture to stand a few days before pouring 
it on the filter. 



31 7T. Elixir Pepsini, Bismuthi, et Strych- 
ninae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Pepsin, Bismuth, and Strychnine. 

Sulphate of strychnine Ingrains. 

Elixir of pepsin and bis- 
muth 16 ft. ounces. 

Dissolve the sulphate of strychnine in the 
elixir. 

Each fluid dram represents 1-100 grain of 
sulphate of strychnine, 1 grain of pepsin (N. 
F.), and 2 grains of citrate of bismuth and 
ammonium. 



3178. Elixir Pepsini et Bismuthi. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Pepsin and Bismuth. 

Pepsin (N. F.) 128 grains. 

Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 256 grains. 

Water of ammonia q. s. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 3 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 3 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum. 1 fl. ounce. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the pepsin in four (4) fluid ounces 
of water. Dissolve the citrate of bismuth and 
ammonium in one (1) fluid ounce of warm 
water, allow the solution to stand until clear, 
if necessary; then decant the clear liquid, and 
add to the residue just enough water of am- 
monia to dissolve it, carefully avoiding an 
excess. Then mix the two solutions, and add 
the glycerin, compound elixir of taraxacum, 
and alcohol. Thoroughly incorporate the 
purified talcum with the mixture, filter it 
through a wetted filter, and pass enough 
water through the filter to make the filtrate 
measure thirteen (13) fluid ounces. To this 
add the syrup. 

Each fluid dram represents 1 grain of 
pepsin (N. F.) and 2 grains of citrate of bis- 
muth and ammonium. 



3179. Elixir Pepsini et Ferri. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Pepsin and Iron. 
Tincture of citro-chloride 

of iron 512 minims. 

Elixir of pepsin, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 



Mix the tincture of citro-chloride of iron 
with a sufficient quantity of elixir of pepsin 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter, 
if necessary. 

Each fluid dram represents about % grain 
of chloride of iron (ferric) and nearly 1 grain 
of pepsin (N. F.). 



3180. Elixir Phosphori. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Phosphorus. 

Spirit of phosphorus 3% fl. ounces. 

Oil of star-anise 16 minims. 

Glycerin 9 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

To the spirit of phosphorus add the oil of 
star-anise and glycerin, and shake gently until 
they form a clear liquid. Then add the aro- 
matic elixir, in small portions at a time, 
gently agitating after each addition, until a 
clear mixture results. 

Keep the product in dark amber-colored 
vials, in a cool and dark place. It should not 
be prepared ^n quantities larger than will be 
consumed within a few months. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-50 grain of phos- 
phorus. 



3181. Elixir Phosphori et Nucis Vomicae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Phosphorus and Nux Vomica. 

Tincture of nux vomica 256 minims. 

Elix. of phosphorus, enough 

to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix them. This 1 preparation should be 
freshly made, when wanted for use. 

Each fluid dram represents 2 minims of 
tincture of nux vomica and nearly 1-50 grain 
of phosphorus. 



3183. Elixir Picis Compositum. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Tar. 

Syrup of wild cherry 3 fl. ounces. 

Syrup of tolu 3 fl. ounces. 

Sulphate of morphine 2 x /o grains. 

Methylic alcohol 360 minims. 

Water q. s. 

Wine of tar, enough to 

make .,, 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the sulphate of morpnine in about 
one (1) fluid dram of hot water, and add the 
solution to the two syrups previously mixed. 
Then add the methylic alcohol and enough 
wine of tar to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 
Each fluid dram contains about 1-50 grain 
of sulphate of morphine. 



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Note. — Much of the commercial "wood 
spirit" or "wood naphtha" is unfit for medi- 
cinal purposes. Refined wood naphtha 01 
methylic alcohol should be colorless and 
freely miscible to a clear liq\iid with water, 
alcohol, and ether. Its odor, which is char- 
acteristic, should be free from einpyreurna. 
It should contain at least 90 per cent of ab- 
solute methylic alcohol, which corresponds to 
a specific gravity of 0.846 at 15° C. (59° F.) 
On mixing methylic alcohol cautiously with 
one-fourth its volume of sulphuric acid, the 
liquid should remain colorless or acquire not 
more than a very pale yellowish-red tint; and 
on gently heating methylic alcohol with an 
equal volume of a 10 per cent solution of 
potassa. the mixture should not acquire a 
brown color. 



3183. Elixir Pilocarpi. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Pilocarpus. 

Elixir of Jaborandi. 

Fluid extract of pilocarpus.. 1 fl. ounce. 

Syrup of coffee 3 fl. ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla % fl. ounce. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum, 

enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix them, allow the mixture to stand dur- 
ing four days, if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 3% grains' of 
pilocarpus. 



3184. Elixir Potassii Acetatis. 

X. F. 
Elixir of Acetate of Potassium. 

Acetate of potassium 640 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the acetate of potassium in twelve 
(12 1 fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, then add 
enough of the latter to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces. Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of acetate 
of potassium. 



3185. Elixir Potassii Acetatis et Juniperi. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Acetate of Potassium and Juniper. 

Acetate of potassium 640 grains. 

Fluid extract of juniper ... 2 fl. ounces. 
Carbonate of magnesium.. 120 grains. 
Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the fluid extract of juniper with 
the carbonate of magnesium, then add twelve 
(I2i fluid ouncee of aromatic elixir in which 
the acetate of potassium had previously been 



dissolved. Filter, and add enough aromatic 
elixir through the filter to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains of 
acetate of potassium and 7y 2 grains of juni- 
per. 



3186. Elixir Potassii Bromidi. 

N. F. 
Elixir of bromide of potassium. 

Bromide of potassium 1280 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the bromide of potassium and the 
citric acid in about twelve (12) fluid ounces of 
adjuvant elixir, by agitation. Then add 
enough adjuvant elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 10 grains of bro- 
mide of potassium. 



3187. Elixir Quininae Compositum. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Quinine. 

Sulphate of quinine 16 grains. 

Sulphate of cinchonidine . . 8 grains. 
Sulphate of cinchonine .... 8 grains. 

Aromatic elixir 16 fl. ounces. 

Add the alkaloidal salts to the aromatic 
elixir, and dissolve them by agitation. Fin- 
ally, filter. 

Each fluid ounce contains 1 grain of sul- 
phate of quinine and y 2 grain each of the 
sulphates of cinchonidine and cinchonine. 

Note. — This' preparation is chiefly intended 
as a substitute for elixir of cinchona in certain 
cases, when the presence of Other constitu- 
ents of cinchona is deemed unnecessary, or 
where the elixir is intended rather as a vehi- 
cle than a medicine. 

If it is desired to impart a color to this 
elixir, this may be effected by the addition, of 
120 minims of compound tincture of cudbear 
to each pint. 



3188. Elixir Quininae et Phosphatum 
Composituni. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Quinine and Phosphates'. 

Sulphate of quinine 32 grains. 

Phosphate of iron (U. S. P. 

1880) 128 grains. 

Citrate of potassium 128 grains. 

Syrup of lactophosphate ol 

calcium 4 fl ounces. 

Water % A. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 



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Dissolve the sulphate of quinine in ten (10) 
fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, if necessary 
with the aid of a gentle heat. Dissolve the 
phosphate of iron and the citrate of potas- 
sium in the water, and add the solution to 
that first prepared. Then add the syrup of 
lactophosphate of calcium, and, lastly, enough 
aromatic elixir to make sixteen (16) fluid 
ounces. Filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains *4 grain of sul- 
phate of quinine, 1 grain of phosphate of iron, 
and about % grain of so-called lactophosphate 
of calcium. 



3189. Elixir Quininaa Valerianatis et 
Strychninae. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Valerianate of Quinine and Strych- 
nine. 
Valerianate of quinine .... 128 grains. 
Sulphate of strychnine. ... 1% grains. 

Comp. tinct. of cudbear 120 minims'. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the valerianate of quinine and the 
sulphate of strychnine with about eight (8) 
fluid ounces o'f aromatic elixir, until they are 
dissolved. Then add the compound tincture 
of cudbear, and, lastly, enough aromatic elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if 
necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of vale- 
rianate of quinine and 1-100 grain of sulphate 
of strychnine. 



3190. Elixir Bhamni Purshiana?. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Rhamnus Purshiana. 
Elixir of Cascara Sagrada. 
Fl. ext. of rhamnus pursh- 
iana 4 fl. ounces. 

Elixir of glycyrrhiza 4 fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum.. 8 fl. ounces. 
Mix them. Allow the mixture to stand a 
few days, if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 15 grains of 
rhamnus purshiana. 



3191. Elixir Bhamni Purshianae Composi- 

tum. 
N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Rhamnus Purshiana. 
Compound Elixir of Cascara Sagrada. Elixir 
Laxativum; Elixir Purgans; Laxative 
Elixir. 
Fl. ext. of rhamnus pursh- 
iana 2 fl. ounces'. 

Fluid extract of senna 1% fl. ounces. 



Fluid extract of juglans.... 1 fl. ounce. 

Fluid extract of glycyrrhiza % fl. ounce. 

Comp. tinct. of cardamom. . % fl. ounce. 

Aromatic spirit 2 fl. ounces'. 

Syrup 6 fl. ounces. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extracts with the compound 
tincture of cardamom and the aromatic spirit; 
then add the syrup, and, lastly, enough water 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Incorpo- 
rate the purified talcum thoroughly with the 
mixture, and filter. 

The average dose for an adult of this pre- 
paration is 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls. 



3193. ' Elixir Rhei. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Rhubarb. 
Sweet tincture of rhubarb 

(U. S. P.) 8 fl. ounces. 

Deodorized alcohol 1 fl. ounce. 

Water 3 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 2 fl. ounces. 

Syrup 2 fl. ounces. 

Mix them, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents' about 2% grains 
of rhubarb. 



3193. Elixir Rhei et Magnesii Acetatis. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Rhubarb and Acetate of Magnesium. 

Elixir Rhei et Magnesiae. Elixir of Rhubarb 

and Magnesia. 

Magnesia, calcined 144 grains. 

Acetic acid (U. S. P.) . q. s. 

Fl. ext. of rhubarb 2 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the magnesia in two and one-half 
(2y 2 ) fluid ounces of acetic acid, with the aid 
of a gentle heat, adding, if necessary, a little 
more acetic acid, drop by drop, until the solu- 
tion is neutral to test-paper. Then add the 
fluid extract and enough aromatic elixir to 
make sixteen (16) fluid ounces', and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents about 4 grains 
of acetate of magnesium and TV* grains of 
rhubarb. 



3194. Elixir Rubi Compositum. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Blackberry. 

Blackberry root 2 tr. ounces. 

Galls 2 tr. ounces. 

Cinnamon, saigon 2 tr. ounces. 

Cloves % tr. ounce. 

Mace % tr. ounce. 

Ginger *4 tr. ounce. 



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Diluted alcohol q. s. 

Blackberry juice, recently 
expressed 3 pints. 

Syrup 3 pints. 

Reduce the solids to a moderately coarse 
(No. 40) powder, moisten it with diluted al- 
cohol, and percolate it with this - menstruum 
in the usual manner, until two (2) pints of 
percolate are obtained. To this add the black- 
berry juice and syrup, and mix thoroughly. 



3195. Elixir Sodii Bromidi. 

N. F. 

Elixir of Bromide of Sodium. 

Bromide of sodium 1280 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Adjuvant elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the bromide of sodium and the 
citric acid in about twelve (12) fluid ounces of 
adjuvant elixir by agitation. Then add 
tnough adjuvant elixir to make sixteen (16) 
fluid ounces, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 10 grains' of bro- 
mide of sodium. 



3196. Elixir Sodii Hypophosphitis. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Hypophosphite of Sodium. 

Hypophosphite of sodium. .. 256 grains. 

Citric acid 30 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the hypophosphite of sodium and 
the citric acid in about twelve (12) fluid 
ounces of aromatic elixir, by agitation. Then 
add enough aromatic elixir to make sixteen 
< 16i fluid ounces, and filter, if necessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 2 grains of hypo- 
phosphite of sodium. 



3197. Elixir Sodii Salicylatis. 

X. F. 
Elixir of Salicylate of Sodium. 

Salicylate of sodium 640 grains. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the salicylate of sodium in about 
twelve (12) fluid ounces of aromatic elixir, by 
agitation. Then add enough aromatic elixir 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces, and filter 
if necessary. 

This preparation should be freshly prepared 
when required for use. 

Each fluid dram contains 5 grains of salicy- 
late of sodium. 



3198. Elixir Stillingise Compositum. 

X. F. 
Compound Elixir of Stillingia. 
Comp. fl. ext. of stillingia.. 4 fl. ounces. 

Aromatic elixir 12 fl. ounces'. 

Mix them, allow the mixture to stand a few 
days, or longer, if convenient, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents 15 minims of 
compound fluid extract of stillingia. 



3199. Elixir Stryclininae Valerianatis. 

X. F. 

Elixir of Valerianate of Strychnine. 

Valerianate of strychnine.. 1*4 grains. 

Acetic acid q. s. 

Tincture of vanilla 120 minims. 

Comp. tinct. of cudbear.... 120 minims. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 
make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the valerianate of strychnine with 
about one (1) fluid ounce of aromatic elixir, 
gradually added, and effect complete solution 
by the addition of one or more drops of acetic 
acid, avoiding an excess. Then add the tinc- 
tures, and, lastly, enough aromatic elixir to 
make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. Filter, if ne- 
cessary. 

Each fluid dram contains 1-100 grain of 
valerianate of strychnine. 



3200. Elixir Taraxaci Coniposituni. 

X. F. 

Compound Elixir of Taraxacum. 

Taraxacum 1 tr. ounce. 

"Wild cherry 1 tr. ounce. 

Sweet orange peel, recently 
dried 1 tr. ounce. 

Glycyrrhiza, Russian, peel.. 3 tr. ounces. 

Cinnamon, saigon 120 grains. 

Cardamom 120 grains. 

Canada snake root! 120 grains. 

Caraway 120 grains. 

Cloves 40 grains. 

Alcohol 

"Water, each q. s. 

Syrup 32 fl. ounces. 

Reduce the solid substances to a moderately 
coarse (No. 40) powder, and percolate, in the 
usual manner, with a mixture of one (1) 
volume of alcohol and two (2) volumes of 
water, until sixteen (16) fluid ounces of perco- 
late are obtained. Lastly, add the syrup, let 
the mixture stand a few days, if possible, 
and filter. 

Xote. — If a precipitate should make its ap- 
pearance in this preparation on standing, it 
ought to be removed by filtration. This 
elixir is chiefly intended as a vehicle or corri- 
gent, to cover the bitter taste of quinine and 
similar substances. 



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3301. Elixir Turnerse. 

N. P. 

Elixir of Turnera. 

Elixir of Damiana. 

Fluid extract of turnera. . . . 2% A. ounces. 

Carbonate of magnesium... 240 grains. 

Alcohol 4 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the fluid extract with the alcohol, gly- 
cerin, and eight (8) fluid ounces of aromatic 
elixir. Incorporate the carbonate of magne- 
sium thoroughly with the mixture by tritura- 
tion. Then filter through a wetted filter, and 
pass enough aromatic elixir through the filter 
to make sixteen (16) fluid ounces. 

Each fluid dram represents about 9% grains 
of turnera. 



3202. Elixir Viburni Opuli Composituin. 

N. F. 
Compound Elixir of Viburnum Opulus. 

Compound Elixir of Crampbark. 
Fl. ext. of viburnum opulus 1%, fl. ounces. 
Fluid extract of trillium. . . 2% fl. ounces. 

Fluid extract of aletris 1% fl. ounces. 

Comp. elixir of taraxacum.. 11 fl. ounces. 
Mix them, allow the mixture to stand a few 
days, and filter. 



3303. Elixir Viburnum Prunifolium. 

N. F. 
Elixir of Black Haw. 
Fl. ext. of viburnum pruni- 
folium 2 fl. ounces. 

Comp. tinct. of cardamom. . 1 fl. ounce. 

Aromatic elixir 13 fl. ounces. 

Mix them, allow the mixture to stand a few 
days, and filter. 

Each fluid dram represents about 7y 2 grains 
of viburnum prunifolium. 



3304. Elixir Zinci Valerianates. 

N. F. 

Valerianate of zinc 128 grains. 

Stronger solution of citrate 

of ammonium V/ 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Oil of bitter almond 1 drop. 

Comp. tinct. of cudbear 120 minims. 

Aromatic elixir, enough to 

make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the stronger solution of citrate of am- 
monium with 4 fluid ounces of aromatic elixir 
and the alcohol, and triturate the valerianate 
of zinc with this mixture, added gradually 



and in portions, until solution has been ef- 
fected. Then add the oil of bitter almond, 
the comp. tincture of cudbear, and, finally, 
enough aromatic elixir to make 16 fluid 
ounces. Allow the mixture to stand a few 
days, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 1 grain of vale- 
rianate of zinc. 



GLYCERITES. 



3305. 



Glycerite of Alum. 
Brit. Pharm. 



Alum, powder 3 av. ounces 

Glycerin 14% fl. ounces. 

Stir together in a porcelain dish, apply a 
gentle heat until solution is effected, set aside 
and decant the clear fluid from any deposited 
matter. 



3206. Glycerite of Bismuth. 

N. F. 

Liquor Bismuthi Concentratus. Concentrated 

Solution of Bismuth. 

Subnitrate of bismuth 1480 grains. 

Nitric acid 4 tr. ounces. 

Citric acid 1200 grains. 

Water of ammonia q. s. 

Glycerin 8 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the subnitrate of bismuth in the 
nitric acid mixed with an equal volume of 
water. Add the citric acid previously dis- 
solved in four (4) fluid ounces of water. Di- 
vide the solution into two equal portions. To 
one portion add water of ammonia until the 
precipitate first formed is redissolved, and 
then dilute with water to eight (8) pints. To 
this add the reserved portion, stirring con- 
stantly. Let the mixture stand about six 
hours, then transfer it to a paper filter, inside 
of a muslin strainer, both being folded to- 
gether. Wash the precipitate with water, 
until it is free from nitric acid, and by gentle 
pressure remove as much of the water as pos- 
sible. Dissolve the precipitate in a sufficient 
quantity of water of ammonia, evaporate the 
solution on the water-bath, in a tared capsule, 
to eight (8) troy ounces, then transfer it to a 
graduate, allow it to cool, and wash the cap- 
sule With a little water so as to make the 
whole volume of liquid measure eight (8) fluid 
ounces. Finally, add the glycerin, and filter, 
if necessary. 

Glycerite of bismuth, when required for im- 
mediate use, may also be prepared as follows: 



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Citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium 204S grains. 

Stronger water of ammonia q. s. 

Glycerin 8 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the citrate of bismuth and am- 
monium with six (6) fluid ounces of water and 
four (4) fluid ounces of glycerin, and add to it 
gradually just enough stronger water of am- 
monia to dissolve the salt, and to produce a 
neutral solution. Then add the remainder of 
the glycerin and enough water to make six- 
teen (16) fluid ounces, and filter. 

Each fluid dram contains 16 grains of ci- 
trate of bismuth and ammonium. 

Note. — When this preparation is directed as 
an ingredient in other preparations, which are 
required to be filtered when completed, it 
may be added to them without previous filtra- 
tion. 

If glycerite of bismuth should at any time 
deposit a precipitate, this may be redissolved 
by the addition of just sufficient stronger 
water of ammonia. 



3207. Glycerite of Borax. 

U. S. P. 

Borax, powdered 4 av. ounces. 

Glycerin 14% fl. ounces. 

Triturate together until dissolved, or else 
warm gently, stirring constantly until dis- 
solved. 



3208. Glycerite of Boric and Tannic Acids. 

Boric acid 1 av. ounce. 

Tannic acid 1% av. ounces. 

Glycerin ... 13 fl. ounces. 

Mix the acids with the glycerin, heat on a 
water bath until dissolved, and strain. 



3209. 



Glycerite of Boroglycerin. 



N. F. 

Glycerite of Glyceryl Borate. Solution of 

Boroglyceride. 

Boric acid, in powder 62 parts. 

Glycerin, enough to make. ..200 parts. 

Heat ninety-two (92) parts of glycerin in a 
tared porcelain capsule to a temperature not 
exceeding 150° C. (302° F.), and add the boric 
acid, in portions, constantly stirring. When 
all is added and dissolved, continue the heat 
at the same temperature, frequently stirring, 
and breaking up the film which forms on the 
surface. When the mixture has been reduced 
to the weight of one hundred (100) parts, add 
to it one hundred (100) parts of glycerin, mix 
thoroughly, and transfer it to suitable vessels. 



Two parts, by weight, of this preparation 
represent 1 part of solid boroglycerin. 

Note. — The product, which is a clear, viscid 
liquid, is more readily soluble in, and misci- 
ble with, other liquids than the solid boro- 
glycerin. (See boroglycerinum.) 

It may be found more convenient, if the 
glycerite is needed immediately, to place one 
ounce (av.) of boroglyceride in a dish and add 
one ounce (av.) of glycerin, heating gently 
and stirring until it is dissolved. 



3210. Glycerite of Carbolic Acid. 

U. S. P. 

Carbolic acid, crystals 3% av. ounces. 

• Glycerin 12% fl. ounces. 

Warm the acid, add the glycerin, and stir 
until mixed. 



3211. Glycerite of Creasote. 

Creasote 1% fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 5% fl. ounces. 

Water 6% fl. ounces. 

Magnesium carbonate 1 av. ounce. 

Triturate the magnesium carbonate, al- 
cohol and creasote together in a mortar, add 
the water and the glycerin, put the whole in 
a bottle, let stand for several days and filter. 
The product represents about 10 per cent by 
weight of creasote, and may be used for mak- 
ing other preparations of this agent. 



3212. Glycerite of Chloroform. 

Chloroform 1*4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 4% fl. ounces. 

Glycerin 10% fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the chloroform in the alcohol, add 
the glycerin, and shake well. 

The product represents 10 per cent by 
weight of chloroform. — D. 



3213. 



Glycerite of Guaiac. 

N. F. 



Resin of guaiac, powder... 640 grains. 

Solution of potassa 1 fl. ounce. 

Glycerin 9y 2 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the solution of potassa with 5 fluid 
ounces of water, and in this liquid macerate 
the resin for 24 hours. Then filter, and pass 
enough water through the filter to make the 
filtrate measure 6V2 fluid ounces, and mix this 
with the glycerin. 



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3314. Glycerite of Gallic Acid. 

Br. 

Gallic acid 3% av. ounces. 

Glycerin 12% fl. ounces. 

Mix well, heat on a water bath until the 
acid is dissolved, and strain. 

3315. Glycerite of Lead Subacetate. 

Br. 

Lead acetate 3% a v. ounces. 

Lead oxide, powd. .2 av. oz. 20 grains. 

Glycerin 15 fl. ounces. 

Distilled water 9 fl. ounces. 

Mix all, boil together for 15 minutes', then 
filter, and heat again until all the water has 
evaporated. 

This is of the same strength as the solution 
of lead subacetate U. S. P., and may be em- 
ployed in making the diluted solution of lead 
subacetate. 

3216. Glycerite of Pepsin. 

N. F. 

Pepsin (N. F.) 640 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid 80 minims. 

Purified talcum 120 grains. 

Glycerin 8 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make 16 fl. ounces. 

Mix the pepsin with 7 fluid ounces of water 
and the hydrochloric acid, and agitate until 
solution has been effected. Then incorporate 
the purified talcum with the liquid, filter, re- 
turning the first portions of the filtrate until 
it runs through clear, and pass enough water 
through the filter to make the filtrate measure 
eight fluid ounces. To this add the glycerin, 
and mix. 

Each fluid dram represents 5 grains of pep- 
sin. 

3817. Glycerite of Starch. 

Starch 1 av. ounce. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

Glycerin 6% fl. oz., or 8 av. ounces. 

To the starch, contained in a porcelain cap- 
sule, add the water and glycerin, and stir 
until a homogenous mixture results. Then 
apply heat, gradually raising the temperature 
to a point between 140 and 144 degrees 0., 
stirring constantly until a transparent jelly is 
formed. 



3218. Glycerite of Tannin. 

U. S. P. 

Tannic acid 2 tr. ounces. 

Glycerin 8 fl. ounces. 

Dissolve the tannin in the glycerin with the 
aid of a gentle heat. 



3319. Glycerite of Tar. 

N. F. 

Tar 1 tr. ounce. 

Carbonate of magnesium... 2 tr. ounces. 

Glycerin 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 2 fl. ounces. 

Water, enough to make.... 16 fl. ounces. 

Upon the tar, contained in a mortar, pour 
3 fluid ounces' of cold water, stir them thor- 
oughly together, and pour off the water. Re- 
peat this once or twice, until the water only 
feebly reddens blue litmus-paper. Now tri- 
turate the washed tar with the alcohol, gradu- 
ally incorporate the carbonate of magnesium 
and glycerin, and, lastly, 10 fluid ounces of 
water. Pour the mixture upon a filter of 
loose texture spread over a piece of straining 
muslin, and, after the liquid portion has 
passed through, wash the residue on the filter 
with water, until the whole filtrate measures 
16 fluid ounces. 



3320. Glycerite of Tragacanth. 

N. F. 
Tragacanth, in fine powder 2 tr. ounces. 

Glycerin 12% fl. ounces. 

Water 3 fl. ounces. 

Triturate the tragacanth with the glycerin 
in a mortar, add the water, and continue the 
trituration, until a homogenous, thick paste 
results. 



MEDICATED HONEY. 



3331. Honey of Borax. 

U. S. P. 

Borax powder 2 av. ounces. 

Clarified honey 16 av. ounces. 

Mix and dissolve by the aid of a gentle 
heat. 



3333. Honey of Borax. 

Br. 

Borax 2 av. ounces. 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

Honey 14% av. ounces 

Prepare like the preceding. 



3333. Honey of Rose with Borax. 

Honey of rose, U. S. P 10 av. ounces. 

Borax 1 av. ounce. 

Mix and dissolve borax by aid of a gentle 
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3334. Honey of Rose. 

U. S. P. 

Red rose leaves in No. 40 
powder 2 av. ounces'. 

Honey clarified 23 av. ounces. 

Alcohol diluted q. s. to 
make the product meas- 
ure 22 fl. ounces. 

Moisten the powder, with half a fluid ounce 
of diluted alcohol, pack it firmly in a conical 
glass" percolator and gradually pour diluted 
alcohol upon it until eight fluid ounces of per- 
colate are obtained. Reserve six fluid drams 
of the percolate, evaporate the remainder by 
means of a water bath to ten fluid drams, add 
the reserved portion, and mix the whole with 
the clarified honey. 



3235. Honey of Rose with Salicylic Acid. 

Honey of rose 16 av. ounces. 

Salicylic acid 140 grains*. 

Triturate the acid intimately with a small 
portion of the honey of rose, then add the 
remainder of the honey. 

3336. Honey of Rose with Tannic Acid. 

Honey of rose 16 av. ounces. 

Tannic acid 370 grains. 

Triturate the acid intimately with a small 
portion of the honey of rose, then add the 
remainder of the rose honey. 

3337. Hydromel. 

Honey l fl. ounce. 

Water 9 fl, ounces. 



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TREATMENT OF INEBRIETY OR NARCOMANIA. 



BY NORMAN KERR, M. D., P. L. S. 



Reparation of Damaged Tissue and Func- 
tion. 

In the essential work of reparation of 
tissue by the construction of new healthy 
structure, good sound food suited to the di- 
gestive and assimilative capacities of the 
patient is a leading factor. 

Good Sound Food. 

Healthful nutriment alone will aid in the 
reproduction of healthy material. By no 
other process can sound blood, flesh, sinew, 
bone, and nerve be renovated, and the diet 
must be such as the stomach and duodenum 
can thoroughly digest. Unless completely 
broken up and dissolved so as to be readily 
absorbed by the lacteals, the best and most 
judiciously chosen articles of food will be in- 
adequate. 



Vegetarian Claim as Best Renovator of 
Tissue and Function Unfounded. 

It has been claimed on behalf of certain 
restricted dietaries that they afford the fittest 
pabulum for the renewal of strength. No 
such claim can justly be conceded. 

Different Diet Needed by Different Indi- 
viduals. 

No one limited course of feeding can suit 
every constitution. It is physiologically true 
that a rigid dietary cannot be universal. A 
purely vegetarian diet excluding fish, flesh, 
and fowl suits many very well, provided due 
care be bestowed on the selection of the dif- 
ferent edibles and on their cooking. It is 
imperative to exercise this caution, as owing 
to improperly chosen substances and the de- 
fective preparation of wisely chosen vege- 
tarian products. I have seen dyspepsia so de- 
pressing and prostration so extreme as to 
have driven the sufferer to the beer, wine, 
and spirit bottle for relief from his sufferings, 
with the unfortunate result of fully developed 
inebriety. The adoption of a vegetarian 
mode of life involves in these islands often 
greater care than does the use of a mixed 
animal and vegetable diet. For example, in 
Scotland, Ireland, and North of England, 



most persons can digest and thrive on that 
excellent national diet of my native land, of 
which I am not ashamed to own, that a day 
begun without it always seems wanting in 
something good. 

I refer to oatmeal porridge. 

Yet in the southern portion of England, in- 
cluding the Metropolis, I have had under my 
care many persons, young and old, who have 
been quite unable to assimilate it, a persever- 
ance in taking it daily for a week, never fail- 
ing to set up most aggravated and well-nigh 
unendurable symptoms of indigestion. There 
are, too, not a few constitutions in which oat- 
meal acts as an irritant, and gives rise to a 
sense of intolerable heat, with skin trouble. 
Again, I have seen persons leading sedentary 
lives, who rushed from animal food at least 
twice a day to as frequent meals composed 
mainly of peas, beans and other legumes. 
The issue here was indeed disastrous. 



Diet must be Judiciously Selected. 

I am, therefore, especially desirous to warn 
inebriates who hope to find, as they are some- 
times told they will find, in vegetarian diet 
a cure for their inebriety, of the need for 
great circumspection ini the practice of that 
system. No one can have any excuse for 
imputing this warning to any prejudice 
against vegetarian habits. I have none, be- 
ing of opinion that we English eat far too 
much meat; that excessive flesh eating tends 
to the production of narcotic intemperance, 
and that a judicious dietary, excluding fish, 
flesh and fowl, is ample for the physical and 
mental requirements of the great majority of 
mankind. 

Inebriates and embryo — inebriates who are 
flesh eaters, also stand in need of admonition. 



Excess in Animal Food Injurious. 

Though I have no sympathy with those who 
teach that the moderate consumption of ani- 
mal food creates a thirst for alcoholic liquors, 
no unprejudiced physician, with much experi- 
ence in th- treatment of inebriety, can have 
failed to discern the mischievous influence of 
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food. Persons who are the greater part of 
their time in the open air can assimilate a 
very much greater quantity of animal food 
than those who follow a sedentary occupation. 
Yet it is not uncommon for the latter to be 
inordinate consumers of strong meat, eating it 
largely and eating it often. In such cases, 
though the meat eater may be thin and pale- 
faced, a physically gross habit of body is apt 
to be engendered; the blood is surcharged 
with effete products, the circulation is im- 
peded, and the infatuated kreophagist, instead 
of lessening the oppression, by eating less of 
the oppressor, resorts to the British alcoholic 
panacea for all the ills to which flesh is heir, 
and ere long may be an inebriate indeed. In 
these cases the patient is easily tired; has a 
feeling of general weariness; sometimes gets 
thinner and is altogether miserable. The 
urine has usually a high specific gravity. Al- 
cohol relieves the discomfort for the moment 
and inebriety gradually sets in. 

Food should be Slowly and Moderately 
Partaken of. 

As a general rule the subjects of congen- 
ital and acquired inebriety will derive most 
bodily vigor and nervous tone from a plain, 
mixed diet of fish, flesh, and vegetables, with 
fruits, roots and grain. Probably fatty foods 
should have a prominent place in the dietary. 
As another general rule, animal food at one 
daily meal is enough. Above and beyond all 
else, whatever the food, it should be eaten 
slowly. The German proverb, "Food well 
masticated is half digested," is physiologically 
true. Deliberate eating would save no incon- 
siderable number of human beings from fall- 
ing into inebriate courses. The bottle has a 
potent ally in the bolting of food. The hasty 
despatch of a meal leaves masses of food, not 
properly broken up and dissolved, in the 
mouth for the stomach to encounter, a task 
never intended to be thrown on that organ. 
The result is that digestion is attended with 
considerable difficulty, followed frequently by 
flatulence, severe pain and depression of 
spirits. This diseased condition craves for 
relief, and an alcoholic soother is employed — 
in too many cases the introduction to a course 
of periodic or constant inebriety. 

Selection of Drinks. 

In the restoration of physical and mental 
strength an important question is, "What 
should the inebriate drink?" 

Intoxicants must be Excluded. 

I am aware that the moderate use of cer- 
tain intoxicating beers and wines has been 



recommended. To this recommendation I can- 
not assent, and I feel assured that it is a 
vital error. It is fatal to multitudes who are 
beguiled by the treacherous and false alco- 
holic promiser of strength into limited drink- 
ing, drunkenness and death. It is all a de- 
lusion. Neither alcohol, nor chloral, nor 
chloroform, nor opium, nor any narcotic, is a 
strength giver. "Wine is a mocker," physic- 
ally as well as morally. All the alcohol in 
the world will not contribute a drop of blood, 
a filament of nerve, a fibrilla of muscle, a 
spiculum of bone, to the human economy. 
On the contrary, there is death in the cup; 
waste of strength, decay of substance, de- 
struction of tissue, degradation of function, 
material death. In the most unequivocal 
terms I denounce alcoholic and other intoxi- 
cants as useless, unsafe, perilous" remedies in 
the treatment of inebriety, bearers to the con- 
valescent from this disease of physical feeble- 
ness, mental unstableness, moral perversion, 
volitional disablement. 



Medicated Wines to be Avoided. 

Some who are alive to the danger involved 
in the prescription of alcoholic intoxicant bev- 
erages to inebriates, have, in pure innocence, 
recommended medicated wines of various 
kinds, under the mistaken impression that 
these pharmaceutic articles contain only a 
minute proportion of alcohol for preservative 
purposes. These alcoholized medicaments', 
though they have some amount of nutriment, 
are all unsafe for narcomaniacs, the propor- 
tion of proof spirit sometimes being as high 
as 32 per cent. All such intoxicating alco- 
holic alleged "nutrient" and "restorative" 
preparations should be resolutely withheld in 
the therapeutic treatment of inebriety. 



Water is Best. 

There is a host of drinks at once restora- 
tive, refreshing and safe. Of water, the best 
of all beverages, the veritable "water of life," 
body-life, brain-life, it is impossible to speak 
in too high terms. Even in the height of in- 
ebriate madness, the thirsting dipsomaniac- 
craves for water. None need be afraid of it. 
If, as is the case with some, it is not accept- 
able or comforting when drank cold, it can 
be taken hot. When desired, it can be flav- 
ored to suit any variety of palate by the ad- 
dition of some non-intoxicating preparation of 
lime-juice or other similar fruit syrup. Sweet 
milk stands next — at once nourishing and 
thirst-quenching to most. There are some 
with whom it does not agree, taken cold and 
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ollinaris water will probably render it grate- 
ful. Sometimes it suits better iced, some- 
times when swallowed hot. There are, how- 
ever, a few individuals who cannot assimilate 
milk in any form. Buttermilk is a delicious 
and reviving drink when the ordinary sweet 
milk does not agree. Whey is useful to some. 
Separated milk is often retained and assimil- 
ated when the heavier sweet milk would give 
rise to troublesome digestive disturbance. 

Tea, Cocoa and Coffee. 

Tea should be partaken of weak, rapidly in- 
fused and in moderate quantity. Cocoa and 
chocolate are delightful forms of combined 
food and drink. Coffee, genuine coffee prop- 
erly prepared, is the most stimulating and en- 
livening of all artificial potables, with an 
aroma and a charm of its own. 

Port with Bark. 

Port (unfermented and unintoxicating) with 
bark, is an elegant and valuable aid to nerve 
and muscle rehabiliment. 



JErated Drinks. 

Zoedone, and other non-intoxicating drinks, 
are sometimes of service, but special caution 
must be exercised to use these with modera- 
tion, as many of them contain iron, and their 
gaseous form is apt to cause cardiac disten- 
sion. 



Still Lemonade and Ginger Beer. 

Oxygenated water, charged with oxygen 
from the atmosphere by Brin's process, made 
pleasant to the taste by lemon or other flav- 
oring, is a new and palatable non-intoxicant. I 
have found no drink more useful than two 
very common and venerable favorites, viz.: 
For a still drink, home-made lemonade or 
lemon water; for an effervescent, ginger beer. 

Only Intoxicants to be Absolutely Excluded. 

To sum up, no hard and fast line of feed- 
ing or drinking can be laid down for every 
inebriate. The peculiarities of each case 
must be taken into account, as what would 
suit one admirably would be most unsuitable 
for another. Only one article should be ab- 
solutely excluded. That article is intoxicat- 
ing liquor of every kind and strengtn. 

Abstinence must be Unconditional. 

The abstinence should be unconditional, 
with no exception in favor of birthday or 
other celebrations. 



No Exception on Religious or Medical 
Grounds. 

Such exceptions have been the ruin of not 
a few, as has also the exception for religious 
purposes at the communion. Every intelligent 
and honest physician when asked, as I have 
frequently been, if it is safe for the reformed 
inebriate to partake of intoxicating liquor in 
such circumstances, should at once reply, 
"No, it is not safe." A high medical au- 
thority once publicly asserted that there was 
no probable danger, and that if there were, 
there would be greater risk in calling the 
special attention of the reformed inebriate to 
his weakness by any provision to meet it. 
Such an opinion could only have been deliv- 
ered in utter ignorance of what inebriety 
really is. This is a physical disease, a par- 
oxysm of which is provoked by the applica- 
tion of an exciting cause. Alcohol is such 
an excitant, probably the most potent of all, 
and the purely physical effect of the sip of a 
sacramental intoxicant is sufficient, in many 
cases, to arouse to activity the latent disease. 
Most reformed inebriates know this and avoid 
the risk. The great temperance orator, John 
B. Gough, during his reformation period of 
some forty years of abstinence, never would 
run this risk. Cases of excitation to paroxys- 
mal drunkenness on this solemn occasion, 
after long terms of absolute sobriety, have 
not been unknown. 



Unintoxicating Wine should be used at the 
Communion. 

There need be no difficulty on the part of 
the clergy. In the Roman Catholic commun- 
ity the cup is withheld from the laity. For 
the Protestants, a variety of genuine unin- 
toxicating wines (much more entitled to be 
considered pure and fit for sacred purposes 
than most of the fortified commercial so- 
called "pure sacramental wines" in general 
use at present) are now available. 

Intoxicants should not be Prescribed as 
Medicine. 

Nor should there be an exception in medic- 
inal treatment. Other stimulant remedies 
can be applied, and if alcohol be in a rare 
case deemed necessary, it can be given in ac- 
curate doses, a precision impossible when in- 
toxicating drinks are prescribed. It can be 
ordered either in the form of proof spirit, 
diluted, or, as I prefer, in the form of tr. 
cardamomi co., spirit ammoniae aromat., or 
spirit chloroform. In opium, morphine; 
chloral, and other forms of inebriety, this con- 
dition of abstention from alcoholic intoxi- 
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alcoholic inebriety is greater than in any of 
the other kinds, because the inherited tend- 
ency is more intense with alcohol, and this 
narcotic sets up organic and structural patho- 
logical lesions which are rarely, if ever, met 
with in opiism. morphinomania, chloralism. or 
any non-alcoholic narcomania. The physician 
should be wary in ordinary alcoholic intoxi- 
cants, even as therapeutic remedies, for in 
the subjects of inherited alcoholism (or tend- 
ency to alcoholism) medical prescription has 
been known to re-awaken the old irresistible 
crave or impulse. He should also administer 
opium, chloral, and narcotics generally with 
never-failing caution. In no case, with an 
inebriate diathesis, should he continue the 
use of opium or any sedative without a break. 
Especially should the self-administration of 
morphine hypodermically. be prohibited. 
The absolute discontinuance of all narcotics 
is of the highest importance; and the medical 
practitioner should never resort to them if 
any other remedy will answer the purpose. 
When required, these potent and dangerous 
drugs should be given in accurately defined 
doses for the occasion only. 

For the remaining articles of food and 
drink, common sense and medical skill must 
be brought to bear upon the diet problem. 
The peculiarities, the likes and dislikes, the 
tastes and distastes, of each inebriate should 
be carefully considered, whiTe due weight 
should be given to considerations as to the 
idiosyncrasies of digestion, and to the nutri- 
tious and other properties of the various arti- 
cles of diet. Eating and drinking should be 
a pleasure not a task — a welcome interlude, 
not a serious and forbidding duty. 



Correction of Prior Morbid Condition. 

The correction of the pre-inebriate morbid 
condition is most essential. In many cases, | 
if the pathological physical antecedent can be 
transformed into a physiological physical an- \ 
tecedent, a cure will be effected. If the un- 
healthy state of organ or of function, which ; 
has originated the inebriate impulse or crave, j 
can be converted into organic and functional 
good healtli, the work is accomplished. The I 
attention of the physician, therefore, ought i 
to be chiefly directed, for the removal of in- , 
ternal exciting causes as well as for the cor- ] 
rection of the diseased antecedent cause of 
the drink impulse or crave, to the bodily and i 
mental soundness of the patient; to the recti- | 
fication of abnormal departures from health. 
If. for example, an inebriate female dates her 
initiation into inebriety to, or is suffering 
from some ovarian or uterine affection, that 
trouble must be at once attacked. 



Importance of Sound Hygienic Conditions. 

The convalescent from inebriety, who so 
urgently needs restoration of the healthy nu- 
trition of the brain, should live, as far as 
is practicable, under sound hygienic condi- 
tions. 



Air, Exercise, Cleanliness, Activity. 

Fresh air and exercise are almost as im- 
portant as diet. Personal cleanliness is of 
the highest value. No one can over-estimate 
the influence of a life of vigor and activity, 
physical and intellectual exertion being withal 
kept within due bounds, in preserving and 
elevating the healthy tone of the human con- 
stitution. After a few weeks of abstention 
from inebriates, there is an extraordinary 
access of bodily strength and nerve force. 
This new and superabundant supply of vigor 
must find an outlet, and the great point is to 
have a healthy outlet in energetic work of 
some kind. A word of caution as to modera- 
tion will not be amiss. If the amount of exer- 
cise be immoderate, a feeling of cardiac ex- 
haustion and general weariness may be in- 
duced, which may reawake the crave for a 
neurotic but temporary dissipator of lassi- 
tude. If the brain work be excessive a pa- 
thological state of neurasthenia (or nerve ex- 
haustion) may ensue, which may prove but 
the prelude to a fresh inebriate paroxysm. I 
have witnessed this in several painful cases 
of relapse. 

Amusement and Recreation. 

Recreation and wholesome amusement are 
powerful allies. "All work and no play 
makes Jack a dull boy" is as true of the ineb- 
riate as of the teetotaler. The lack of diver- 
sion has driven many a sober man to drink; 
has brought on a melancholia which has trans- 
formed an abstainer into a sot. Music and 
the fine arts have saved many a young man 
and woman from being confirmed inebriates. 



The Exhibitory Power must be Strength- 
ened. 

Not less essential is the strengthening of 
the inhibitory power. No matter how strong 
and active a man may be, if he have the 
strength of a Samson or the agility of a harle- 
quin, no matter what his intellectual prowess, 
if he have the intellect of a Newton, or the 
logic of a Locke, if the faculty of inhibition 
be not cultivated, he may lapse into as ab- 
ject servitude to inebriety as the most clown- 
ish and unlettered rustic. Education is no 
safeguard against drunkenness. The most 
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ebriate for years before he died. He was 
drunk regularly every evening, and I have 
known him occasionally attend meetings of 
important bodies, of which he was a member, 
in a state of intoxication during the earlier 
part of the day. His learning was profound 
and his memory phenomenal. Simple in his 
taste, unostentatious in his mode of life, and 
so warm-hearted withal, that no more touch- 
ing and generous bequests were ever made by 
man. The ranks of opium, chloral, chloro- 
form, and chlorodyne inebriates have been 
conspicuous by the presence of men and 
women of towering intellect, close reasoning, 
brilliant genius, perfect culture, and manifold 
accomplishments. All else that man can de- 
sire on earth may be his; all else that woman 
can wish for may be hers, but if moral con- 
trol be allowed to lie fallow, none more likely 
to become a victim to inebriety, if temptation, 
or any other exciting cause present itself. 



By Exercise. 

Exercise is as essential to the health of 
each organ as it is to the general health. If 
a fractured arm is kept in splints too long 
the muscles are atrophied and weakened, and 
are unable to fulfil their office till exercise 
has restored their pristine vigor. If the brain 
be not kept at work, the power of thought is 
lessened. In the same way, if the moral con- 
trol is not actively employed, it, too, will 
sustain loss. Each time mere impulse is 
obeyed without an effort at restraint the 
moral government loses strength. Therefore 
it is that resistance to the beginning of evil 
is so plainly enforced in the Scriptures. 
"My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou 
not." The moral governance can be strong 
only when its efficiency is preserved by use. 
Its idleness is its death. On the other hand, 
each occasion on which control is wisely en- 
forced, it is invigorated and strengthened. 
Each renewed judicious effort contributes to 
its stability and its mastery. 

By Moral Influeaces. 

It is of the highest importance, therefore, 
that firmness and perseverance in the paths 
of rectitude be seduously cultivated. Every 
influence tending to aid in this consummation 
is a remedial agent urgently called for. 

By Healthful Influences. 

The physical tone is affected by patholog- 
ical states of bodily organs, and also by the 
slightest physical disturbance of the nervous 
organization. That is to say, the integrity of 
the higher nerve centres, to a great extent, de- 



pends on the normal state of the jierve tis- 
sue and nerve function. Every derangement 
of the human economy wields a certain influ- 
ence on mental tonicity. Therefore it is that 
the remedying of all morbid exciting causes 
is so vital a necessity in the cure of inebriety. 
By this rational and strictly scientific pro- 
cedure, the controlling power is protected 
from a very common source of weakness. 

Difference between Narcomania and Mere 
Moral Evils. 

Something more is indispensable. Besides 
the enfeebling of inhibition by neglect of its 
exercise, alcohol and other narcotics exert a 
directly debilitating and enervating influence 
on the inhibitory power. For this latter rea- 
son it is imperative to call in every auxiliary 
to the bracing up of the control. This im- 
mediate and serious enervation by the anaes- 
thetic paralyzing action of the narcotic, over 
and above the psychical disturbance by the 
functional commotion aroused by the poison, 
renders narcomania a more difficult disease to 
cope with than mischiefs free from a mate- 
rial narcotising factor. Herein, too, is a rad- 
ical distinction between intoxication and 
other evils, such as lying or swearing, which 
are non-material actions. The operation of a 
destructive and deceptive chemical agent is 
peculiar to acts of inebriety, no one becoming 
inebriated without either drinking, smoking, 
inhaling, or having introduced into the body 
in some manner, the inebriating substance. 



By Reasoning and Sound Instruction on 
Alcohol and other Narcotics. 

To aid in the buttressing of the central 
inhibitory power many allies can be sum- 
moned. The reason ought to be appealed to 
by sound instruction on the nature and effects 
of narcotics and anaesthetics. By the expo- 
sition of the uselessness of these substances 
in a state of health, of the delusiveness of the 
plea that they are food for either body or 
brain, and of the hidden perils, all the more 
dangerous because they are concealed under 
the disguise of healthfulness, from which 
their use is never wholly free. The mind 
should be further enlightened as to the phys- 
ical effects of the physical poison on body and 
brain, on organ and function, and as to the 
physical aspect of the narcotic bondage in 
which the inebriate is held fast. Inebriates 
should be shown that they labor under a phys- 
ical disease, which is frequently curable, es- 
pecially in its early stages, when exciting 
causes can be ascertained and removed, before 
the volition has been seriously weakened and 
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emphatically be made clear to them, when 
cured, that their brain and nervous system 
will still remain peculiarly susceptible to the 
anaesthetic and paralyzing influence of nar- 
cotics and that, to their dying day, their only 
safe course is to be abstainers in all circum- 
stances from all such drinks and drugs. 

"No Good to Fight against iny Fate." 

It has been objected that to tell inebriates 
that they are diseased, is to dishearten them, 
and to set a seal on their fate. They will say, 
"What is the good of my fighting against my 
inclination to drink? I can never be cured." 
Or, "I have an inherited drinking tendency. 
What is the use of my struggling to keep 
sober?" The contrary ought to be the effect 
on the inebriate. If told judiciously, he will 
understand that to find a cure for any disease, 
it is important first to recognize the disease 
and then to comprehend its immediate and 
remote causes. With this knowledge, a hope 
of cure is as good as in rheumatism or neu- 
ralgia or almost any other disease. The fact 
of having any special abnormal heredity is no 
reason why we should necessarily yield to it. 
We all have heredity of some kind. When 
this is unhealthful, if we know its form, we 
can avoid the causes and occasions of it — 
we can strengthen our body and invigorate our 
brain — we can add to our inhibitory power. 
By these means we can. if we have an in- 
ebriate diathesis, hand down to our children 
a weaker inebriate inheritance, with a greatly 
increased power of resistance and moral con- 
trol. 

By Religious Influences. 

Conscience should be approached by the 
inculcation of the duties owed by the inebri- 
ate to his family and to the community, and 
the value of the hallowed and strength-giving 
power of true religion should be plainly laid 
down "not by might nor by power, but by my 
spirit, saith the Lord." I have seen many a 
wasted waif, many a despairing drunkard, 
many a forlorn inebriate, who had failed 
again and again when trusting in his own 
strength to resist the impulse to excess, suc- 
ceeding at last when invoking help from on 
High. Not spiritual hysteria, not theological 
dogma, but true and unsullied religion, is' a 
grand support to the feeble, fitful, and un- 
stable will of the diseased inebriate. It is a 
strengthener of the volition as well as a puri- 
fier of the affections, a mental tonic as well 
as a moral alterative. In opium inebriety 
religion has wrought marvels. Men will sub- 
mit to being locked up in uncomfortable quar- 
ters for a month to rehabilitate the system 



that they may be able to do with a small al- 
lowance of the drug, they having applied for 
restraint because they needed a quantity 
greater than they could afford to procure. 
Their hearts have been touched when their 
brain was freed from the opium and its 
effects, and they have continued steadfast 
after their discharge. On the other hand, 
many who have left determining to abstain, 
have broken down after a longer or shorter 
interval. With opium users religion has been 
the faithful and helpful ally of medicine in 
strengthening resolution and supporting firm- 
ness. 

"In the invigoration of the control the 
resources of pharmacy play a secondary part. 
It is a common belief that there can be no 
medical treatment without the profuse pre- 
scription of pharmaceutical preparations; that 
the advice of the physician is valueless, un- 
less - he orders drugs with a lavish hand. For 
this reason, unfortunately, the inebriate and 
his friends usually regard the consulting of a 
medical man as altogether useless. There can 
be no more grievous and mischievous error. 
Medicines are but one stone in the aesculpian 
sling; one resource of the art of healing. The 
intelligent medical practitioner knows that 
physic is a good stick but a bad crutch. He 
uses it, but does not lean on it. He employs 
drugs as one means of combating ill-health 
but these are not the only weapons with which 
he essays to slay disease. Scientific medical 
treatment includes attention to hygiene, to 
diet, to the body, brain, mind and morale. 
Everything which can contribute to tbe im- 
provement of the soul and spirit, as well as 
to the reparation of tissue, has its place in 
the medical armamentarium. 

Sometimes a Placebo is Demanded. 

Yet there are many who do not believe that 
they are properly cared for unless they are 
directed to swallow or otherwise apply un- 
mistakable medicaments'. This is a natural 
feeling. When laid aside by illness we can 
with difficulty realize that we are making 
progress, unless we are using special means 
to assist us on our way. The act of swallow- 
ing, especially if the medicine has a taste of 
physic, is palpable to our senses, and each 
time we take a dose we feel that we are do- 
ing our part to promote recovery. I have my- 
self experienced this feeling, and have never 
failed to feel benefited by the medicine 
ordered by a professional colleague, even when 
I knew that rest and fair play to the Vis med- 
icatrix naturae were the only real needs. 
The mere fact of taking a medicine which has 
been prescribed, is of itself a remedy not to 
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will and clogged perseverance, even if no 
medicine is indicated, it is useful to prescribe 
some course of gentle tonic physic, or at least 
some placebo. In such cases (they are few 
in number) a daily pill of half a grain each 
of ferrous sulphate and pil. asafoetid. co. will 
generally be found of advantage. Or this 
might be tried: 

3228. A Gentle Tonic. 

Tr. gentian co y 2 fl. dram. 

Acid, nitro-muriatic, dilut. y 2 fl. dram. 

Tr. cardamom co 1 fl. dram. 

Aq. destillat, ad 6 fl. ounces. 

Sig: A sixth part twice daily. 
In many cases of this kind any other simple 
and harmless, though slightly alterative, and 
tonic prescription, will answer. I have gen- 
erally found that if the medicine be ordered 
to be taken for from ten to twenty days, 
every useful purpose will be served. 

In a few cases I have found that nothing 
but something like this nauseous compound 
seemed to make the patient realize that he 
was actually taking the medicine which he 
felt he wanted: 

3329. Mild Tonic Anti- Spasmodic. 

Tr. valerian % fl. dram. 

Tr. calumbae % fl. dram. 

Aq. destillat. ad 6 fl. ounces. 

Sig. : A sixth part twice daily. 
There are, however, no inconsiderable num- 
bers of convalescent inebriates, whose general 
tone and whose recovery of moral control are 
decidedly aided by medicinal remedies. 

Medicines Sometimes Needed in Larger 
Doses. 

For alcoholic and other narcomaniacs, 
Beckett's syrup of orange and quinine diluted 
with water, which forms an elegant and pala- 
table substitute for the bitter beer of the 
drinker, has often answered well as has also, 
at times, the following: 

3230. Bark with Acid. 

Tr. cinchon. co 1 fl. dram. 

Acid nitro — muriatic dilut. % fl. dram. 

Aq. destillat. ad 6 fl. ounces. 

Sig: A sixth part twice daily. 

Strychnine. 

Strvehnine is in some cases useful. It may 
be given in the form of pill, prepared by tri- 
turation with sugar of milk and glycerine of 
tragacanth in one daily dose of 1-30 grain, or 
still better, two daily doses of 1-50 grain each. 
This remedy may also be administered in 
liquid form which I, on the whole, prefer. 



3231. 

Liquor, strychnin, hydro- 

chlorat 12 fl. minims'. 

Aq. chloroform 1 fl. ounces. 

Aq. destillat. ad 6 fl. ounces. 

Sig.: A sixth part twice daily. 
Nitrate of strychnine, in pill or solution, in 
doses of 1-50 grain twice daily, is sometimes 
efficacious when other preparations have 
failed. Other occasionally useful prepara- 
tions are the hydrobromate of strychnine, 
1-50 grain, and arseniate of strychnine, 1-100 
grain, once daily. 

Iron and Strychnine. 

Citrate of iron and strychnine and the triple 
citrate of iron, quinine and strychnine in two 
grain doses, three times daily, are in many 
cases of undoubted value. 



Nux Vomica. 

Of the various therapeutic remedies which 
I have found serviceable in the treatment of 
narcomania, none has been more satisfactory 
than nux vomica. The following has been a 
frequent prescription: 



3232, 

Ex. nucis vomicae *4 grain. 

Ex. belladonnae % grain. 

Sig.: One pill to be taken twice daily. 
Nux vomica with phosphoric acid is of un- 
mistakable service to many in the restoration 
of healthy tissue and tone, as thus: 

3233. Nux Vomica with Phosphoric Acid. 

Tr. nucis vomicae % A. dram. 

Acid phosphoric dilute ... 1 fl. dram. 

Aq. chloroform 1 fl. ounce. 

Aq. destillat. ad 6 fl. ounces'. 

Sig. : A sixth part three times daily. 

"With Nitric Acid and Taraxacum. 

Generally speaking, in all the forms of nar- 
comania when the liver is affected, as evi- 
denced by coating of the tongue, slight jaun- 
dice, languor, depression (more frequent in 
opiate than in alcoholic inebriety) mix with 
dilute nitric acid and taraxacum is invalu- 
able. 



Blue Pill. 

An occasional four-grain dose of blue pill, 
followed by a saline aperient draught (such 
as epsom salts, hunyadijanos, rubinat or con- 
dal mineral water), will unload the oppressed 
viscera, relieve the malaise, and infuse a 
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Gold. 

Especially in the United States chloride of 
gold and sodium is held to be efficacious by 
some physicians. I have no experience of 
this medicine, but if I were to prescribe any 
preparation of gold, I would prefer the bro- 
mide, which is in the proportion of four parts 
to one of the metal. Others lay stress on sul- 
phate of manganese. 



Cod Liver Oil and Hypopliospliites Malt 
with Phosphates. 

In some cases cod-liver oil with hypophos- 
phites is a genuine heightener of nerve tone. 
Maltine or other non-intoxicating malted prep- 
arations, with phosphates, is also good. A 
well-known reformed drunkard, Mr. John 
Tine Hall, found the following, which he took 
regularly for seven months, a valuable rem- 
edy: 



3234. 

Ferri sulphate 5 grains. 

Magnesiae sulphate 4 grains. 

Sp. myristicae 1 ii. dram. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad ... iy 2 fl. ounces. 

Sig. : The draught to be taken twice daily. 



Antifebrin and Antipyrin. 

Antifebrin, in tabloids, or suspended in an 
aqueous vehicle by mucilage, and antipyrine, 
in tabloids or in a watery solution, may some- 
times be given in 3 to 6-grain doses twice 
daily with advantage, especially when neu- 
ralgic or obscure pain are present. 



Objection to Hypodermic Injection. 

With reference to the mode of administra- 
tion of drugs, I have a strong aversion from 
hypodermic injection, and never resort to it 
where' the medicine ordered can be adminis- 
tered by the mouth. The latter method I 
have found as effective though not quite so 
immediate in action. I have seen so many 
troubles, generally local, though sometimes 
followed by constitutional complications, that 
I cannot recommend, under ordinary condi- 
tions, the introduction of physic under the 
skin. There is also, too, the risk of the cele- 
rity and fascination of the needle operation 
proving irresistible for self-administration by 
the patient. 

From the foregoing directions and prescrip- 
tions it will be apparent that I have indicated 
only general lines of treatment. 



Special Pathological State of Inebriate 
must be Treated. 

No two patients will be found alike. Each 
case is a study in itself. Where, as is fre- 
quently the fact, there are diseased conditions 
other than inebriety present, these must be 
met. If there is a syphilitic taint, combina- 
tions of iodine and mercury will probably be 
found necessary; if there is a history of ma- 
larial trouble, quinine, bebeerine, or arsenic 
may be indicated. Xo pains should be spared 

I to trace and to cope with every morbid dis- 

| turbance or tendency. 

Tobacco in Treatment. 

In most homes for the treatment of male in- 
ebriates the majority of the patients are al- 
lowed to smoke. I apprehend, not because 
this habit is considered an aid to cure, but 
because most male inebriates have used to- 
bacco and it would be difficult to prohibit both 
intoxicating drink and tobacco in all such 
cases. In a few instances I have known a 
pipe or cigar prove the most efficacious means 
of tiding over the involuntary impulse or 
crave for intoxication. But these cases have 
been rare. With these exceptions tobacco has 
no legitimate place in the therapeutic treat- 
ment of inebriety. In the renovation of sound 
brain tissue, it is not a help, but a hindrance. 
Were I in charge of a home for the treatment 
of inebriates, the consumption of tobacco 
would be restricted within very narrow limits 
in exceptional cases, if allowed at all. 

Treatment of Complications. 

Various alcoholic disorders, which may 
effect the inebriate call for special treatment. 
Such a complication is delirium tremens. 
This is most successfully combated by the 
careful sustenance of the strength by fre- 
quent supplies of light nutriment readily as- 
similated. For medicines a brisk hepatic 
purge at the outset is often useful. I used 
to rely thereafter on the administration of 
the bromides with chloral and henbane. 
Whenever a hot, wet pack could be applied 
it seemed to do excellent service. 



Delirium Tremens. 

What is delirium tremens? Is it a morbid 
condition produced by nervous exhaustion, or 
a malady developed as an effect of alcoholic 
poisoning? I believe it to be the latter, and 
that the disease arises from the cumulative 
specific action of the poison on the cerebral 
tissues, through the alcoholization of the 
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past, I have aimed at eliminating the brain 
poison as speedily as possible, leaving as a 
rule, the healing power of nature to do the 
rest. So far as I know this plan was first 
suggested by Dr. Alexander Peddie in 1854, 
who generally prescribed antimony. The most 
serviceable drug in my hands has, however, 
been liq. amm. acet. The main point is to 
avoid the administration of alcoholic liquors, 
opiates, chloral, bromide of potassium, and 
the like. These potent drugs tend only to ag- 
gravate the symptoms. The best hope of cure 
lies in natural exhaustion, inducing sound re- 
freshing sleep. 



Treatment by Liq. Amm. Acetat. 

The differing results of narcotic and non- 
narcotic treatment were strikingly exemplified 
in the case of a publican, who, at 48, was 
treated, during his second attack, by opium, 
and pot. bromid., and in his third attack, two 
years later, by liq. amm. acet. In the former 
seizure, the patient, though the narcotic 
draught at bedtime induced some sleep after 
the second night, invariably awoke feeling 
confused and heavy, stuperose, and with no 
relish for even the lightest food. The only 
crave was for spirits, and the delirium stead- 
ily became more intense, until it took four 
strong men to control him. The patient per- 
sisting in refusing food, dashing the cup with 
great force against the wall whenever he had 
a chance and becoming more and more man- 
iacal, to save his life,, as a favor, I procured 
him admission into the workhouse. He was 
there put into a padded room and left to rave 
and storm at his pleasure. Strong coffee was 
given to him which he at first angrily refused, 
but latterly craved for, no medicine at all be- 
ing administered. Though, at first, he was 
hardly expected to survive, he made a good 
recovery in a week, but felt very weak and 
languid for some weeks afterwards. His suc- 
ceeding attack was characterized by even 
graver symptoms, he having a fit (apparently 
epileptic) in the early stage of the delirium. 
As it was extremely undesirable, for various 
reasons, that he should be taken to the work- 
house again, I treated him at home. From 
first to last I gave him no narcotic nor ana- 
esthetic. The only medicine given was liq. 
amm. acet., beginning with a dram every hour 
till he perspired freely, and after that grad- 
ually diminishing the dose down to 15 minims 
and extending the intervals to 4 hours. In 
about 70 hours he had a short sleep of four 
hours, and in four hours more a quiet, sound 
sleep extending over 20 hours. Thereafter, 
except when aroused to take nourishment, he 



slept naturally. All delusions and hallucin- 
ations; disappeared on the fourth day of the 
attack. In 7 days he was at his usual work 
again behind the bar. 



Contrasted with Previous Attacks. 

The contrast between the effects of the 
treatment during the two illnesses was most 
marked. During the first, when awake, he 
was constantly delirious, heavily stuperose or 
violent, continually trying to get in and out of 
bed. During the second he always awoke 
with head clearer, less confused, and with a 
readiness to take food. During both attacks, 
milk and soda, beef tea, meat juice, and 
chicken broth were relied on to sustain the 
strength. No alcohol was prescribed on either 
occasion. These were both typical examples 
of the graver form of delirium tremens. 

In incipient cases, whenever I can, I rely 
upon its proper administration (or indeed dur- 
ing the height of the attack) I would prefer a 
cold or hot wet pack, frequently repeated, if 
necessary, to induce sleep. But in the ab- 
sence of a skilled bath attendant, I have 
found the liq. amm. acet., by far the most 
effective, acceptable and reliable remedy 
which I have tried. By this method of woo- 
ing natural sleep, the first step in the cure, 
we leave the patient's brain and nervous sys- 
tem undisturbed by any narcotic or anaesthe- 
tic, and the vis medicatrix, which, after all 
is the most powerful factor in recovery from 
disease, has "a fair field and no favor." The 
delirious' patient must be closely and un- 
ceasingly watched. 



Other Complications to be Discriminated. 

In all cases of inebriety a careful out-look 
should be kept for complications. Frequently 
only convalescence from a paroxysm gradually 
reveals epileptic neuritic or other symptoms 
masked during the intensity of an outbreak. 
Care, too, must be taken to discriminate these 
complicatory morbid affections. Obscure 
pains and aches, commonly credited to gout 
or especially rheumatism, are really symptoms 
of alcoholic neuritis, the treatment being 
different. It is in these obscure post-drunken 
pains that antipyrin is so valuable. But all 
such painful, as well as other unhealthful 
symptoms, call still more loudly for remedial 
measures to restore the general health. Prob- 
ably the greatest relief will be found from 
Turkish and other hot baths, which promote 
the elimination of the unduly retained waste 
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Importance of Detecting Original Causes. 

Let rae once more call attention to the im- 
portance, after the patient has recovered to a 
considerable extent from acute symptoms of 
alcoholization, of discovering the preceding 
body or brain degenerations or functional per- 
versions which, in so many cases, have orig- 
inated a morbid inebriate impulse or crave. 
Adequate treatment must be applied, adapted 
to the special degenerative or physically de- 
praved disorder. If, for example, syphilitic 
brain affections have been the predisposing 
cause, some preparation of mercury or iodine 
with tonics must be administered. A favorite 
prescription of mine has been Donovan's 
triple solution of mercury, iodine and arsenic. 

If scrofula or some anaemic lowering of vi- 
tality has been the source of the mischief, re- 
course must be had to some such drug as ol. 
morrhuae, or arsenic with iron. If the intox- 
ication craze has arisen from brain-fag, rest 
is a vital part of the treatment. If the ex- 
citing cause has been locality, a change of 
residence is indicated. 

After combating the pre-inebriate or the 
past-inebriate degeneration, comes the phys- 
ical regeneration of brain structure and nerve 
tissue, following on, though with unequal 
pace and occupying a greatly longer period, 
the physical reconstruction of muscle texture. 
In all stages of the therapeusis, after the first 
or acute stages, in the repairment of the 
physical structural degradation, as in the ren- 
ovation of healthy tissue, active muscular 
exercise, fresh air, appropriate bathing, the 
adoption of hygienic measures, suitable bodily 
nutriment, cheerful society, and above all, oc- 
cupation, are essential to successful treat- 
ment. All through, the ennobling and elevat- 
ing influences of intellect, morals, and relig 
ion are of the highest value." 



DRUNKENNESS CURES. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 



To Allay the Craving for Alcohol. 
The Practitioner. 

3335. 

Tinct. capsici 2 drains. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 1 dram. 

Acid, nitrohydrochlor. dil. . 1 dram. 

Infus. gentian ad 12 ounces. 

M. 

Two tablespoonfuls as required. 



ALCOHOLISM. 
C. & D. 

Alcohol, taken .to excess, destroys, hardens, 
and renders useless every organ of the body. 

Intemperance is most pronounced in persons 
of an active excitable temperament, and ob- 
tains on them a greater hold. Idleness, great 
trouble or grief, an' irritable brain, the 
thoughtless recommendation by a doctor of 
wine to a susceptible patient, are common 
starting-points of excess. It is generally 
agreed that alcohol in any form is bad for 
children. 

TREATMENT, 

Entire abstinence from all intoxicants is 
the only real cure for those who, possessing 
an unstable brain, drink to excess. If com- 
bined with a stay in an inebriate-home untii 
the craving has ceased, permanent good may 
be done. 

The Swedish Cure consists in isolating the 
patient and saturating all his food with al- 
cohol until he absolutely loathes the sight and 
smell of the poison. Cures' are often perma- 
nent. The ordeal is much dreaded by would- 
be drunkards who have once tried it. 

Vinegar. — A wineglassful taken neat will 
steady a drunken person. Liq. ammon. aceta- 
tis, a full dose, is more pleasant and equally 
efiicacious. 

Diet-cures. — Many articles of food have 
been recommended from time to time. Copi- 
ous water-drinking allays thirst and washes 
out the alcohol from the blood. If sufferers 
can be induced to drink skimmed milk or 
buttermilk they will continue taking it and 
avoid the spirit. Milk repairs alcohol-dam- 
aged organs, and is a wholesome nutritious 
substitute. Eating apples or fruit of any 
kind in large quantities is asserted to destroy 
craving for drink. Almonds, raisins, lump 
sugar, or pure sweets — even chocolate — are 
not merely nutriment, but in a measure 
quench thirst and diminish desire. Such ar- 
ticles can be carried in the pocket and eaten 
to escape temptation. 

Chamomile-tea. — The soothing effect of inf. 
anthemidis on the digestive organs is well 
known. Put about a dozen heads in a teacup, 
pour on them boiling water, and let the hot 
infusion be taken habitually. It is a pleasant 
drink, and many people like it. 

Liq. Ammoniae is a very old remedy for 
alcoholism and a very good one— 7 to 8 drops 
in half a wineglassful of water. It modifies 
the sensibility of the stomach and so acts 
on the nervous system. 

Potassium Bromide y 2 dram doses combined, 
if desirable, with chloral and Indian hemp. 
Given alone in full doses it is one of the 
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nervous system, and is especially valuable if 
patients are idle or sleepless. 

Cocaine Hydrochlorate 1-10 grain to % grain 
internally restores appetite, soothes the brain, 
and induces a feeling of contentment and 
calmness. A useful form for administration, 
if patient requires a stimulant, is coca-wine. 

Capsicum. — Ten minims of the tincture, 
combined with other hot camphoraceous 
drugs, is useful to allay sinking feeling and 
the morning nausea and sickness. Capsicum 
enters into the composition of many reputed 
cures: 

Iron has been recommended. A good form- 
ula is: 



3236. 

Ferri smlph 5 grains. 

Magnesiae 10 grains. 

Spt. myrist 1 dram. 

Aq. menth. pip V/ 2 ounces. 

One dram t. d. s. in water. 

Ext. Cannab. Ind., y 2 grain in pill t. d. s. 
arrests craving for drink by substituting an- 
other sedative for the alcohol. 

Morphia. — Liq. morph. hydrochlor. % dram, 
combined with inf. gent. co. 1 ounce or other 
tonics, allays the pain of alcoholic diseases. 
As a rule morphia should be avoided in treat- 
ing dypsomaniacs, as they are very apt to 
continue it and become morphiomaniacs. 

DRUNKENNESS CURES. 
Ph. Era. 

The following formulas have been going the 
rounds for nearly two years past, and se- 
cured by Dr. C. F. Chapman in one of the 
"institoots." They are again published here 
in answer to several requests. 

"No. 1. — Tonic, known as the 'dope.' 



3337. 

Aurii et sodii chlorid 12 grains. 

Strych. nit 1 grain. 

Atropiae sulph % grain. 

Ammonii muriat 6 grains. 

Aloin 1 grain. 

Hy drastin 2 grains'. 

Glycerinae 1 ounce. 

F. E. cinch, co 3 ounces. 

F. E. coca erythrox 1 dram. 

Aquae 1 dram. 

M. Sig. : 1 dram every two hours. 

"No. 2. — Injection, known as the 'shot.' 



3238. 

Strychniae nit 9 1-10 grains. 

Aq. dest 4 ounces. 

Potas. permangan q. s. to color. 



M. Sig. : Begin with five drops, which 
equals 1-40 of a grain of strychnine, and in- 
crease one drop at each injection until the 
physiological effect is produced. Four hypo- 
dermic injections to be given daily at 8 A. M., 
12 M., 4 and 8 P. M. 

"No. 3.— Used with No. 2. 

3239. 

Aurii et sodii chlorid 2% grains. 

Aq. dest 1 ounce. 

M. Sig.: Three drops every four hours in 
combination with the strychnine solution for 
the first four days. 

"This last prescription is used only for the 
moral effect, which is produced in the follow- 
ing manner: Five drops of the strychnine 
solution are drawn into the syringe, then 
three drops of the gold solution are drawn in 
and mixed. This 1 produces a golden yellow 
color, to which attention is called, and the 
patient is further assured as to the reality of 
the presence of the gold by the stain left on 
the skin after the hypodermic needle has been 
removed. A positive disgust is, in almost if 
not in every instance, produced in the follow- 
ing manner: The patient is given a drink of 
whisky, then the so-called bichloride of gold 
solution (really a solution of strychnine) is in- 
jected in his arm, but at the same time, and 
without his knowledge, he receives one-tenth 
of a grain of apomorphine. It takes but a 
comparatively short time for the emetic to 
produce its effect. Now the patient acknowl- 
edges the wonderful power of the hypotheti- 
cal gold compound and surrenders uncondi- 
tionally. From an unbelieving scoffer, he is 
changed into a disciple and supporter of the 
prophet." 

HOT MILK AND VICHY. 

"There are a great many men who are over- 
worked and under-fed," said an up-town phy- 
sician; "they think they are too busy to eat 
lunch at midday, and resort to stimulants as 
a substitute for food. It only takes a minute 
to step into a barroom and take a drink. 
This makes them feel better for a time, but 
the effect soon passes away and another is 
taken to get rid of the empty feeling. The 
habit grows until it takes eight, ten, or more 
drinks a day to> keep them going. Alcoholic 
stimulants are the worst thing in the world 
for an empty stomach, finally causing catarrh 
of the stomach, interfering with the secre- 
tions of the liver, and destroying the ability 
to assimilate food. When a man comes to me 
in this condition the first thing I do is to 
cut off his whisky or whatever form of stimu- 
lant he is 1 addicted to, and substitute food for 
it. I can't substitute solid food, because his 






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stomach won't retain it. I must get him to 
take something that it will. This is where 
hot milk and vichy come in. Cold milk is too 
harsh. It shocks his weakened stomach. 
Hence I give it to him hot. Vichy lightens j 
and livens it; makes it more easily digested. j 
I tell him to take a glass, two-thirds milk, one 
third vichy. twice a day; to order it over a 
bar, anywhere he can get it. and to let whisky 
and all stimulants severely alone. If he 
obeys the orders I will cure him and save his | 
life. A great many men among my own j 
patients fast growing prematurely old, and 
bringing upon themselves a multitude of ills 
by the steady and excessive use of alcoholic 
stimulants instead of the nutritious food 
which they should take, have been reclaimed 
by the use of hot milk and vichy. If you find 
you are losing your appetite for food and cor- 
respondingly gaining that for alcoholic stimu- 
lants, try it. It will do you good." — Ameri- 
can Carbonator. 

= j 

KEELEY CURE.— HOME 
TREATMENT. 

3240. Tincture of Willow Bark. 

Tincture of gentian 4 ounces. 

Tincture of calumba 4 ounces. 



Tincture of cinchona 4 ounces. 

Salicin 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the salicin in the tinctures. 

Dose: One teaspoonful every two hours. 

This is given as a specific for the drink 
habit and will effect a cure in every instance 
where the patient desires to lead a sober life. 
The remedy will antagonize and eliminate the 
poison of alcohol — restore the brain cells to a 
natural condition, so that there will be no 
desire for alcoholic stimulants. The medicine 
should be put up in two eight ounce bottles 
labeled No. 1 and No. 2. and to ensure its 
being taken with regularity ought to be placed 
in charge of some member of the family or 
nurse, who will see that eight doses of 1 tea- 
spoonful each are taken every day and two 
hours apart. "When bottle number 1 is ex- 
hausted, begin with number 2 and take the 
same as number 1. 

This remedy is for the Home Treatment of 
patients who cannot spare the time to take 
Institute treatment. Its bitter taste cannot 
be disguised and it should not be given with- 
out the full consent of the patient, as exper- 
ience has proven that the one who does not 
feel the necessity for a cure will not appre- 
ciate the remedy. 



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HOW TO DO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TRADE. 

From the Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, London. 



When a chemist, finding he has the neces- 
sary space and that there is apparently an 
opening for a dealer in photographic goods in 
his neighborhood, decides to add this depart- 
ment to his business, he is frequently at a 
loss to know how to do it. The purpose of 
this article is to make the matter clear. It 
will be a distinct advantage to a chemist tak- 
ing up this" branch if he is himself a practical 
amateur — in fact, without some such know- 
ledge, the business can only be conducted with 
difficulty. Therefore, every would-be dealer 
should master the elements of this art-science 
before embarking in it. 

The amount of stock to be carried depends 
on the amount of capital it is wished to in- 
vest. It is, perhaps, best to commence with 
a small, well-assorted stock, buying in larger 
quantity those goods which experience shows 
to be most in request. It is as well to state 
here the standard sizes of plates, by which 
sizes, cameras, &c, to take them, are also 
known: 

Lantern-plates 3^4 by 3 1 /! inches. 

Quarter-plate 4*4 by 3y± inches. 

(On which carte de visites are taken.) 

Half -plate 6% by 4% inches. 

(Used also for cabinet portraits.) 

Whole-plate 8y 2 by 6% inches. 

.Other sizes are:— 5 by 4, 6y 2 by 3%, 6% by 
414, 7 by 5, 71/2 by 5, 10 by 8, and 15 by 12 
inches. 

Most of these find advocates for special pur- 
poses. It is best, however, to avoid recom- 
mending unusual sizes, as they cause a lot 
of trouble in obtaining the necessary plates, 
as many dealers do not stock any but well- 
known sizes. The quarter-plate camera is 
the most popular with beginners, but they 
invariably, as soon as proficient, obtain either 
the half-plate or whole-plate size. 

The next thing to consider is the 

DARK-ROOM. 
If a good-sized room can be set apart for 
photographic uses so much the better; if not, 
a stock room can be found, which, with very 
little difficulty, may be converted into a dark- 
room, whilst still used for storage purposes. 
Temporary erections of laths and twill should 
be avoided, as they are eminently unsatis- 
factory and no saving of expense. The room 
selected must be made perfectly ligbt-tight. 



If the window is large get a carpenter to 
make a well-fitting shutter to cover it. In 
the shutter a hole should be cut, about 8 by 
12 inches, and glazed with a piece of the 
deepest ruby glass procurable. Should the 
door not be quite light-tight it must be made 
so by nailing cloth-edging round it or by 
hanging a curtain outside. Provide a catch 
on the inside of the door, so that it cannot 
be accidently opened from the outside when 
in use. The ventilation of the room must not 
be neglected, as the door and window, which 
are frequently the only sources of air, will 
have been made airtight as well as light- 
tight. >In addition to the ruby window a 
dark lamp will be required for night use. A 
lamp burning gas is best; but where gas is 
not available a large paraffin lamp, with an 
ample oil-reservoir, should be provided. A 
water-supply and sink are very desirable in 
the dark-room. A table will be required, or, 
better, a bench projecting from the wall 
about 18 or 24 inches, 3 feet from the ground. 
Some shelving can be placed over for the 
bottles of developer, etc. A width of 5 
inches admits of bottles with a capacity of 
30 ounces. A perforated-zinc shelf over the 
sink should be arranged for draining-meas- 
ures. A few dishes — say, three of each 
quarter-plate, half-plate, and whole-plate — ■ 
will be conveniently stored in_spaces beneath 
the bench. A distinctive dish for "hypo" is 
desirable. For measures, one each of 2- 
drams, 1-ounce, 4-ounce and 20-ounce size 
will be needed; these are not required 
stamped. Some stoppered bottles for solu- 
tions are wanted — say, of 30-ounce capacity 
and some of 10-ounce size. Developers to 
be kept ready will depend on the demand. 
At the end of this article will be found some 
useful formulae for them. Alum-solution 
(strength 2 ounces in a pint of water) had 
better be kept in a Winchester quart, as 
it is required rather freely. A similar-sized 
bottle of concentrated "hypo" (1 pound in 20 
ounces) will form a stock solution, to be di- 
luted when required for use. Intensifying- 
solution, oxalate-of-potash solution (1 pound in 
54 ounces of water) for platinotypes, solution 
of ferrocyanide of potassium for reducing, 
and sulphocyanide of ammonia in solution are 
some of the other chemicals required to be 
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plainly labelled in black or blue ink, so as to 
be readily seen in the dim light of the ruby 
lamp. A notice that a dark-room is 1 available 
should be placed in a prominent place in the 
pharmacy, and notice sent round to the vari- 
ous photographic papers. ' The charges for 
use of dark-room depend on circumstances. 
It is policy to let customers use it for noth- 
ing for plate-changing. For developing it 
is usual to charge Is. an hour (with Is. as a 
minimum) or term? for a week might be, 
say, 5s. for changing and developing. 

Of the apparatus to be stocked the first in 
importance will be the 

CAMERA. 
There are two kinds of cameras — one with a 
sliding wooden centre, the other with the 
centre in the form of a bellows. The use of 
the latter kind is now almost universal. 
There are two types of bellows, square and 
kinnear (tapering). The kinnear bellows are 
more used than the square kind, as they re- 
duce the weight of the camera somewhat, 
although square bellows are indispensable 
when much architectural work is attempted. 
The fittings of cameras vary very much, the 
number of movements and quality of work- 
manship combining to make the large differ- 
ences in price which will be noticed. When 
a worker who has been using a cheap ca- 
mera purchases a good one, he will more 
appreciate the difference in use than can 
be conveyed by a page of letter-press. Ca- 
meras may be roughly divided into two 
classes — "stand" and "hand" — the former 
requiring a tripod stand for use, whilst the 
latter are intended to be used by holding 
in the hand either against the body or 
some convenient resting place. In hand- 
cameras there are three general types — 
those with an automatic changing arrange- 
ment, those with a changing box, and those 
in which dark slides are used. 

THE LENS 
will demand careful attention, as a defective 
lens is an effectual bar to good negatives. 
There are commercially but three main types' 
of lenses, each type with many varieties. 
The types are (1) the single or landscape lens, 
the most suitable for taking views, but on ac- 
count of the distortion they produce not suit- 
able for architectural subjects; (2) the por- 
trait lens, for portraits only, obviously of lim- 
ited application to most amateurs; (3) the 
doublet, or rapid rectilinear lens, suitable for 
architectural subjects, landscapes, groups, 
and portraits, which convenient combination 
of properties makes this lens the most suit- 
able for amateurs. The names for lenses 
used by the various makers are often as fanci- 



ful as they are numerous. The focus of a 
lens is the measure of the distance between 
the ground glass of the camera and the lens 
when a distant view is sharply defined on the 
ground glass. Makers of lenses generally 
aim at including certain proportions of a view 
on the ground glass, an angle of 45° being 
the most usual. Thus, a quarter-plate lens 
should have a focus of 4 to 5 inches; a half- 
plate 8 to 9 inches; a whole-plate 10 to 11 
inches. The amount of light passing througn 
the lens is variously limited by means of 
"diaphragms'," or "stops," with the object of 
obtaining sharp definition over the whole of 
the plate. The marked values of the stops 
are obtained by dividing the focus of the lens 
by the diameter of the stop. It is useful to 
know how to find the focus of a lens. One 
of the simplest methods, but requiring a 
long-extension camera, is to focus a given ob- 
ject (such as a foot rule, or part of it) the 
same size, on the ground glass; then measure 
the distance between the object and the 
ground glass, which, divided by four, gives 
the focal length or focus of the lens. Extra 
rapid rectilinear lenses are so called on ac- 
count of a claimed extra clearness in the glass 
used in their construction. A wide-angle 
lens, is one in which the focus is relatively 
short in proportion to the diagonal of the 
plate. The telephotographic lens is a lens 
which gives a much-enlarged image. It is 
used for taking distant objects on a larger 
scale than they are rendered by an ordinary 
lens. 

THE STAND 
which the chemist dealer will be most inter- 
ested in is the tripod kind. Stands made of 
various woods and designs, the different de- 
signs claiming some advantage either as re- 
gards lightness, rigidity, or durability. As 
may be expected a stand combining these 
qualities would reach the ideal. The top of 
the stand should be as large as possible, as 
this contributes to rigidity in a great degree. 
The points of the legs are shod with more or 
less substantial spikes, to prevent slipping 
when in use. Some stands possess distinct 
advantages in regard to the ease in which 
they are folded up. Absence of loose parts 
is a point which saves a deal of discomfort 
from their tendency to get mislaid at critical 
moments. 

MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS. 
The following are a few other requisites re- 
quired: Instantaneous shutters of various 
makes, camera and lens cases, exposure-met- 
ers for gauging correct exposure, backgrounds 
(of which only plain ones are in demand), fo- 
cussing-glasses, flash-lamps for evening por- 
traiture, dark-lamps to take candles or oil, 



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developing and other dishes in porcelain, 
glass or celluloid measures and graduated 
glass jugs, scales and weights, washers for 
plates and prints, drying-racks of wood or 
metal, grooved boxes for storing plates, print- 
ing frames, masks and discs, vignetting 
glasses, retouching desks' and pencils, cutting 
shapes and knives, squeegees (both roller and 
flat), ground glass and ferrotype plates, blot- 
ting-paper and boards, albums of different de- 
signs, and, lastly, 



MOUNTS. 

A good selection of these must be stocked. 
"A good mount improves a good photograph, 
and to some extent a bad photograph." 
Mounts for portraits are supplied in a variety 
of sizes. It will only be necessary to stock 
carte de visite, quarter-plate, cabinet, half- 
plate, and whole-plate sizes at the commence- 
ment. Sizes like promenade, victoria, bou- 
doir, imperial, panel, and stereoscopic can al- 
ways be obtained in a day or two, unless a 
local demand justifies carrying a stock. The 
surface of a mount is either enamelled or 
plain, whilst they are obtainable in all man- 
ner of tints, such as cream, lemon, buff, sal- 
mon, pale-blue, pink, black, chocolate, brown, 
slate, cerise, mauve, crimson, and various 
shades of green and grey. 

The edges may be either bevelled or plain. 
If bevelled, they are either left plain or 
gilded, silvered or colored. The corners are 
either square or rounded. Some cards, again, 
have lines or rands on the front. In mounts 
for views the same range of tints holds good, 
but here it is enlarged by combining various 
tints. The impression of a plate is marked 
on some kinds to convey the idea of an en- 
graving to bromide or platinum prints. Just 
now a very popular mount for gelatine-chlo- 
ride prints which have been squeegeed, is the 
push-in variety. These do away with tne 
use of a mountant, as the photograph is 
merely pushed through a slit in the end, 
which may or may not be afterwards secured 
by an adhesive. 

The best way of storing mounts is to have 
a box made for each kind, and plainly mark 
the variety and prices on the end. If these 
are again classed into different sizes in a 
cupboard they will readily be accessible. For 
convenience in retailing mounts, a sample of 
each kind should be kept together, each 
plainly marked with the price per dozen, 
hundred, and thousand, and, if thought neces- 
sary, a private mark of the cost may be 
added. 



The next thing to consider is 



DRY PLATES AND FILMS. 

In stocking these it is well to bear in mind 
that all plates are good, although an amateur 
will always swear by the ones he has been 
accustomed to using. Local demand will 
quickly show what kinds to stock. 

There is a great range of developers for all 
these plates; for instance, in the case of pyro- 
developer it runs from 1 grain to 5V 2 grains 
to the ounce. With ea^h kind of plate full 
developing directions are given, and it is 
only fair to the makers to use solutions of the 
strength which experience has shown them 
is most suited for their particular plates. 

The various ; 

SENSITIVE PAPERS 
are not less numerous than the varieties of 
plates. The sensitive salts were formerly 
held on the surface of the paper by means of 
albumen; this has now nearly given way to 
gelatin. The demand for albumen-paper is 
so slight that it may be disregarded in keep- 
ing stock. The gelatino-chloride, or printing- 
out, paper, as it is called, is made by several 
makers. The Eastman Company call theirs 
"Solio;" the Britannia Works Company's 
make is known as as the "Uford P. O. P." 
Then there is the "Paget P. O. P.," the "Im- 
perial Kloro," and Wellington & Ward's 
"Sylvio." A variety of surface is offered, 
such as shiny or matt, and various tints like 
pink and mauve. 

Other kinds of papers are bromide-paper 
for printing and enlarging, of which there are 
numerous makers, each paper, with slight 
differences in composition and working, giving 
a variety of results; platinum-paper, issued 
with very complete instructions for producing 
platinotypes; carbon-paper, depending on the 
action of light on bichromated gelatine; and 
ferro^prussiate paper, much used for copying 
large plans and architect's drawings. These 
last three papers do not keep well, and are 
best procured as wanted, until such time as 
the demand would justify a stock being 
kept. Sepiatype, mezzotype, collodio-chlo- 
ride, and citrate-of -silver papers are kinds oc- 
casionally asked for. 

A few labels will be required for photo- 
graphic chemicals and for such specialties as 
it is decided to put up. The formulae at the 
end of this article will give an idea of what 
are usually in demand. It is also necessary 
to make arrangements with a firm of printers 
and enlargers, so as to be able to get work 
of that kind done promptly for such customers 
as require it. If it is desirable to issue a 
price-list, most big firms will lend their 
blocks, if it is wished to include a few illus- 
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3241. Flash tight Powder. A 

Chlorate of potash 16 parts. 

Aluminum powder 5.46 par^s. 

Black antimony 3.4 parts. 

3243. Flash tight Powder. B 

Chlorate potash 6 parts. 

Magnesium powder 3 parts. 

Black antimony 1 part. 

In either formula the black antimony must 
be an absolutely pure article — the commercial 
being too variable and doubtful as to purity. 

MISCELLANEOUS FORMULAE 
for such preparations as are likely to be in 
demand from photographic dealers. These 
are all well-tried formulae, many haying pre- 
viously appeared in the pages of The Chemist 
and Druggist: 



3343. Concentrated Pyro Developer. A 

Pyrogallol 146 grains'. 

Nitric acid 3 drops. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

3244. Concentrated Pyro Developer. B 

Sodium carbonate 2 ounces. 

Sodium sulphite 2 ounces. 

Potass, bromide 20 grains. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

For use, to develop a quarter-plate, mix 2 
drams of each, and dilute with an equal quan- 
tity of water. 



3245. Concentrated Hydroquinone 

Developer. A 

Hydroquinone y 2 ounce. 

Sodium sulphite 1 ounce. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

3246. Concentrated Hydroquinone 

Developer. B 

Caustic soda % ounce. 

Potass, bromide '% ounce. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

For use for a quarter-plate, mix 80 minims 
of each, and dilute to 1 ounce with water. 



3247. Metol Developer. 

Metol 50 grains. 

Sodium sulphite 1 ounce. 

Potass', bromide 6 grains. 

Water to 10 ounces. 



3248. Metol Developer. B 

Potass, carbonate 1 ounce. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

For use, mix 3 parts of A with 1 part of B. 



3249. Metol Quinol Developer. 

Metol 40 grains. 

Quinol 50 grains. 

Sodium sulphite V/± ounces. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

3250. Metol-Quinol Developer. 

Sodium carbonate 300 grains. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

For use, mix equal parts of A and B. 



3251. Mercurial Intensifier. A 

Mercuric chloride jounce. 

Hydrochloric acid 45 minims. 

Water 10 ounces. 

3252. Mercurial Intensifier. B 

Liq. ammonia 1 ounce. 

Water to 10 ounces. 

Immerse the negative in A till bleached, 
well wash, and tone in B till black through- 
out. 



3253. Uranium Intensifier. 

Potass, ferricyanide *4 ounce. 

Uranium nitrate % ounce. 

Glacial acetic acid y 2 ounce. 

Water to 20 ounces. 

Dissolve the salts separately, mix; after 
twenty-four hours filter and add the glacial 
acetic acid. 



3254. Mountants. A 

Powdered starch 2 ounces. 

Gelatine y 2 ounce. 

Spirit 2 ounces. 

( 'arbolic acid y.> ounce. 

Water 12 ounces. 

Heat the starch with 10 ounces of water 
until the granules are completely tumified and 
a translucent jelly is formed; then add the 
gelatine, previously dissolved, in the remain- 
ing 2 ounces of water; and lastly, the spirit 
and carbolic acid. 



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3255. Mountants. 

Gelatin© 4 ounces. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Spirit 5 ounces. 

Water 25 ounces. 

Mix. 



3256. Backing Preparation. 

Mucilage 1 ounce. 

Caramel 1 ounce. 

Burnt sienna (ground in 

water) 2 ounces. 

Mix well and add 

Spirit 2 ounces. 



3257. Backing Fluid. 

Hard soap (in fine shavings) y 2 ounce. 

Spirit 10 ounces. 

Digest at a temperature not exceeding 70° 
F., agitating occasionally for seven days; 
filter, and dissolve in the filtrate 

Erythrosin 50 grains. 

Aurin 50 grains. 

3258. Concentrated Toning Bath. 

Gold chloride 15 grains. 

Ammon. sulphocyanide. . . . 225 grains. 

Water to 3 ounces 6 drams'. 

Dissolve the gold chloride in 15 drams of 
water, neutralize with a little chalk, and filter. 
Dissolve the ammon. sulphocyanide in iy 2 
ounces of water and add to the gold solution, 
and make up to 3 ounces 6 drams. Label 
"Shake the bottle." To make a toning-bath 
add 4 drams to 15% ounces water. 



3259. Combined Toning and Fixing Bath. 

Sodium hyposulphite VA pound. 

Acid citric y 2 . ounce. 

Lead acetate y 2i ounce. 

Ammon. sulphocyanide 2 ounces. 

Water 80 ounces. 

Dissolve in the water (warm), in above 
order, filter bright, and add 

Gold chloride 12 grains. 



3260. Platinum Toning Bath. 

Potass, chloroplatinite 15 to 30 grains. 

Acid lactic 3 drams. 

Water to 35 ounces. 

Mix. 



3261. Negative Varnish. 

Sandarac y 2 pound. 

Venice turpentine 2 ounces. 

Oil of turpentine 4 ounces. 

Spirit y 2 gallon. 

Mix. 

3262. Matt Varnish. 

Sandarac 1 ounce. 

Mastic 90 grains. 

Ether 10 ounces. 

Dissolve and add 
Toluol 4 ounces. 

3263. Black Varnish. 

Asphaltum 3 ounces. 

Guttapercha 20 grains. 

Lampblack y 2 ounce. 

Benzine 10 ounces. 

Macerate the asphalt and guttapercha in the 
benzine till dissolved, then mix in the lamp- 
black. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. 



From the Scientific American Cyclopedia. 

The subject of photography has received 
much attention in compiling this book. Only 
those formulas were selected that came from 
undoubted authorities. The recipes do not 
form merely a collection of old recipes of 
the collodion process, but are the very latest 
that could be obtained, and the subject of pho- 
tography has been thoroughly revised as the 
book passed through the press and it is hoped 
the result will prove a valuable acquisition 
to the art science. Special attention has 
been given to the Eikonoger developer which 
is considered the best. Look for the main 
subjects, as Developers, Toning Baths, etc. 



3264. Aphorisms, Photographic. 

1. When focusing, remember that the nearer 
the camera is to the subject the further away 
must the ground glass be from the lens, and 
vice versa. 

2. Always endeavor to shade the leus as 
much as possible, and the resulting picture 
will have its brilliancy proportionately aug- 
mented. Many landscape artists use a large 
cone-shaped hood on the lens for this purpose. 

3. On a hot summer day the atmosphere is 
often hazy and highly charged with non ac- 
tinic light, while after, or even during a 
shower of rain the atmosphere is clear and 
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4. Give your plants full exposure; over ex- 
posure is more easily corrected in the de- 
veloper than is under exposure. 

5. Clouds, being eight or ten times more ac- 
tinic than the rest of the picture, will be pro- 
portionately over exposed, and unless they 
receive much less exposure than the fore- 
ground, which may be attained by the use of 
a drop shutter, they will appear in the finished 
picture as a blank space. They may, how- 
ever, be afterward printed in from a separate 
negative by what is termed combination print- 
ing. 

6. The color of the object is a great factor 
in the exposure required; whites and blues are 
rapid; red, brown, yellow, etc., are slow, ac- 
cording to their actinism. 

7. Buildings taken full front elevation never 
look well; the camera should be placed in a 
position to include the front and one side, 
showing the building in perspective. 

S. When the two sides' of a picture are very 
similar, as in a street scene, for example, sym- 
metry should generally be avoided. By plac- 
ing the camera a little to one side, and point- 
ing the # lens at the other, the facsimile,of the 
sides may be subdued. 

9. Aim at the quality rather than the quan- 
tity of the views taken. 

10. Remember that photography, being a 
witnes's, needs to be treated with much judg- 
ment, lest it tell lies. Also that those who 
use the most art betray the least. And 
lastly, never go forth without a large reserve 
of patience, as it is sure to be needed. See 
also Negative, Failures, Photographing. 



3265. Autotypes, Flexible Supports for. 

Yellow resin 6 drams. 

Yellow beeswax 2 drams. 

Rectified spirits of turpen- 
tine 20 ounces. 



3366. Backgrounds, Photographic. 

Purchase close-grained packing canvas cloth. 
Tack on frame and pull out projecting fibres. 
The cloth does not need to be stretched too 
tight, as it shrinks when painted. Coat it 
two or three times with the following mix- 
ture: 

Low" grade of gelatine.... y 2 pound. 

Water 1 gallou. 

Molasses 2 ounces. 

Whiting 14 pound. 

Sandpaper after drying to make it smooth, 
then paint with one coat of ordinary oil paint. 
The white lead ground in oil is thinned with 
turpentine and mixed with lampblack, part 
of which has been ground in oil, and part in 



] powder. The color should be a dark brown. 
One coat of flatting is next put on, usually by 
two persons, one to paint and the other to 
dab with a soft brush. A drab colored cloth, 
merino or woolen, answers very well. 



3367. Backing Prints, to Prevent Halation. 

See Halation 

3368. Baths, Silver, to Clear. 

Agitate with China clay or kaolin. 

3369. Baths, Silver, to Renovate. 

1. Dilute with 3 volumes of distilled water, 
expose to sunlight, filter, add sodium carbon- 
ate till slightly turbid. Expose to sunlight 
six hours more, filter, add sodium carbonate 
till the silver is all thrown down. Wash pre- 
cipitate by decantation, then dissolve in nitric 
acid. Filter again, make up to 35 grams; 
neutralize, expose to the sun a week, and the 
bath is ready for use. 

2. Neutralize with ammonia till just alka- 
line; boil till black; let it cool, filter, acidify 
with pure nitric acid and evaporate to crys- 
tallization, then fuse. When cool add dis- 
tilled water, shake and let stand exposed to 
light. Filter and add drained crystals; dis- 
solve and make solution acid with pure nitric 
acid. Expose again to sunlight, filter, and 
the bath is ready for use. 

3. Add potassium permanganate, expose to 
sunlight, filter, acidify, put in clean bottles 
four-fifths full, cork and freeze in a tray; 
thaw gradually till a ball of ice V s size of 
the bottle remains. Remove this and use 
the rest. [This recipe should be used with 
caution, if at all; if the freezing is carried 
too far the bottle will inevitably be broken. 
—Ed.] 



3370. To Blacken Cameras. 

A good dead black is made as follows: Mix 
drop black, ground in turps, with gold size 
and turps — enough gold size to keep the black 
from rubbing off when dry. 



3371. Blistering of Albumen Paper. 

1. Have the room warm, but do not dry the 
paper by excessive heat. 

2. Avoid acidity in solutions'. Test with 
litmus paper. Moisten the print before 
washing with a sponge saturated in alcohol. 

3. Add a slight trace of ammonia to the 
hypo. 

4. Soak the print before fixing in a weak 
alum bath. 



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3378. Blisters, to Prevent. 

After toning, immerse in a mixture of 8 
parts methylated spirit and 2 parts of water. 

3273. Blue Prints. 

Float the paper for one minute in a solu- 
tion of 

Ferricyanide of potash.... 1 ounce. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Dry it in a dark room and then expose be- 
neath negative until the dark shades have as- 
sumed a deep blue color; then immerse the 
print in a solution of 

Water 2 ounces. 

Bichloride mercury 1 grain. 

Wash the print and then immerse it in a 
hot solution of 

Oxalic acid 4 drams. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Wash again and dry. 

For other prints in red, etc., see Printing 
Processes below. 



3374. Blue Print Process. 

1. Cover a flat board, the size of the draw- 
ing to be copied, with two or three thicknesses 
of common blanket or its equivalent. 

2. Upon this place the prepared paper, sen- 
sitive side uppermost. 

3. Press 1 the tracing firmly and smoothly 
upon this paper by means of a plate of clear 
glass laid over both and clamped to the board. 

4. Expose the whole in a clear sunlight 
from four to six minutes. In a winter's 
sun from six to ten minutes. In a clear sky 
from twenty to> thirty minutes. 

5. Remove the prepared paper and pour 
clear water on it for one or two> minutes, 
saturating it thoroughly, and hang up to dry. 

The sensitive paper may be readily pre- 
pared, the only requisite quality in the paper 
itself being its ability to stand washing. 

Cover the surface evenly with the following 
solution, using such a brush as is generally 
employed for the letter press: One part solu- 
ble citrate of iron (or citrate of iron and am- 
monia), 1 part red prussiate of potash and 
dissolve in 10 parts of water. 

The solution must be kept carefully pro- 
tected from light, and better results are ob- 
tained by not mixing the ingredients until 
immediately required. After being coated 
with the solution the paper must be laid away 
to dry in a dark place, and must be shielded 
entirely from light until used. When dry, 
the paper is of a yellow and bronze color. 
After exposure tbe surface becomes' darker, 



with the lines of the tracing still darker. 
Upon washing the characteristic blue tint ap- 
pears, with the lines of the tracing in vivid 
contrast. Excellent results have been ob- 
tained from glass negatives by this process. — 
R. W. Jones, Proc. Eng. Club, Phila. 
Use two separate solutions of 

Iron and ammonium citrate 1 ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

and 

Potassium ferricyanide. ... 1 ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

For use, mix equal quantities and float paper 
for two minutes. 



3275. Blue Prints, to Change to Brown. 

Borax 2y 2 ounces. 

Hot water .'. 38 ounces'. 

When cool add sulphuric acid in small quan- 
tities until blue litmus paper turns slightly 
red, then add a few drops of ammonia until 
the alkaline reaction appears and red litmus 
paper, turns blue. Then add to the solution 
154 grains of red crude gum catechu. Allow 
it to dissolve with occasional stirring. The 
solution will keep indefinitely. After the 
print has been washed out in the usual way, 
immerse it in the above bath a minute or so 
longer than it appears when the desired tone 
is ^reached. An olive brown or a blackish 
brown is the result. 



3276. To Make Blue Prints Green. 

Make four solutions as follows: 

Solution A. — Water 8 ounces and a crystal 
of nitrate of silver as big as a pea. 

Solution B. — Hydrochloric acid 1 ounce 
and water 8 ounces. 

Solution C. — Pour a solution of iodide of I 
potassium (iodide of potassium 1 ounce and 
water 8 ounces)' into a saturated solution of 
bichloride of mercury until the red precipitate 
is just dissolved, and then add four times as 
much water as the resulting solution. 

Solution D. — Water 16 ounces, and iodide of 
potassium 1 dram. 

Then take the blue print and bleach it 
with solution A, when the image will become 
pale slate color or sometimes a pale yellow. 

Then wash thoroughly and immerse the 
print in solution B., wheu the image will 
again become blue. 

Then, without washing, immerse the print 
in solution C, when the image will become 
green but the "whites" will be of a yellow 
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Then put the print in solution B again, 
without washing. » 

Then wash and pour solution D over the 
print to purify the whites and to give the 
green image a bluer tint; but do not leave 
print in this solution too long, as it has a 
tendency to make the print blue again. 



33 77. Converting Blue Prints into Brown 
Prints. 

Immerse the blue print after it is dried in 
a solution of aqua ammonia containing 22 
per cent. am. gas, 2 parts; distilled water, 18 
parts. Leave the print in this solution from 
two to four minutes, or until the blue color 
entirely disappears, then rinse in clear water, 
and plunge in a filtered solution of tannic 
acid, 2 parts; distilled water, 100 parts. Keep 
in this solution about twelve hours. If not as 
dark as desired, intensify by adding to the 
bath a few drops of ammonia water. Take 
out after a few minutes and wash thoroughly. 
The prints resemble sepia drawings. A 
greenish tone may be given blue prints by 
immersing after washing in a 1 per cent solu- 
ion of sulphuric acid. 



immersed in a weak alum solution, when it 
is rinsed, fixed as above, and again thoroughly 
washed. 

2. With potassium chloride. Three solu- 
tions are prepared: 

Solution A. 

Water 1,000 c. c. 

Potassium oxalate 330 grams. 

Solution B. 

Water 1,000 c. c. 

Potassium chloride 130 grams. 

Solution C. 

Water 500 c. c. 

Sulphate of iron 24 grams. 

Citric acid 2 grams. 

Potassium bromide 2 grams. 

The paper should be fully exposed, and 
then soaked in clean water. Then mix. 

Solution A 20 c. c. 

Solution B. 5 c. c. 

Solution C. 5 c. c. 

The more of B, if taken, the browner will 
be the tone. The print is cleared, fixed, and 
washed as usual. — Photo News. 



5278. Obtaining Warm Brown Tones on 
Bromide Paper or Lantern Slides. 
Two formulae given by Mr. Robert Talbot 
in the Photographische Xeuheiten, the author 
states, have proved to be very successful in 
his hands: 

1. With uranium nitrate. This method is 
very well suited for Eastman positive paper, 
as well as for transferrotype paper. After 
the prints have been fixed, washed, and even- 
tually transferred, the following two solutions 
are prepared: 

Solution A. 
Ferricyanide of potassium.. 5 grams. 
Water 500 c. c. 

Solution B. 

Uranium nitrate 5 grams. 

Water 500 c. c. 

Just before use, equal parts of solutions A 
and B are mixed. The print is immersed in 
the solution until the desired tone has been 
obtained, then washed thoroughly, and placed 
once more in the fixing bath. 

Water 100 c. c. 

Hyposulphite of soda 20 grams. 

After five minutes it is removed and well 
washed. The above gives warm red tones. 
Warm brown tones are obtained if the print 
is allowed to remain in the above bath until 
it begins to acquire a brown color; it is then 



3379. Silver Bromide Emulsions. 

Over exposed gelatino bromide prints may 
be cleared by treating them with a very di- 
lute solution of potassium cyanide, to which 
a small quantity of iodine has been added. 
Fog at the edges of the paper may be removed 
by applying a somewhat stronger solution 
with a brush, care being taken not to touch 
the image.— O. T. F. Phot. A., 31. 

Bromide prints on paper or opal may be 
toned with the Obernetter toning solution for 
gelatino-chloride paper, viz.: (A) Gold chlo- 
ride, 15 grains; sodium acetate, 1 ounce; 
water, 39 ounces. (B) Gold chloride, 15 
grains; ammonium sulphocyanide, 300 grains; 
water, 39 ounces. Mix 10 parts of A with 3 
parts of B. Wash thoroughly after toning. — 
F. Golby, Y. B. Photo., 1891. 

Another toning formula, designed especially 
for Eastman's paper, is ammonium sulpho- 
cyanide, 120 grains (120 parts); gold chloride, 
4 grains (4 parts); water, 16 ounces (7,000 
parts). The prints must uot be left in after 
they become blue gray, or they will be deep 
blue when dried. This last color is suitable 
for moonlight effects. — H. W. B. Bruno. 

Developing formulae: (D) Hydrochinon, 80 
grains; sodium sulphite, 240 graius; water, 10 
ounces. (A) Sodium carbonate solution, sat- 
urated at 60° F. Mix in equal volumes, and 
dilute the mixture with its own volume of 
water. — Pringle, A. Phot., 11. 



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(D) Hydrochinon, 80 grains; potassium bro- 
mide, 15 grains; sodium sulphite, 1 ounce; 
water, 20 ounces; citric acid, 60 grains. (A) 
Potassium carbonate, 2 ounces; sodium car- 
bonate, 2 ounces'; water, 20 ounces. Mix in 
equal proportions; gives warm tones. — B. Al- 
fieri, A. Phot., 11. 

(D) Eikonogen, 15 parts; sodium sulphite, 
60 parts; water, 600 parts. (A) Potassium 
carbonate, 24 parts; water, 600 parts; mix in 
equal proportions, and add few drops 10 per 
cent potassium bromide solution. — Carbutt, 
Phot. T. 

Eikonogen, 4 grains'; sodium sulphite, 32 
grains; lithium carbonate, 2 grains; water to 1 
ounce. — Cowan, Phot. N., 34. 

Quinol, 2 grains; sodium sulphite, 8 grains; 
potassium carbonate, 10 grains; water to 1 
ounce. — Cowan, ibid. — [Quinol — Hydrochinon. 

—Ed.] 

/ 

3280. Bromide Prints, to Secure Pure 
Whites in. 

If the whites of bromide prints are found on 
completion to be yellowed, the stain can be 
completely removed by immersing the print 
after fixing, and thorough washing in a strong 
solution of tartaric acid, keeping it in the 
solution for an hour or more, if necessary, 
and finally washing in clean water. 

3381. Burnishing, Lubricator for. 

A. 

Paraffine 8 drams. 

Benzine 10 ounces. 

B. 

Gum ammoniacum 30 grains 

Alcohol, quantity sufficient to prevent the 
gum from sticking to the pestle while grind- 
ing the gum in a mortar. Add A and B to- 
gether, and shake well and apply with a flan- 
nel or rag. The above give a fine polish. 



3383. Lubricator for Hot Burnishing. 

Cetaceum 1 part. 

Castile soap 1 part. 

Alcohol 100 parts. 



3383. Glace Lubricator. 

If a greater polish is desired than can be 
produced by the ordinary soap and alcohol 
lubricator, the following may be employed: 
Alcohol, absolute, 4 fl. ounces; castile soap 
(white), 25 grains; spermaceti, 25 grains. Dis- 
solve by heat; add 1 fl. ounce chloroform. 
Apply in the usual manner. Dry thoroughly, 
and remove all traces of the lubricator with 
a piece of Canton flannel. Burnish; have the 
burnisher quite hot. (Swain.) 



3384. Burnishing Solution. 

Castile soap 4 grains. 

Alcohol (90 per cent) 1 ounce. 

Rub on the surface of the print, allow to 
dry, then burnish. 



3385. Carbon Tissue, Sensitizing Solution 
for. 

Potassic bichromate, 1% ounce; water, 30 
ounces; ammonia, at least 1% drams. No 
more ammonia should be us~ed than will 
change the reddish color of the bichromate 
solution to yellow. 

Catechol. See Developers. 



3386. To Cleanse the Hands from Silver 
and Iron Stains. 

Dilute hydrochloric acid to half its strength ; 
or, better still, chloride of lime in strong solu- 
tion; pour % ounce of this on the hands, and 
rub well in till the stains disappear. Next 
rinse the hands and apply a little dilute solu- 
tion of potassium oxalate. 



3387. To Clean Negatives Stained by 
Silver. 

Make a weak solution of cyanide potassium. 
Rub the negative gently all over with a plug 
of cotton wool well wet in this solution, rub- 
bing a little harder on the stained parts. 
"Wash the negative well, and dry on blotting 
paper. If desired to revarnish, the plate may 
be flooded once or twice with methylated 
spirit. After drying it may be varnished in 
the ordinary way. fc 



3388. Clearing Solution. 

Edwards. 

Alum 1 ounce. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Sulphate of iron 3 ounces. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Soak for a minute or two, when clearing 
should be complete. 



3389. Clearing Solution for Pyro-Negatives. 

J. Hay Taylor. 

Alum 2 ounces'. 

Hydrochloric acid 2 fl. ounces. 

Boracic acid 1 ounce. 

Water 32 fl. ounces. 

The solution can be used over and over 
again. It will do its work in % minute. The 
negative should be well washed. 



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34; 



3290. Clearing Solution for Gelatine 

Bromide Plates. 

Alum 2 ounces. 

Citric acid 2 ounces. 

Sulphate iron 6 ounces. 

Water 40 ounces. 



3291. 

Sometimes by prolonged development nega- 
tives become stained, and usually clearing 
solutions are employed after the negative is 
fixed. 

Mr. T. Bedding, in the British Journal of 
Photography, advises the use of an alum and 
citric acid bath, one part of citric acid to 
thirty of alum, before fixing. When the de- 
veloper has been poured off the negative, the 
latter has been washed in a couple of changes 
of water, and the clearing solution applied 
for a few minutes, after which it may be re- 
turned to the bottle for future use. It is then 
important that the negative be carefully 
washed prior to immersion in the fixing bath. 

3292. 

Saturated solution of alum. 10 fluid ounces; 
hydrochloric acid (commercial), % ounce. 
After fixing and washing the negative, im- 
merse in the above solution. Wash well. 



3296. Chautauqua Clearing Solution. 

Alum 2 ounces. 

Water 30 fl.* ounces. 

Citric acid y 2 ounce. 

3297. Clouds, Photographing of. 

The best time to photograph clouds is in 
the spring, say March or April, when, after 
a storm, the heavy cloud banks assume fan- 
tastic forms. To successfully photograph 
clouds, the photographer must take up a posi- 
tion where his view will be unobstructed, by 
trees, houses, telegraph posts, chimneys, or 
other high objects. Then focusing upon the 
extreme distance, and including but a small 
portion of the landscape in his picture, let 
him, if he has not fixed upon the cloud, wait 
until the effect is most striking, then with a 
rapid shutter and a medium stop, say f 22. 
and a slow plate, let him make his exposure. 
Development should not be too heavy and 
should be stopped when all detail is fully out 
and sufficiently dense not to disappear in the 
fixing. With a suitably selected and 
properly developed negative of cloudland, 
landscape pictures can very frequently 
be considerably improved by the oper- 
ation of printing in from the cloud negatives. 



3293. 

Negatives which, after development by 
ferrous oxalate, are opalescent from oxalate 
of lime, are immersed in the following solu- 
tion: 

Water 100 parrs. 

Oxalate of iron 2 parts. 

Alum 8 parts 

By which the opalescence will be completely 
cleared, and the whites of the negative will 
remain transparent. 

3294. Clearing Solution. 

Cowel's. 

Alum 2 ounces. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Wash moderately after fixing, and immerse 
the negative in the above. 

329.3. 

Saturated solution of alum. 20 ounces. 
Hydrochloric acid (commer- 
cial) 1 ounce. 

Immerse the negative after fixing, having 
previously washed it for two or three minutes 
under the tap; wash well after removal from 
the alum and acid. 



Clouds, Printing in. 

Many pictures are improved by the addition 
i of clouds. A bare expanse of white sky is 
very rarely attractive. To do this, special 
cloud negatives must be made or purchased. 
It is essential, to secure a satisfactory and 
pleasing effect, that the cloud should be lit 
' from the same direction as the negative. 
Having made a suitable selection, of two neg- 
atives, a print is first taken of the landscape, 
If the negative is very dense in the sky. it 
will print out quite white. Two prints should 
be taken, one to make the final picture, the 
other to serve as a mask. This must be care- 
fully cut through along the line dividing the 
blank sky from the objects in the picture. Fine 
branches of trees and such like projections 
need not be troubled with. Having carefully 
fitted this mask over the printed portion of the 
picture, it is placed in contact with the cloud 
negative and printed in the usual way, the 
mask protecting the lower portion of the 
printed picture from further action of the 
light. If the sky portion of the original nega- 
tive is thin and it would in the ordinary course 
of printing print out more or less tinted, the 
sky must be blocked out. This can be done 
by running a brush filled with vermilion 
along the face of the negative for an eighth 



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of an inch above the sky line, and then cutting 
a rough mask of paper and pasting on to meet 
this and cover up the rest of the sky. This 
will enable the sky portion to print perfectly 
white, when it is ready for the reception of 
the cloud impressions in the manner just de- 
scribed. 



3398. Collodio Bromide Emulsion. 

Ether, s. g. 0:720 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, s. g. 0:820 2% fl. ounces. 

Pyroxyline 40 grains. 

Castile soap dissolved in al- 
cohol 30 grains. 

Bromide of ammonium and 

cadmium 56 grains. 

Dissolve 125 grains nitrate of silver in 1 ounce 
boiling alcohol and sensitize the emulsion by 
adding 1 dram of the silver solution at a time 
thoroughly stirring with a glass rod until the 
silver is well incorporated. After the whole 
has stood for twelve hours, add 30 grains more 
of the double bromide of ammonium and cad- 
mium dissolved in V 2 ounce alcohol. After 
standing for a few hours longer the emulsion 
is poured into a flat dish and allowed to evap- 
orate and dry. It is then washed with dis- 
tilled water by repeated soakings until all 
the Soluble salts are removed. After drying 
it is again re-dissolved in equal parts of alco- 
hol, at the rate of from 20 to 24 grains to the 
ounce of solvents. Then it is ready for use, 
and plates may be used wet or dry. 

Collodion Formula. — Mix 6 ounces sulphuric 
acid, 4 ounces nitric acid at 1.450 sp. gr. and 
2 ounces water. The temperature will rise 
to about 170° F., 77° C. When it is cooled 
down to about 100° F., 38° C, immerse per- 
fectly dry cotton wool, best carded and of 
long fibre, pull it in under the acid with a 
piece of glass rod, and let each piece be well 
saturated before adding another. Cover the 
vessel and leave it for twelve to twenty hours 
in a situation where any fumes generated 
may escape into the outer air. Next lift the 
cotton out and plunge it quickly into a large 
quantity of water, separating the tufts with 
pieces of glass; wash in changes of water till 
no acid is left. Wring the cotton in a coarse 
towel as dry as possible, and then pull out the 
tufts and place them in the air to dry. Col- 
lodion made with this cotton will be very 
soluble and leave no sediment. 5 to 6 grains 
will dissolve in 1 ounce mixed ether and al- 
cohol and still the collodion will be very fluid. 

To prepare one pint of collodion with 
above — 



3399. 

Alcohol 10 ounces. 

Sulphuric ether 5 ounces. 

Cotton as above 100 grains. 

3300. To Iodize. 

Alcohol 5 ounces. 

Ammonium iodide 60 grains. 

Cadmium iodide 30 grains. 

Cadmium bromide 20 grains. 

Shake till dissolved. and then pour into 1. 
Another plan, better for small quantities: 
Dissolve the iodides, as above, in 10 ounces 
alcohol, then put in 100 grains cotton and 
shake well. Lastly, add 10 ounces ether and 
shake till cotton is dissolved. This collodion 
will be ready for use in a few hours, but will 
improve with age. 

3301. 

For Washed Emulsion (for Transparen- 
cies) — 

Ether, s. g. 720 5 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, s. g. 0.820 3 fl. ounces. 

Pyroxiline or papyroxyline. 60 grains. 
Bromide of cadmium and 

ammonium 100 grains. 

Or— 

3308. 

Bromide of zinc 96 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid, s. g. 1.2 8 minims. 

Sensitize with 20 grains of nitrate of silver 
to each ounce dissolved in a minimum of 
water with two drams of boiling alcohol. 
Allow to stand for two or three days. 

N. B. — In the last three formulae, the emul- 
sion, after being allowed to ripen for the 
time stated, should be poured into a dish and 
allowed to become thoroughly dry. The mass 
of dry emulsion is then washed, to remove all 
the soluble salts, and is then again dried 
and redissolved in equal parts of ether and 
alcohol at the rate of from 20 to 24 grains to 
the ounce of solvents. 



3303. Organifiers for Unwashed Emulsions. 
For Landscape Work. 

Tannin % ounce. 

Gallic acid 60 grains. 

Water 20 fl. ounces. 

3304. 

Tannin 300 grains. 

Water 20 fl. ounces. 



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349 



3305. 

For Landscapes or Transparencies (warm, 
brown tone). 

Freshly ground coffee 1 ounce. , 

Boiling water. 1 pint. 

3306. 

For Transparencies (brownish black tone). 

Tannin 30 grains. 

Pyrogallic acid 60 grains. 

Water 20 fl. ounces. 



3307. Developing Solutions for Collodion 

Emulsion. A 

Pyrogallic acid 96 grains. 

Alcohol 1 A. ounce. 

3308. B 

Bromide of potassium 10 grains. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 



3309. C 

Liquor ammonia, s. g. 0.880 1 fl. dram. 
Water 15 fl. drams. 

3310. JD 

Carbonate of ammonia 2 grains. 

Water 1 fl. ounce. 

For each dram of developer take, for a nor- 
mal exposure, 5 minims of A, 1 or 2 minims 
of B, and 1 or 2 minims of C; or if D be used, 
add the above quantities of A, B and C to 
1 dram of D. When the details of the image 
are out, add double tne quantities of B and C. 



3311. Intensifying Solutions for Collodion 
Emulsion. 

Nitrate of silver 60 grains. 

Citric acid 80 grains. 

Nitric acid 30 minims. 

Water 2 ounces. 

To each dram of a 3-grain solution of pyro- 
gallic acid, add 2 or 3 minims of the above, 
and apply until sufficient density is attained. 



3312. Collodion Bottles, to Clean. 

Collodion Bottles, to Clean. — Leave the 
stopper out until all the ether and alcohol 
have evaporated: when dry. remove the film 
with water and a bottle brush., Rinse with 
alcohol. 

Dry Collodion Processes. — Pyroxyline. — 
For Collodio-Bromide or Unwashed Emulsion. 



3313. 

Nitric acid, sp. gr. 1.45.... 2 
Sulphuric acid, sp. gi\ 1.845 4 

Water 1 

Cotton (cleaned and carded) 100 

Temperature 150° 

Time of immersion, ten minutes. 

3314. . 

For Washed Emulsion. 
Nitric acid, sp. gr. 1.45. ... 2 
Sulphuric acid, sp. gr. 1.845 6 
Water 1 

Cotton (cleaned and carded) 100 
Temperature 140° 

Time of immersion, ten minutes. 



fl. ounces. 
fl. ounces, 
fl. ounce, 
grains. 
F. 



fl. ounces, 
fl. ounces, 
fl. ounce, 
grains. 
F. 



3315. 

Nitric acid, sp. gr. 1.45. ... 2 fl. ounces. 
Sulphuric acid, sp. gr. 1.845 3 fl. ounces. 

White blotting paper 145 grains. 

Temperature 100° F. 

Time of immersion, thirty minutes. 

3316. % 

Collodio-Bromide Emulsion. 

Ether, sp. gr. 0.120 5 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, sp. gr. 0.820 3 fl. ounces. 

Pyroxyline 50 grains. 

Bromide of cadmium and 

ammonium 80 grains. 

or Bromide of zinc 76 grains. 

Sensitize by adding to each ounce 15 grains 
of nitrate of silver, dissolved in a few drops 
of water and one dram of boiling alcohol. 
This is suitable for slow landscape work or 
for transparencies. 

3317. 

Washed Emulsion (for Landscapes). 

Ether, sp. gr. 0.720 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, sp. gr. 0.820 2% fl. ounces. 

Pyroxyline 40 grains. 

Castile soap (dissolved in 

alcohol) 30 grains. 

Bromide of ammonium and 

cadmium 84 grains. 

Sensitize with 100 grains nitrate of silver 
dissolved in 1 ounce boiling alcohol; and after 
standing ten days, add a further 20 grains 
silver dissolved as before in 2 drams alcohol. 



3318. 

Rapid. 

Ether, sp. gr. 0.720 4 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol, sp. gr. 0.820 2y 2 A- ounces. 

Pyroxyline 40 grains. 

Castile soap 30 grains. 

Bromide of ammonium and 
cadmium 56 grains. 



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3319. The Wet Collodion Process. 


3336. 




Iodized Collodion (for Negatives). 


Protosulphate of iron... 


1 ounce. 


Either, sp. gr., 0.725 10 fl. ounces. 


Glacial acetic acid 


1 ounce. 


Alcohol, sp. gr., 0.805 8 fl. ounces. 

Pyroxyline 120 grains. 


Citric acid 




Water 


1 pint. 


Iodide of ammonium 12 grains. 






Iodide of cadmium 20 grains. 


3337. 




3330. # 

Bromo-Iodized Collodion. 


Ammonknsulphate of iron.. 75 grains. 


Glacial acetic acid 


... 75 grains. 


(For Negatives.) 


Sulphate of copper 

Water 


... 7 grains. 
... 3 ounces. 


Ether, sp. gr., 0.725 10 fl. ounces. 






Alcohol, sp. gr., 0.805 10 fl. ounces'. 






Pyroxyline 120 grains. 


3338. 




Iodide of ammonium 40 grains. 


Protosulphate of iron. . . 


7 drams. 


Iodide of cadmium 40 grains. 


Water 


. .. 20 ounces. 


Bromide of cadmium 20 grains. 


Collocine 


. . .- 2 drops. 




Alcohol 


... q. s. 


3331. 


This developer can also 


be used for glass 


Bromo-Iodized Collodion. 


positives' and ferrotypes. 




(For Positives or Ferrotypes.) 






Ether, sp. gr., 0.725 10 fl. ounces. 






Alcohol, sp. gr., 0.805 10 fl. ounces. 


3339. 




Pyroxyline 100 grains. 


For Collodion Positives 


or Ferrotypes. 


Iodide of cadmium. . *. 50 grains. 


Protosulphate of iron . . . 


. . . V/ 2 ounces. 


Bromide of ammonium 20 grains. 








Water 


1 pint. 


3383. 


Alcohol 


... 1 ounce. 


The Nitrate Bath. 


Nitric acid 


... 40 drops. 


(For Negatives.) 






Nitrate of silver (recrystal- 


3330. 




lized) 6 ounces. 


• 


Distilled water 80 fl. ounces. 


For Collodion Transfers. 








... 5 grains. 


Nitric acid (pure) 10 minims. 












Saturate with iodide of silver and filter. 


Acetic acid 


... 45 minims. 




Water 


1 ounce. 


3333. 


Alcohol 


... q. s. 


For Positives or Ferrotypes. — 






Nitrate of silver (recrystal- 






lized) 5 ounces. 


3331. 




Distilled water 80 fl. ounces. 


Intensifying Solution. 

A. 




Nitric acid (pure) 12 minims. 








. . . 3 grains. 


Saturate with iodide of silver and filter. 


Water 


. . 1 ounce. 


3334. 






Developer. 


3333. 




For Negatives. 


B. 




Protosulphate of iron < ^4 ounce. 


Nitrate of silver 


. . 10 grains. 




Citric acid 


. . . 20 grains. 


Alcohol y 2 ounce. 

Water 8 ounces. 


Acetic acid 


. . . 1 dram. 


Water 

For use, mix in a few 


1 ounce. 




drops of B with 


3335. 


enough of A to cover the surface of the plate. 


Protosulphate of iron 15 grains'. 






Acetate of soda 15 grains'. 






Glacial acetic acid 30 minims. 


3333. Curling, to Prevent Prints from. 


Alcohol -30 minims. 


Try a very little glycerine 


in the toning and 


Water 1 ounce. 


fixing baths. 





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3334. 

A more correct heading of this receipt 
would perhaps be to flatten prints after they 
are curled. Lay the photograph face down 
upon a pad composed of several sheets of 
paper and place upon it at the left-hand 
margin a straight and rather sharp edge of a 
smooth ivory or boxwood rule. Move the 
rule slowly to the right, and with the left 
hand raise up the margin of the print nearest 
to that hand, pulling up rather strongly, yet 
so as not to allow the print to drag over the 
pad upon which it is laid. This will flatten 
the print and remove any further tendency to 
curl. 



3335. 

Immerse the finished prints in the following 
solution for a few minutes: 

"Water 1 part. 

Alcohol 4 parts. 

Glycerine 3 parts. 

3336. 

Gelatine Paper Prints, to Prevent the 
Curling of. , 
After, the print has been fixed and washed, 
it is immersed for a few minutes in a 5 per 
cent solution of glycerine and water, then 
removed, and directly squeegeed on a sheet 
of smooth hard rubber, then left to dry. 
When pulled off, it will lie as flat as a sheet 
of glass. 



3337. Daguerreotypes, to Restore. 

Daguerreotypes do not fade, but become 
stained if much exposed to air and dampness, 
and need cleaning. To clean daguerreotypes 
according to P. C. Duchochois, take hold of 
the daguerreotype with pinchers by one cor- 
ner, and, keeping the plate level, cover it 
with a solution of potassium cyanide (1 part 
to 25 of water), and if the picture be much 
stained, heat it moderately with an alcohol i 
lamp for fifteen or twenty seconds, when the* 
solution is thrown off and the plate rinsed. 
This done, flow the plate with clear water, j 
heat it as before, and holding it then almost 
vertically, dry it; in commencing, heat it at 
one of the upper corners and dry the water 
by blowing upon it toward the opposite cor- ' 



ner. The whole operation should be quickly 
done, and the plate not too strongly heated, 
especially when covered with cyanide: other- 
wise the image might be obliterated. The da- 
guerreotypes may be dusted with a fine 
camel's hair brush, but not touched with the 
fingers nor rubbed with any hard material. 
They are very easily scratched. 



To Clean a Tarnished Daguerreotype. 
Wash the plate gently, pour on carefully a 
3 per cent solution of cyanide of potassium. 
Keep the plate in motion. Keep the solution 
only a short time on the plate, pour off. and 
wash well. If the tarnish remains, pour on 
more solution, repeat until the plate is clean. 
Wash with distilled water, and dry over a 
flame. Blow on the plate constantly, so tbat 
the water may be driven off evenly. 



3338. Negatives, Density of, Reducing. 

Solution for Reducing Over-Density. 
A. 

Hyposulphite of soda < 2 ounces.- 

Water 1 pint. 

B. 
Ferrocyanide of potassium. 2 drams. 

"Water 5 ounces. 

Mix V 2 ounce of B with 5 ounces of A just 
before use. 



3339. 

According to the Beacon, the following 
formula of L. Belizki is said to possess sev- 
eral advantages over Farmer's well-known 
potassium ferricyanide and hypo. It must be 
mixed in the order given. 

Water 200 parts. 

Potassium ferric oxalate... 10 parts. 

Sodium sulphite (neutral). .. 8 parts. 

Oxalic acid 3 parts. 

Sodium hyposulphite. 50 parts. 

It will retain its working strength if kept 
in the dark, and may be used over and over 
so long as it has a green color. 



3340. 

Red prussiate of potash.... 30 grammes. 

Water 500 c. c. 

Hypo. Solution. 

Hypo 30 grains. 

Water 500 c. c. 

In cases of error in development the nega- 
tive is too intense. The high lights may be 
safely reduced by the method of Mr. Howard 
Farmer, viz. : Ferricyanide of potassium (red 
prussiate of potash), 1 ounce; water, 16 
ounces; hyposulphite of soda, 1 ounce; water, 
16- ounces; immerse the negative in sufficient 
hypo solution to cover it, to which have been 
added a few drops to each ouace of the above 
ferricyanide solution; the speed of reduction 
depends on the quantity of ferricyanide pre- 
sent. When sufficiently reduced, wash thor- 
oughly. To reduce locally, apply the mixed 
solution to the wet negative with a camel's 
hair brush to the parts requiring reducing. 



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3341. 

There are three principal methods of reduc- 
ing density: 

a. The image may be changed in color, so 
as to he more transparent to actinic light, 
b. It can be partly converted into some com- 
pound, which can be dissolved out in hypo, or 
other solvent. c. The gelatine film can be 
reduced in thickness by solution or mechani- 
cal means'. 

Mr. W. E. Debenham's Method with Ozone 
Bleach. 

Two solutions are required: 
No. 1. 

Chrome alum 1 ounce. 

Water 1 pint. 

No. 2. 

The plate is immersed in a solution com- 
posed of Y 2 ounce of each of these in 5 ounces 
of water, and then in the hypo. bath. To re- 
duce locally a stronger solution is poured in 
a stream on the part desired, the operation 
being repeated, if necessary. 



3343. 

Method with Chloride of Lime or with Eau 
de Javelle. 
Hypochlorite of Potash. 
For the first a saturated solution of chlo- 
ride of lime is prepared, and for the second: 

Chloride of lime 2 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 4 ounces. 

Water 40 ounces. 

The lime is mixed with 30 ounces of the 
water, and the carbonate dissolved in the 
other 10 ounces. The solutions are mixed, 
boiled and filtered. Either of these are di- 
luted and the plate immersed until the re- 
quired reduction is produced; it is then passed 
through the fixing bath and washed. In 
these cases a double action occurs; part of 
film being dissolved off and a portion of the 
silver being converted into chloride, which is 
removed in the fixing bath. 



3343. 

Method with Ferric Chloride. 

A solution is prepared with — 

Ferric chloride 1 dram. 

Water 4 ounces. 

The plate is immersed in this, which con- 
verts the silver into silver chloride, and on 
washing and immersing in the hypo, bath this 
is dissolved out. 



3344. 

Other Methods. — There are various other 
methods extant for reducing density. One or 
two, requiring only a single solution, have 
been found to answer very well. 



No. 1. 

Copper sulphate. y 2 ounce. 

Ammonia q. s. 

Water 1 pint. 

The quantity of ammonia is such as to re- 
dissolve the precipitate first formed on add- 
ing it to the copper sulphate and water. 

No. 2. 
Potassium ferricyanide (red 

prussiate of potash) 1 ounce. 

Water 1 pint. 

A few drops of ether should be added to 1 
ounce of the hypo, bath diluted with 4 ounces 
of water, and the plate immersed until the 
requisite reduction is obtained and washed. 
In the first case silver sulphate, and in the 
second silver ferrocyanide, are formed, and 
immediately dissolved out by the hypo. — Br. 
Jour, of Photo. 



3345. 

(Seed). — Saturated solution chloride of lime, 
2 fluid ounces; water, 8 fluid ounces. This 
solution should be poured over the negative 
in a tray. Soak for two or three minu.tes. 
Rub gently with the finger the spot to be re- 
duced, until the desired intensity is obtained. 
Wash five minutes and dry. 



3346. 



The Hypochlorite Method. 



It is often advisable to harden the film by 
immersion for some minutes in a solution 
made by dissolving 80 to 100 grains of chrome 
alum in a pint of water, after which it is im- 
mersed in the following hyposulphite of 
potash solution until nearly sufficient reduc- 
tion is effected. Finally immerse in the hypo- 
sulphite fixing bath, and thoroughly wash. 



3347. 

The Hyposulphite of Potash Solution. 
Agitate 3 ounces of good chloride of lime 
(bleaching powder) with 30 ounces of water, 
then add 5 ounces of carbonate of potassium 
dissolved in 10 ounces of water, agitate well, 
and filter through calico. 



3348. 

Reducing Over Printed Proofs (Salomon's). 
Immerse for a short time in the following 
solution: Cyanide of potassium, 10 grains; 
liquid ammonia, 10 drops; water, 1 quart. 
Watch the prints carefully, and wash well. 



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353 



Developers. — The following large collection 
of developers comprises all that are of any 
value, and the very latest formulas are pub- 
lished. The eikonogen developer is perhaps 
the best, and the developers using eikonogen 
and hvdrochinon are also recommended. 



3349. 



Catechol. 



Catechol (pyrocatechin) gives clear good 
printing negatives with less density and no 
greater detail for a given exposure than pyro 
or quinol, but has the advantage that it works 
well in dilute solutions. The following 
formula is given: (A.) Caustic potash, 10 
parts; water, 1.000 parts. (D.) Catechol, 2 
sodium sulphite, 10 parts; water, 100 
Mix 5 parts of both with 100 parts of 
and, if necessary, add potassium bro- 
The two solutions may be kept ready 
— L. Backelandt, A. Phot. B., xxi., 



parts; 

parts. 

water, 

mide. 

mixed. 

77-79. 



3350. 

Eikonogen. 

The eikonogen developer allows - of much 
shorter exposure than with pyro, does not de- 
teriorate, and is not poisonous, and gives a 
fine deposit on the negative. The solutions 
can be used until exhausted, and over-ex- 
posure can be remedied by' its use. Eikono- 
gen is frequently contracted to eiko, aspyro, 
hydro, etc. 

Xo. 1. 

Distilled water 20 ounces. 

Sulphite of soda crystals. . 2 ounces. 

Eikonogen crystals y 2 av. ounce. 

Xo. 2. 

Distilled water 20 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash % ounce. 

Mix Xos. 1 and 2 in equal parts, and to each 
ounce add 2 to 1 drops 10 per cent solution 
bromide of sodium. A few drops of a 10 per 
cent solution caustic soda will give additional 
energy for instantaneous exposures. The 
after treatment is same as with any other de- 
veloper. 

Although the above developer will keep if 
made up in one solution, we recommend 
making up stock in separate solutions, and 
mixing as wanted. The mixed developer can 
be kept in separate bottles for future use. 

A mixture of equal parts eikonogen and 
hydrochinon developer yields lantern slides of 
great beauty, and we strongly recommend it 
also for negatives. 

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3351. 

Eikonogen Developer for Short Exposures. 

Distilled water, 100 parts; sulphate of soda, 
40 parts. Dissolve and add crystalized 
eikonogen, 10 parts; caustic potash, 10 parts. 
For use dilute with three to ten times its 
value of water. 

An eikonogen developer, said to be very 
simple, and to work good for lantern slide 
plates, is advised by T. A. Sinclair. 

No. 1. 

Eikonogen y 2 ounce. 

Sulphite soda 2 ounces. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Xo. 2. 

Washing soda 2 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 2 ounces. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Take one ounce of Xo. 1, half an ounce of 
Xo. 2, and add half an ounce of water. This 
will develop eight or ten plates in succession. 



3352. 

Eikonogen and Soda Developer. 
A. 
Sodium sulphite (crystals 

C. P.) 4 ounces. 

Distilled water 60 ounces. 

Eikonogen 2 ounces. 

B. 
Sodium carbonate (crys- 
tals) 3 ounces. 

Distilled water 20 ounces. 

Dissolve in order named. A developer is 
made by adding to 3 ounces of A, 1 ounce 
of B. 

Single Solution, Eikonogen and Soda De- 
veloper. 

Sodium sulphite (crystals 

C. P.) 1 ounces. 

Sodium carbonate 3 ounces. 

Distilled water 80 ounces. 

Eikonogen 1 ounce. 

Dissolve in the order named. Add a few 
drops of the hypo, solution during develop- 
ment. All of the formulas are based on 
437% grains to the ounce. 

The usual alum and fixing baths may be em- 
ployed. 



3353. 

With any developer that may be devised 
it is impossible to produce an image if the 
light has had no effect on the sensitive film, 
as is the case when a plate is described as 
being rather under exposed. Generally such 



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exposures only develop on the surface, as the 
light has not had time to affect the underly- 
ing particles of silver. We advise the use 
of the eikonogen and potash developer. If 
this fails' to produce an effect, no other de- 
veloper is likely to. Make the eikonogen as 
follows: 

No. 1. 

Warm water 40 ounces'. 

Sulphite sodium 2 ounces. 

Eikonogen 1 ounce. 

No. 2. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 1 ounce. 

Take 2 ounces of No. 1, and add from 1 to 
2 drams of No. 2, or 3 drams if necessary, 
to bring out the details; allow from half to 
three-quarters of an hour's time for the de- 
velopment of one plate, should it be greatly 
under exposed, and see that the temperature 
of the solutions is 70° Fah. Density is only 
obtained by a strong eikonogen solution and 
length of time of development. 

3354. 

6. The developing and fixing baths must be 
kept separate. An energetic developer is 
made by dissolving in warm 

Water 40 ounces. 

Sulphite sodium, c. p 2 ounces. 

Eikonogen 1 ounce. 

To 2 ounces of the above add 1 dram of fol- 
lowing solution: 

Water 3 ounces 

Carbonate of potash 1 ounce. 



Begin by soaking the plate in the first solu- 
tion a few minutes; then, should the plate re- 
fuse to develop, add the second. A fixing 
bath is made by dissolving 1 ounce of hypo- 
sulphite of soda in 6 ounces of water. 

3355. 

Hinily's Eikonogen Developer. 
Captain Himly recommends the following: 

Water 1000 parts. 

Glycerine 100 parts. 

Metabisulphite of potas- 
sium 2 parts. 

Bisulphite of sodium 75 parts. 

Eikonogen 12 parts. 

Carbonate of potassium. . . 60 parts. 

Yellow prussiate of potas- 
sium 40 parts'. 

3356. 

Hubert's Eikonogen Developer. 

Rain water ,. 300 parts. 

Sulphite of soda 50 parts. 

Eikonogen 10 parts. 

The water should be warm and the salts 
dissolved in the order given in the formula; 
then add 

Carbonate of soda 30 parts. 

For extremely rapid exposures the undiluted 
developer is to be used. For shutter expos 1 - 
ures of medium rapidity a sufficient quantity 
of the developer is diluted with half its bulk 
of water. For time exposures take equal 
parts of developer and water. — Le Frogres 
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355 



3357. 

Development with Separate Solutions. 

A. Sulphite of soda, 1% ounces, 30 grains; 
eikonogen, ISO grains; water, 26^ ounces. B. 
Carbonate of soda, 1 ounce, 1 dram, 40 grains; 
water, 8 ounces, 6 drams, 50 minims. 

Note. — Dissolve the sulphite of soda in the 
water, and then add the eikonogen. For use 
employ three parts of No. 1 and 1 part of No. 
2. N. B. — Be sure the sulphite is dissolved 
before adding the eikonogen. 



3358. 

Development with Single Solution. 

Sulphite of soda, iy 2 ounces, 30 grains; car- 
bonate of soda, 1 ounce, 1 dram, 40 grains; 
eikonogen, 180 grains; water, 35 ounces, V/ 2 
drams. 

Note. — Dissolve the sodas in the water, and 
afterward add the eikonogen. This solution 
is used direct for developing without the addi- 
tion of water. The sulphite of soda must be 
pure and fresh. 



3359. 

For very short instantaneous exposures 
(1-1000 of a second), and for increasing the 
power of the developers Nos. 20 and 21, in 
cases where the plate has not been suffi- 
ciently exposed: 

Sulphite soda 5 parts. 

Carbonate of potassium.... 2 parts. 

Eikonogen 1 part. 

Water 30 parts. 

Allowed to cool and preserved in a tightly 
closed stoppered bottle. To prepare this de- 
veloper, place the chemicals in an earthen- 
ware jar, and add the water: stand the jar in 
a saucepan of boiling water, and bring about 
dissolution by boiling and stirring. 

Preliminary Bath for No. 22. — 

Hyposulphite soda 15 grains. 

Chloride of mercury solu- 
tion (1 in 100) 15 minims. 

Water 55 ounces'. 

Place the plate in this bath for one minute, 
and develop without rinsing. 



3360. 

Messrs. Fradelle and Young's Formula for 
Portraiture. 
A. For normal exposures in the studio: 
Sulphite of soda, 4 ounces; eikonogen, 1 
ounce; distilled water, hot, 100 ounces. B. 
Carbonate of soda, 1 ounce; distilled water, 
100 ounces. 



Notes. — For normal exposures take equal 
quantities of each, but varied at discretion. 
For instantaneous work and certain effects of 
lighting the face, use a stronger solution by 
reducing the water to 50 ounces in both A and 
B. Solutions of bromide of potassium and 
carbonate of soda, 1 in 10, may be kept in 
reserve for correcting over and under expos- 
ure. These are called 10 per cent solutions'. 



3361. 

Dr. Mitchell's (Photo. Soc. of Philadelphia) 

Formula. 

For lantern slides and transparencies. 

A. Sulphite of soda, 1 ounce; eikonogen. H 
ounce; water, 1 pint. B. Carbonate of soda. 
X ounce; water, 1 pint. (N. B. — The Ameri- 
can pint is 16 ounces.) 

Notes. — For normal exposure take equal 
parts of A and B and add 2 parts water. For 
warm tones use half of No. 2 only and give 
a longer exposure. 

3362. 

Formula by Dr. H. G. Piffard (New York 

Camera Club). 

With Ammonia Addition. 

Sulphite of soda, 2 ounces avoirdupois: 
eikonogen, 1 ounce avoirdupois; bromide of 
potassium, 8 grains; boiling distilled water, 
1 quart. 

Notes. — Dr. Andresen forbids ammonia 
with eikonogen; but Dr. Piffard says it can be 
used as the alkali, and works beautifully: 
time alone will show. Dr. Piffard's direc- 
tions are — To 1 ounce of above solution add 
from 1 to 2 drops of liquid ammonia; but 
this should be used only in cases of decidedly 
under exposure. 1 to l\/o drops will do for a 
properly exposed plate. Instead of ammonia, 
add, if preferred, from % to 1 dram of an 8 
per cent solution of carbonate of potassium, 
which gives more density than ammonia. 



3363. 

Warnerke's Formula. 
For Copying Line Drawings and Engravings. 

Sulphite of soda 40 parts. 

Eikonogen 20 parts. 

Caustic potassium 20 parts. 

Distilled boiling water 100 parts. 

Use 1 part of developer to 3 of water. Re- 
strain with bromide if necessary. Dissolve 
the sulphite, then the eikonogen, and lastly 
the alkali. Filter while still hot, and store 
away for use. This developer has been used 
by M. Marey, in Paris, who is working on 



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physiological subjects requiring extreme ra- 
pidity of exposure. He had previously been 
using hydrokinone, but he found a marked in- 
crease in the amount of detail obtained when 
using eikonogen instead. 



3364. 

Formula by Herr Eugen Von Gothard, Herenz 
Observatory. 
For Stellar Photography. 
A. Sulphite of soda, 200 grammes; eikono- 
gen, 50 grammes; water, 3 liters. B. Car- 
b6nate of soda, 150 grammes; water, 1 liter. 
For use. — Take 3 parts solution A and 1 
part solution B. 



3365. 

Combined Hydrokinone and Eikonogen De- 
veloper. 

Sulphite of soda 300 grains. 

Carbonate of soda 200 grains. 

Hydrate of soda 30 grains. 

Bromide of soda 5 grains. 

Hydrokinone , 20 grains'. 

Eikonogen 30 grains. 

Water 10 ounces. 

This developer possesses the rapid action of 
the eikonogen combined with the sustaining 
energy of the hydrokinone, and keeps indefi- 
nitely. This is the latest phase of a single 
solution developer, presumably for instantan- 
eous subjects, but I have not yet tried its 
powers. 



3366. 

Dr. Andresen's Fixing Bath. 

Plates which have been developed with 
eikonogen should be well washed, and will 
greatly benefit by being fixed in the follow- 
ing bath: 

Hyposulphite of soda 4 parts. 

Bisulphite of soda 1 part. 

Water 20 parts. 

The advantages of fixing in this bath are 
that— 

a. The negatives have a perfect tone, which 
enables very fast printing. 

b. This new fixing bath remains, even after 
frequent usage, clear, and water white. 



3367. 

Eikonogen, 10; potassium caustic, 10; sod- 
ium sulphite, 20; water, 100; dilute with 3 to 
10 vols, water, according to result required, 
adding potassium bromide in case of over ex- 
posure. — Warnerke, Phot. J., xiv., 57. 



3368. 

(D.) Eikonogen, 25; sodium sulphite, 50 
water, 1,000. (A.) Potassium carbonate, 100 
water, 100. (R.) Potassium bromide, 10. 
water, 100. Mix (D) 3 parts, (A) 1 part, and 
add small quantity (R) if developer is new. — 
Cramer, Phot. T., xx., 208-210. 



3369. 

(D.) Eikonogen, 1; sodium sulphite, 2; 
water, to 32. (A.) Potassium carbonate, 1; 
sodium sulphite, 0.5; water to 64. Mix in 
equal volumes. — C. A. Dundore, Phot. T., xx., 
233, 234. 



3370. 

(D.) Eikonogen, 25; sodium sulphite, 50; 
sodium carbonate crystal, 50; potassium bro- 
mide, 0.5; water, 1,000.— C. Jones, B. J., Phot. 
A., 1891, 560, 561. 



3371. 

(A.) Potassium carbonate, 9; sodium car- 
bonate, 18; sodium sulphite, 120; water, 950. 
Dilute 100 parts with an' equal volume of 
water, and add eikonogen, 5 parts. — Phot. A., 
xxxi., 35, 36, from Amer. A. Phot. 



3373. 

Eikonogen, 50; sodium sulphite, 250; boiled 
distilled water, 400. (A.) Potassium car- 
bonate, 1; sodium carbonate cryst., 1; boiled 
distilled water, 10. To 100 parts (D) add 4 
parts (A), or more as required. — A. Phot. B., 
xxi., 69. 



8373. 

(D.) Eikonogen, 1 ounce; sodium sulphite, 
2 ounces; water, 40 ounces; potassium bro- 
mide, 8 grains. To 1 fluid ounce add not 
more than 2 drops strong ammonia solution; 
to get density add 30 to 60 drops of a solution 
of potassium carbonate (1.8). — H. Piffard. 



3374. 

(D.) Eikonogen, 5 to 6; sodium sulphite, 
25; water, 500. When dissolved add 20 parts 
of a mixture of 500 parts of a saturated solu- 
tion of sodium sulphite with 40 parts hydro- 
chloric acid. (A.) Sodium carbonate, 20; 
potassium carbonate, 5; water, 500. Mix 3 
parts (A) with 10* parts (D).— T. H. Voight, 
Phot. A., xxxi., 144. 






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3375. 

Eikonogen Developer for Bromide Paper, by 
M. V. Portruau. 

The following is the process I advise for 
Eastman's bromide paper. (Workers may, of 
course, try the ferrous oxalate developer re- 
commended in the instruction with this paper, 
but I admit that after a considerable exper- 
ience with it, I have a strong objection to it). 

Developer A. 

Eikonogen 2 drams. 

Sulphite of soda 4 drams. 

Water 8 ounces. 

To be mixed according to the instructions 
sent with the eikonogen. 

Developer B. 

Carbonate of soda 4 drams. 

Water iy 2 ounces'. 

Mix just before use. This amount will de- 
velop a 15"xl2" print. Use fresh developer 
for each print, and take care, by experiment, 
that your exposure is correct. Always do 
your contact printing by a standard artificial 
light. 

After development and washing in water 
(not under a tap), place the print in a fixing 
bath of— 

Hyposulphite of soda 10 ounces. 

Sulphite of soda 2 ounces. 

Water 45 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 110 minims. 

Leave the print in this bath for half an 
hour; then wash, not under tap, but in a print 
washer (I always use the Godstone print 
washer, which answers very well) for half an 
hour. Then immerse the print for one 
minute in a tanning bath. 

Sulphite of soda 2% drams. 

Water iy 2 ounces. 

Dissolve and add — 

Tannin 15 grains. 

Hydrochloric acid <. iy 2 drams. 

Wash in a Godstone washer for three 
hours. If after washing the print is muddy 
in the high lights, immerse it for a short time 
(sufficient to clear it only) in — 

Cyanide of potassium y 2 ounce. 

Water ,. 40 ounces. 

Iodine 1 grain. 

Then wash it again thoroughly. 

3376. Formaldehyde. 

Formaldehyde, which, with some of its 
compounds, has been recommended as a con- 
stituent of developers, has been further In- 
vestigated by W. Eschweiler and G. Gross- 
man (Annalen, eelviii., 95-110). Formaldehyde 



sodium bisulphite (sodium oxymethyl sulpho- 
nate) is obtained by mixing a strong solution 
of sodium bisulphite with crude formalde- 
hyde, and adding ethyl alcohol. It forms 
transparent crystals, easily soluble in water 
or in methly alcohol, but only slightly solu- 
ble in ethyl alcohol. The crystals have the 
composition. CH20,NaHS03,H20, but ef- 
floresce and lose water slowly when exposed 
to dry air. The salt can also be obtained 
in long, needle shaped crystals containing 
only half as much water (CH20,NaHS03) 
2,H20. Formaldehyde-potassium bisulphite 
is obtained in a similar manner, and forms 
large tabular crystals, which contain no 
water of crystallization, and have the com- 
position CH20,KHS03. 

Formaldehyde sodium bisulphite, when 
added to a pyrogallol developer produces vari- 
able effects, though in some cases greater de- 
tail is obtained with less fog. When used 
in dilute solution (1 : 1000 or 1 : 2000) as a 
preliminary bath before ferrous oxalate de- 
velopment, it reduces the time of develop- 
ment, and gives stronger images, with more 
detail. The plate should be washed, after im- 
mersion in the bath, before being placed in 
the ferrous oxalate, or fog may result. — Eder, 
Phot. C., xxvii., 105-107. 

P. Richter (Phot. Mitt., xxvi., 352) was un- 
able to recognize any advantages arising from 
the addition of formaldehyde sodium bisul- 
phite to the developer. 



3377. Hydrochinon Developers. 

These are excellent developers and are ex- 
celled only by the eikonogen developer. The 
word is spelled hydrochinon, hydrochinone, 
hydrokinone, hydroquinone, quinol, hydro, 
etc. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Sulphite sodium crystals 
chemical, pure 2 ounces. 

Hydrochinon * 1 ounce. 

Dissolve in the order named, using, if possi- 
ble, distilled water. This solution should be 
kept in a yellow bottle or in a dark place. It 
will retain its strength for a year or more. 



3378. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 2 ounces. 

Carbonate of soda 1 ounce. 

The weights are based on 437 grains to the 
ounce. Put in the graduate 2 drains of No. 
1 and iy 2 drams of No. 2, then fill up to 3 
ounces with water. If the developer works 
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This will develop several plates' in succession. 
When through, pour the developer into a 
separate bottle, filtering it through cotton, 
and preserve for use on future plates, add- 
ing a little fresh developer to it. 

Make up the following stock solutions: 1. 
Hydroquinone, 8 grains; distilled water, 8 
drams. This must be kept well corked and 
in a cool, dark place. 2. Carbonate of 
potash (dry), 12 drams; distilled water, 3 
ounces. "When quite dissolved filter carefully. 
This will keep any time. 3. Tartaric acid, 1 
dram; distilled water, 30 drams; methylated 
spirit (pure), 2 drams. This will keep if well 
corked. This' No. 3 solution is 4 ounces in 
all, water, acid, and spirit together. To de- 
velop a quarter plate, take of these stock 
solutions: Hydroquinone, 30 minims; add 
water to make up to 1 ounce; carbonate of 
potash solution, 2 drams; water, 6 drams. 
This makes 2 ounces developer when mixed 
and should then be poured over the plate, 
while in the developing dish. Keep the solu- 
tion moving. The image should appear in 
from 20 to 30 seconds, and when the detail 
appears in the shadows add tartaric acid solu- 
tion, 30 minims. Put this in the developing 
cup, and pour the developer from the plate 
into the cup, and return the solution to the 
dish. 



Carbonate of soda 4% ounces. 

Sulphite of soda 2% ounces. 

Hydrochinon i 150 grains. 

Water i 36 ounces. 

When freshly prepared the bath is too 
strong and should have a third of water 
added to it; afterward each time of using a 
certain quantity of new solution should be 
added. The solution is not filtered; the clear 
part is decanted off. 



3380. 

Citric acid 5 grains. 

Bromide of potassium « 10 grains. 

Hydrochinon 60 grains. 

Sulphite of soda 120 grains. 

Water ; 10 ounces. 

Grind the hydrochinon in a mortar with 
warm water, then add the rest and pass it on 
to the boy to be shaken until thoroughly dis- 
solved; either filter or allow to stand till 
clear. The alkali to be either caustic soda 
(4 to 6 grains per ounce), or common crystals 
of soda (40 or 50 grains per ounce), or any 
chosen mixture of the two. Equal quantities 
of each for developing. 



3381. 

A. 

Sulphite of soda 2% ounces. 

Boiled water 16 ounces. 

B. 

Crystal carbonate of soda. % pound. 
Water (boiled) 20 ounces. 

C. 

Hydrochinon 1 dram. 

Rectified 90 per cent alco- 
hol 2% ounces. 

Take % ounce each of A and B, and add % 
dram of C. 

If over exposure occurs, add to this quan- 
tity, say, 2 or 3 drops of 

Bromide of ammonium..., 200 grains. 
Water 2 ounces. 



3383. 

For Chloride Plates 

Hydrochinon 2 grains. 

Sulphite of soda 10 grains. 

Carbonate of ammonia (or 

pot) 10 grains. 

Bromide of potassium 1/10 grain. 

Water 1 otnce. 

3383. 

A. 

Hydrochinon 120 grains. 

Sulphite of soda 1 ounce. 

Bromide of potassium 25 grains. 

Water 15 ounces. 

B. 

Dry powdered pure carbon- 
ate of potash 2 ounces. 

Dry powdered pure carbon- 
ate of soda 2 ounces. 

Water to make up to 20 ounces. 

A and B are mixed in equal parts for devel- 
opment, and the picture is brought out in 
about three minutes when ordinary bromide 
plates are used. 

3384. 

Carbutt's Hydrochinon Developer. 

A. 

Warm distilled water 20 ounces. 

Sulphite soda crystals 4 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 1 dram. 

Hydrochinon 360 grains. 

Bromide potassium 30 grains. 

Water to make up to ^ 32 ounces. 

B. 

Carbonate potash 1 ounce. 

Caustic soda in stick % ounce. 

Water, to make 32 ounces. 






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a 

Accelerator. 

Caustic soda 1 ounce. 

Water, to make 10 ounces. 

D. 
Restrainer. 

Bromide potassium % ounce. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Take of A 1 ounce, B 1 ounce, water 2 to 
4 ounces — the first for instantaneous and 
short exposures on eclipse and special plates, 
and the latter for time exposures, portraits 
and views on our B landscape and ortho. 
plates. For lantern transparencies, 1 ounce 
A, 1 ounce B, water 4 ounces; 15 to 30 drops 
of a 10 per cent solution bromide potassium. 
After using, filter into bottle for future use, 
and for starting development on time ex- 
posed plates and films. 



3385. 

Hydrochinon Developer. — J. D. Cooper 
communicates to the British Journal of Pho- 
tography the following formula: 

Hydrokinone 6 grains. 

Bromide potassium 1 grain. 

Citric acid y 2 grain. 

Sulphite sodium (crystals). 20 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

The sulphite and other ingredients are first 
dissolved, then the hydrokinone is added. 

An alkali solution of carbonate of soda 
(crystals) is made, 40 grains of soda to 1 
ounce of water. 

Equal quantities of the hydrokinone and 
soda solutions make up the developer for 
negatives. 

The formula is somewhat strong for films 
rich in silver. If too much density is pro- 
duced, the right amount may be obtained 
by dilution, which will adapt the developer 
perfectly for the production of opals or lan- 
tern slides. 



3386. 

Hydrochinon Developer (Piffard). — Hydro- 
chinon (Merck's), 50 grains; carbonate of 
potash, 150 grains; sulphite of soda crystals, 
200 grains; water, 10 full ounces. Mix and 
filter. After using it may be returned to the 
bottle for future use. 



3387. 

Hydrochinon — For Lantern Slides. 
A. 

Hydrochinon 10 grains. 

Sulphite soda crystals, C. 

P 60 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 



Carbonate of potash, C. P. 30 grains. 
Water % ounce. 

Add B to A, and also enough water to make 
the whole measure 2 fluid ounces, and pour 
upon the plate. 

The development starts rather slower than 
usual, but when once commenced proceeds 
with remarkable uniformity. 



3388. 

A developer for negatives is made up as 
follows: 

A. 

Hydrochinon 15 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

B. 
Carbonate of soda crystals, 

C. P 30 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

Use equal parts of each, and less of No. 2 
in case over exposure is feared. After use 
the developer may be preserved until as high 
as forty plates have been developed. 



3389. 

Hydrochinon Developer for Lantern Slides. 
— At a general meeting of the North Mid- 
dlesex Photographic Club, Mr. Beadle read 
an interesting paper on slide making, and 
recommended the following developer: 

Hydrochinon 160 grains. 

Sodium sulphite 2 ounces. 

Nitric acid 60 grains. 

Potassium bromide 30 grains. 

Water, to make up to 20 ounces. 

For the second solution: 

Sodium hydrate 160 grains. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Equal parts of the two solutions form the 
developer. For use, take equal parts of this 
solution and water. The picture should 
come up quickly and perfect in details, with 
full density in the shadows. — American 
Journal of Photography. 



3390. 

Compound Hydroquinone and Eikonogen 
Developer. — In consideration of the fact that 
eikonogen, per se, tends to give flat negatives, 
though the energy of the developer is im- 
paired, and that hydroquinone, per se, acts 
rather slowly, giving, however, great density, 
a combined hydroquinone and eikonogen de- 
veloper is used and strongly recommended by 
a well-known amateur photographer. Its 
composition is the following: 



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No. 1. 

Sulphite of soda cryst 60 grams. 

Cryst. soda 40 grams. 

Distilled water 1000 c. c. 

After solution, to be filtered; keeps any 
time. 

No. 2. 

Eikonogen 50 grams. 

Hydrochinon 50 grams. 

Are placed together in a porcelain mortar, 
rubbed down to fine powder, and then kept 
dry for use in a well-stoppered glass bottle. 
For use, take 1 gram of No. 2 and dissolve 
it in 100 c. c. of No. 1. The solution keeps 
well for several weeks. This developer is 
said to possess all the advantages of the hy- 
droquinone, iron oxalate and pyro developers, 
without their disadvantages. The greatest 
advantage, however, consists of the fact that 
the developer, if larger quantities are to be 
prepared, is always ready at hand, and that 
larger or smaller quantities may always be 
prepared without any delay. — H. E. Gunther, 
in Photo. News. 



3391. 

No. 1. 

Soda carbonate 60 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

No. 2. 

Hydrochinon 2 grains. 

Soda sulphite 60 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

For use mix 

No. 1 1 ounce. 

No. 2 2 ounces. 

Water 1 ounce. 

The above isi a modification of a formula 
given by C. B. Yan Sothern, in which he ad- 
vises the use of 12 grains hydrochinon to 1 
ounce water. It is usually advisable to em- 
ploy a larger quantity than I have stated 
when it is found that the gelatine plate used 
gives a thin image. For line work, negatives 
and transparencies, the developer may be 
used over and over again, and then be bottled 
for use as a starter on another batch of plates. 
Each successive exposure should be longer 
when the old developer is used. 



3392. 

Hydrochinon Developer for Bromide Prints. 
— Sodic sulphite, 3 ounces; water, 30 ounces; 
hydrochinon, 45 grains; sodic carbonate (pure 
but not dried) 4% ounces; potassic carbonate, 
4% ounces; potassic bromide, 60 grains. 
Divide the water into two parts. Dissolve 
the sodic sulphite, hydrochinon and bromide 



in one part, and the other ingredients in the 
other part. Mix the solutions in equal parts 
for use. 



3393. Parainidophenjol Developer. 

This new developer, introduced by Messrs. 
Lumiere, has now been tried also by our Ger- 
man authorities, and their judgments are, on 
the whole, favorable to this reducing agent. 
Professor Vogel finds that the pure parami- 
dophenol is very insoluble, so that it was im- 
possible to prepare with it the solution recom- 
mended by Messrs. Lumiere. Dr. Schuc- 
hardt, of Gorlitz, has, however, succeeded in 
producing a hydrochloric preparation of this 
substance, which, in the hands of Prof. 
Vogel, proved to be more soluble than the 
first one, though it is said to dissolve much 
less readily in cold water than hydroquinone. 
It is, therefore, necessary to heat the water 
previously. The developer thus obtained is 
very energetic, giving, however, somewhat 
thin negatives, and the mixed solution soon 
becomes brown. If the paramidophenol so- 
lution and the sodium sulphite solution are 
kept separately, they will keep clear. Also 
Profs. Eder and E. Valenta state that the 
paramidophenol forms an excellent developer, 
giving, according to its composition, every de- 
gree of softness or intensity. The color of 
the negative is grayish black, the film being 
free of every bluish or greenish color, even 
if a neutral fixing bath is used. The authors 
recommend the use of a ^dilute solution for 
the reason that then the paramidophenol does 
not crystalize out of its' solution, and the de- 
veloper becomes less expensive. Moreover, 
the diluted solutions form equally excellent 
developers as the concentrated ones. The 
formulae recommended by the authors are 
the following: 

3394. 

Paramidophenol Soda Developer. 

Water 1000 c. c. 

Sodium sulphite 80 grams. 

Carbonate of soda 40 grams. 

Paramidophenol 4 grams. 

3395. 

Paramidophenol Potash Developer. 

Water 1000 c. c. 

Sodium sulphite 120 grams. 

Carbonate of potash 40 grams. 

Paramidophenol 4 grams. 

The latter is specially well suited for plates 
which tend to give thin negatives, while the 
.soda developer yields more delicate images. 
With the latter, also, transparencies on gela- 
I'.ino bromide emulsion may be developed very 
successfully.— H. E. Gunther, in Photo News. 



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3396. Hydroxy lamine Developer. 

Hydroxylamine hydrochlorate, 2 grains; 
caustic soda, 3 grains; potassium bromide, y 2 
grain; water, to 1 ounce, adding citric acid, 
1 grain or less, if the water used is" hard, to 
prevent the precipitation of lime carbonate 
(from the carbonate always present in caustic 
soda) upon the face of the negative. If the 
citric acid is necessary the bromide of potas- 
sium may be omitted, except in cases of over 
exposure. Hydroxylamine is stated to have 
a considerable tendency to cause frilling (and 
therefore must be used dilute) and to be 
unsuitable for developing plates that have 
received anything less than a full exposure. 

3397. 

Hydroxylamine and Pyro. Developer. — 
In a paper read before the Photographic So- 
ciety of Philadelphia, reported in the Amer- 
ican Journal of Photography, by Dr. Charles 
L. Mitchell, the following formula is given: 
No. 1. 
Hydroxylamine chloride... 30 grains. 

Pyrogallol 240 grains. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Xo. 2. 
Sodium carbonate (crystals) 1% ty. ounces. 
Sodium sulphite (crystals). 4*4 ty. ounces. 
Water 16 ounces. 

To develop, take of Xo. 1 from 1 to 2 fl. 
ounces; Xo. 2, y. 2 fl. ounce; water, 4 ounces; 
flow over the plate, and if the image does 
not appear within thirty or forty seconds, 
add more of Xo. 2 solution in small portions 
at a time, until development commences. 

I have developed a dozen lantern slides, 
using the same developer for all, and after 
the last plate was finished, the developer was 
but of a moderately light orange color. The 
mixture of the pyro and the hydroxylamine 
chloride seems to possess remarkable keep- 
ing qualities. As a general rule, pyro. mix- 
tures should be stored in yellow or amber 
colored glass bottles, provided with rubber 
corks, as the amber color prevents the ac- 
tinic light from penetrating to the contents of 
the bottle. The developer is very superior 
for negatives, giving clear shadows' free from 
stain. Hydroxylamine, though a somewhat 
new article in photography, can be had from 
the largest dealers and manufacturers in pho- 
tographic materials. 

3398. Iron Developers. 

1. For Cold Tones: 

98 citrate 136 grains. 

Potass oxalate 44 grains. 

Hot distilled water 1 ounce. 



2. For Warm Tones: 

Citric acid 120 grains. 

Ammonia (carbonate) 88 grains. 

Cold distilled water 1 ounce. 

3. For Extra Warm Tones: 

Citric acid 180 grains. 

Ammonia (carbonate) 60 grains. 

Cold distilled water 1 ounce. 

In mixing the solutions Xos. 2 and 3, it is 
advisable to place the crystals of the salts in 
a deep vessel, and after adding the water to 
leave alone till all effervescence ceases. Make 
over night. To 3 parts of any of the above 
formulae add 1 part of the following at the 
time of using: 

Sulphate of iron 140 grains. 

Sulphuric acid 1 drop. 

Distilled water 1 ounce. 

To develop place the exposed plate in a 
porcelain dish, flood over with sufficient of 
either of the solutions just mentioned, and 
keep the dish rocking. The time required to 
complete development will vary from one to 
ten minutes, according to the developer used 
and the density required. The first formula 
given is the quickest and the last is the 
slowest developer. 



3399. 

Ferrous Citro-Oxalate Developer: 
Xo. 1. 

Potassium citrate 700 grains. 

Potassium oxalate 200 grains. 

Water 3% ounces. 

Xo. 2. 

Ferrous sulphate 300 grains. 

Water 3^> ounces. 

Mix in equal parts. 

For black and white tones, develop with 
ferrous oxalate. The following is the for- 
mula: 



3400. 

Oxalate Solution: 



Xo. 3. 



Xeutral oxalate of potash. 1 ounce. 

Bromide of potassium 2y 2 grains. 

Hot distilled water 5 ounces. 



3401. 

Iron Solution. 

Pure proto-sulphate of iron 2 drams. 
Hot distilled water 2 ounces. 

To develop, mix together 2 parts of oxalate 
solution with 1 part of iron solution, and 



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pour in 1 wave across 1 the plate. Rock well 
during development, which it is advisable to 
continue as long as detail is visible in the 
high lights of the picture. Rinse well after 
development, and previous to fixing. The 
fixing solution should be of the strength of 1 
ounce in 4 ounces of water. The hyposul- 
phite of soda solution should not be mixed 
till required, as a trace of this salt in the de- 
veloping bath is ruinous. 

3403. 

The following oxalate developer is said 
to keep well, and was proposed by Mr. Archer 
Clarke at a regular meeting of the London and 
Provincial Photographic Association: 
No. 1. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Citrate of ammonium 1 ounce. 

Chloride of ammonium.... 1 dram. 
Bromide of ammonium.... 1% drams. 

Oxalate of potash 10 ounces. 

Water 50 ounces. 

No. 2. 
Protosulphate of iron, 

3 ounces and 60 grains. 

Citric acid 1 ounce. 

Water 50 ounces. 

Mix in equal proportions. 



3403. Pyro (Pyrogallic Acid) Developers. 

The following formula, given by Captain 
Abney, in his splendid treatise on photog- 
raphy (of the greatest service to the expert), 
is an excellent one, giving the very highest re- 
sults, and is deservedly popular. The solu- 
tions here given will have to be made up and 
kept in tight-fitting stoppered bottles: 
No. 1. 
Pyro Solution. 

Pyrogallic acid 50 grains. 

Sodium sulphite 150 grains. 

Citric acid 10 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

No. 2. 
Bromide Solution. 

Potassium bromide 50 grains. 

Water 1 ounce. 

No. 3. 
Ammonia Solution. 

Ammonia (0.880) 2 drams. 

Water 2% ounces. 

These are not exactly 10 per cent solutions, 
but for all practical purposes may be regarded 
as such. Ten drops of No. 1 (pyro solution) 
will contain 1 grain of pyrogallic acid; 10 
drops of No. 2 (bromide solution) 1 minim of 
potassium bromide; 10 drops of No. 3 (am- 
monia solution) 1 minim of pure ammonia. 



3404. 

Beach's Potash Developer. 
Pyro Solution. 

Warm distilled water 4 fl. ounces. 

Sulphite of soda (pure).... 4 ounces. 
When cooled to 70° F., add 
Sulphurous acid (strong). . . 3% fl. ounces. 
Pyrogallic acid 1 ounce. 

3405. 

Potash Solution. 
A. 
Carbonate potash (chem. 

pure) 3 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

B. 
Sulphite soda (chem. pure 

crystals) 2 ounces. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Mix a and b separately, and then combine 
in one solution. 

3406. 

Carbutt's Pyro Developer. 

Pyro Stock Solution. 

A. 

Distilled or ice water 10 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 1 dram. 

Sulphite of soda, crystals. . 4 ounces. 

Then add Schering's pyro, 1 ounce, and 
water to make 16 fl. ounces. 

3407. 

Stock Soda Solution. 
B. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Soda sulphite crystals 2 ounces. 

Soda carbonate crystals (or 

dry gran., 1 ounce) 2 ounces. 

Potash carbonate 1 ounce. 

Dissolve, and add water to make measure 
16 fl. ounces. 

Bromide Solution. 
C. 
3408. 

Bromide of sodium or po- 
tassium % ounce. 

Water 5 ounces. 

For Developer: 

Dilute 1 ounce of stock b with 7 ounces of 
water for cold weather and 10 to 12 ounces of 
water in summer. To 3 ounces of dilute b 
add iy 2 to 2% drams of a. The more pyro 
the denser the negative, and vice versa. No 
yellowing or fogging need be apprehended if 
our directions are followed. Development 
should be countinued until the image seems 
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3409. 

Cramer's Pyro Developer. — Prepare the 
following solutions: 

Alkaline Solution. 
A. 

Water 1250 c. c. 

Carbonate of sodium crys- 
tals (sal soda) 50 grin. 

Sulphite of sodium crystals 60 grm. 

This will produce negatives of a warm tone. 
If the sulphite is increased to 6 ounces the 
negatives will be of a gray or black tone. 
The alkaline solution must be kept in well 
stoppered bottles. If the negatives show 
yellow stain, make a fresh solution and try 
another lot of sulphite crystals. 

3410. 

Pyro Solution. 

B. 

Distilled or pure ice watei 300 c. c. 

Oxalic acid 1 grm. 

Sulphite of sodium crystals , 6 grm. 

Pyrogallic acid 50 grm. 

All pyro solutions work best while fresh. 
Eight grains dry pyro may be substituted for 
1 dram of this solution. 



3411. 

Bromide Solution. 
C. 

Water 300 c. c. 

Bromide of potassium 30 grm. 

For use: 

Alkaline solution 250 c. c. 

Pyro solution 10 c. c. 

When the developer is quite new the addi- 
tion of 

Bromide solution. .10 to 40 min. 1 to 3 c. c. 
is necessary to make it work perfectly clear. 

Keep the developer moderately warm in 
winter, cool in summer. 

Bromide solution produces intensity, con- 
trast and clearness. It should be added 
when the developer is strong in alkali and 
new, also when developer is warm, when 
plates are over-exposed, or when the plates 
develop without sufficient strength and brill- 
iancy. Use Cramer's clearing solution. 

In compounding developers, carbonate of 
potassium or of sodium in different forms may 
be used to answer the same purpose, if proper 
attention is paid to their relative strength. 

Twelve parts carbonate of sodium crystals 
(commonly termed sal soda or washing soda) 
are equivalent to 5 parts carbonate of sodium, 
dried, or 6 parts carbonate of potassium. 

The sulphite of sodium is added to prevent 
rapid decomposition of the pyro or eikonogen. 
Too much sulphite in the developer renders 
its action slower. 



3412. 

Cramer's One Solution Developer. — Stock 
Solution: 

Sulphite of soda, crystals. . 3 ty. ounces 

Bromide of ammonium.... % ty. ounce. 

Bromide of potassium V/ 2 ty. ounces. 

Pyrogallic acid 2 ty. ounces. 

Dissolve thoroughly in dis- 
tilled water 32 fl. ounces. 

Add sulphuric acid, c. p... 20 minims. 

Finally strongest aqua am- 
monia 3 fl. ounces. 

And water to make up bulk 

to 40 fl. ounces. 

Measure the sulphuric acid and the aqua 
ammonia very exactly, and keep the latter in 
a cool place. 

For use dilute as follows: For normal ex- 
posures, 1 ounce to 11 ounces water. For 
instantaneous exposures, use 1 ounce with 3 
or 6 ounces water. For overexposed plates, 
1 to 20 ounces. Fix in alum and hypo bath. 

3413. 

The pyro. and carbonate of soda devel- 
oper will give softness. Dissolve in 

Water 6 ounces. 

Sodium sulphite 2 drams. 

Sodium carbonate 2 drams. 

and just before using add 

Dry pyrogallic acid 3 grains. 

Should the density be too weak, put in twice 
the quantity of pyro. The softness is regu- 
lated by the quantity of pyro. No bromide 
is necessary. 

3414. 

Hoover's Potash Developer. — 1. Water, 
24 fl. ounces; sulphite of soda crystals, 4 
ounces; citric acid, 120 grains; bromide am- 
monium, 40 grains; pyrogallic acid, 2 ounces. 
2. Water, 24 fl. ounces; sulphite of soda crys- 
tals, 4 ounces; carbonate of potash, 6 ounces. 
To develop a 5x7 plate, take water 4 ounces; 
No. 1, 2 drams; No. 2, 2 drams. If more 
intensity is required, use more of both No. 1 
and Xo. 2. More of No. 1 will restrain, more 
of Xo. 2 accelerate. 



3415. 

Hoover's Potash Developer. — A. Water, 12 
fl. ounces; crystals sodium sulphite, 2 ounces; 
citric acid, 60 grains; bromide ammonium, 20 
grains; pyrogallic acid, 1 ounce. 

B. Water, 12 fl. ounces; crystals sodium sul- 
phite, 2 ounces; potassium carbonate, 3 
ounces. Mix A and B in equal parts and use 
one dram of the mixture to each ounce of 
water. 



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3416. Tin Types, Developer for. 

Messrs. Spiller & Crook, after long experi- 
ence, give the following as a good developer 
for ferrotype plates: 

Water 1 ounce. 

Sulphate iron 14 grains. 

Saltpeter 10 grains. 

Acetic acid, No. 8 30 minims. 

Nitric acid 2 minims. 

Some have added: 
Sulphate of potash 10 grains'. 

A potassium collodion should he used. The 
tones which this developer give are of a me- 
tallic luster, resembling the daguerrotype. 



3417. The Dusting on Process. 

1. Saturated solution bichromate of am- 
monia, 10 drams; honey, 6 drams; albumen, 
6 drams; distilled water, 40 to 60 drams. 

1 ounce; grape sugar, 1 ounce; 
ounce; water, 1 pint. 



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Eikonogen. — See Developers. 



3418. Enameling Photo Prints. 

Use very clean plates and rather larger than 
the prints to be enameled. Wipe them well, 
rub them with talc, and remove the excess 
with a soft brush passed lightly over the 
surface. In a dish, half filled with ordinary 
water, immerse the photographs and allow 
them to soak. This being done, coat one 01 
the talcked plates with enameling collodion in 
the ordinary way, agitate to cause the ether 



to evaporate, and when the film has set — that 
is to say, in a few seconds — steep this plate, 
the collodionized surface up, in a second dish 
containing pure water. Now take one of 
the prints in the first dish and apply the 
printed side to the collodion, remove the 
plate from the dish, keeping the print in its 
place with the finger of the left hand, and 
remove the air bubbles by lightly rubbing the 
back of the photograph with the forefinger of 
the right hand. Care has been taken before- 
hand to prepare some very pure starch paste, 
passed through a cloth, and some thin card- 
boards, or simply thick paper, the size of the 
plates used. The air bubbles having com- 
pletely disappeared, and the perfect adherence 
of the print ascertained, dry with bibulous 
paper, and spread over the prepared card- 
board on paper a coating of the collodion by 
means of a flat brush. Apply this sheet on 
the print, pass the finger over it to obtain 
complete adherence, and give it twenty-four 
hours to dry. At the expiration of this time, 
cut with a penknife the cardboard or paper 
even with the print, and detach by one corner. 
If the plate has been well cleaned, the print 
will come off itself. We get in this manner 
a very brilliant surface, and as solid as that 
obtained by the use of gelatine, which, as it 
is seen, is entirely done away with in this 
process. The prints are afterward mounted 
on thick cardboard in the usual way. It is 
possible, by mixing with the collodion some 
methyl blue dissolved in alcohol (a few drops 
are sufficient), to obtain moonlight effects, 
especially if a rather strong negative has 
been used. For sunsets, make use of an al- 
coholic solution in coccinine. — F. Tarniquet, 
I in Science en Famille. 



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3419. Encaustic Paste. 

No. 1. 

Pure wax 500 parts. 

Gum elemi 10 parts. 

Benzole 200 parts. 

Essence of lavender 300 parts. 

Oil of spike 15 parts. 

34=30. 

No. 2. 
A glace appearance may be given to 
prints' by rubbing over the surface lightly 
with clean flannel the encaustic paste made 
by dissolving in 200 grams of benzole the 
following ingredients: 

Gum elemi 10 grams. 

Essence of lavender 300 grams. 

Oil of spike 15 granns. 

Filter and add 

Pure virgin wax 500 grams. 

The whole should be set on a water bath, 
which will aid in dissolving the wax. To 
make the paste thinner add more of the es- 
sence of lavender. 



3421. 

No. 3. 
Dr. Eder's Cerate (Encaustic) Paste. — 
White wax (pure), 100 grains; dammar varn- 
ish, 40 drops; oil of turpentine, 100 drops. 

3433. 

No. 4. 

Salomon's. — Pure virgin wax, 250 parts; 
gum elemi, 5 parts; benzole, 100 parts; es- 
sence of lavender, 150 parts; oil of spike, iy 2 
parts. i i 



3433, 



No. 5. 



Best white wax (cut in shreds), 2 ounces; 
turpentine, 10 fl. ounces. Dissolve with mod- 
erate heat. If too hard, add a. small quan- 
tity of turpentine. 



3434. Faded Photographs, to restore. 

'The following method is simple and in most 
cases quite effective: Put the card in warm 
water until the paper print may be removed 
from the card backing without injury. Hang 
up the paper in a warm place until perfectly 
dry, and then immerse it in a quantity of 
melted white wax. As soon as it has become 
thoroughly Impregnated with the wax it is 
pressed under a hot iron to remove excess of 
the latter, and rubbed with a tuft of cotton. 
This operation deepens the contrasts of the 
picture and brings out many minor details 
previously invisible, the yellowish whites be- 
ing rendered more transparent, while the half- 
tones and shadows retain their brown opaque 
character. The picture thus prepared may 
then be used in preparing a negative which 
may be employed for printing in the usual 
way. 

Faded prints can be restored by means of 
the following solutions: A. Sodium tungs- 
tate, 100 parts; water, 5000 parts. B. Pre- 
cipitated chalk, 4 parts; bleaching powder 
(chloride of lime), 1 part; sodium aurochloride, 
4 parts; distilled water, 400 parts. Solution 
B is made in a well-corked yellow glass 
bottle, is allowed to stand twenty-four hours, 
and is then filtered into another yellow bottle. 
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iu a mixture of 1 to 2 parts of B and 40 parts 
of A. When the intensification is sufficient, 
the prints are immersed in a solution of 1 part 
of hypo, in 10 parts of solution A until all 
yellowness has disappeared, and are then 
well washed. — (H. Laudaurek, A. Phot. B., 
21, 420.) 

3425. 

Failures. 

Foggy Negatives. — Caused by over-ex- 
posure; white light entering camera or dark 
room; too much light during development; de- 
composed pyro., introduction of hypo, or ni- 
trate of silver into the developing solution, 
from the fingers or from tablets used for wet 
plates; developer too warm or containing too 
much carbonate of soda or potassium. 

Weak Negatives with Clear Shadows. — 
Under development. 

Too Strong with Clear Shadows. — Under ex- 
posure. 

Weak Negative with plenty of Detail in the 
Shadows". — Want of intensity, caused by over 
exposure. Shorter exposure with longer de- 
velopment will, in most cases, produce suffi- 
cient intensity, and an addition of more pyro. 
stock solution to the developer will seldom 
be necessary. 

Fine Transparent Lines. — Using too stiff a 
brush in dusting off plates. 

Transparent Spots. — Dust on plate or air 
bubbles while developing. 

Crystallizations on the Negative and Fad- 
ing of Image. — Imperfect elimination of the 
hypo. 

Yellow-colored negatives are caused by not 
using enough sulphite of sodium in developer, 
or if the article used is old and decomposed. 

Yellow stains are caus'ed by using old hypo, 
bath which has assumed a dark color, or by 
not leaving plate in hypo, bath long enough. 

Mottled appearance of negative is caused by 
precipitation from fixing bath containing 
alum, if the solution becomes old or if it is 
turbid. 

3426. 

Films, to Strip. 
M. Izard recommends the following plan 
of stripping photographic films from glass. 
Make a solution of rubber in benzol, and coat 
your negative with it; when dry, apply a film 
of collodion, yet another of rubber, and fin- 
ally, another of collodion. A narrow strip 
of black paper is then cemented to the mar- 
gin of the plate all round, and this*, when the 
film is dry and is stripped with a penknife, 
makes a suitable frame. 



3427. Fixing Bath. 

Carbutt's New Acid Fixing and Clearing 
Bath. 
No. 1. 

Hyposulphite of soda 16 ounces. 

Sulphite of soda 2 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 1 dram. 

Chrome alum % ounce. 

Warm water 64 ounces. 

Dissolve the sulphite of soda in 8 ounces of 
the water. Mix the sulphuric acid with 2 
ounces of the water, and add slowly to the 
solution of soda sulphite; dissolve the chrome 
alum in 8 ounces of the water, the hyposul- 
phite soda in the remainder, then add the 
sulphite solution, and last the chrome alum. 
This fixing bath will not discolor until after 
long usage, and both clears up the shadows 
of the negative and hardens the film at the 
same time. 

Let remain two or three minutes after neg- 
ative is 1 cleared of all appearance of silver 
bromide. Then wash in running water for 
not less than half an hour to free from any 
trace of hypo, solution. Swab the surface 
with wad of wet cotton, rinse, and place in 
rack to dry spontaneously. 
No. 2. 
Cramer's Fixing Bath. — After developing 
and rinsing, the negatives may be fixed in a 
plain hypo, bath, 1 part hyposulphite of soda 
to 4 parts of water, but the following form- 
ula is especially recommended: 

Water 1 qt. 1 liter. 

Sulphite of sodium crys- 
tals 4 oz. 120 grin. 

After being dissolved add 

Sulphuric acid % oz. 15 c. c. 

Chrome alum, powd. 3 oz. 90 grin. 
Dissolve and pour this into a solution of 

Hyposulphite of soda. . .2 lb. 1 kilo. 

Water 3 qt. 3 liters. 

This bath combines the following advan- 
tages: It remains dear after frequent use; 
it does not discolor the negatives and forms 
no precipitate upon them. It also hardens 
the gelatine to such a degree that the nega- 
tives can be washed in warm water, provided 
they have been left in the bath a sufficient 
time. The plate should be allowed to remain 
in the bath five to ten minutes after the bro- 
mide of silver appears to have been dissolved. 
The permanency of the negative and freedom 
from stain as well as the hardening of the 
film depends upon this. 

No. 3. 
Fixing Bath. 

Hyposulphite of soda 500 grams. 

Water 4 liters. 



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No. 4. 

Hot Weather Bath. 

Hyposulphite of soda 1 kilo. 

Powdered alum 1 kilo. 

Bicarbonate of soda 250 grams. 

Water 8 liters. 



3438. Flash light Powder, to Burn. 

A square metallic spirit lamp, having a 
flat top, is fitted with two wicks, one in front 
of the other, and separated by two or three 
inches. Immediately behind this lamp is a 
short wide-mouthed bottle containing magne- 
sium in powder. Dipping into> this powder 
is a glass tube, the other end being carried up 
through the cork and bent toward the flames 
of the spirit lamp, which are in a line with 
the direction of the blowpipe. A second 
short piece of tube is passed through the cork, 
its outer end being connected with the rubber 
tube of a pneumatic ball. On giving this 
ball a quick, sharp squeeze, a small quantity 
of the powder is suddenly ejected from the 
blowpipe nozzle against the flames, this being 
attended by a dazzling flash. This is capable 
of being repeated as long as any of the mag- 
nesium powder remains in the bottle. — Br. 
Jour, of Photography. 



3429. Flash Light Powders. 

1. Magnesium powder, 6 ounces; potassium 
chlorate, 12 ounces; antimony sulphide, 2 
ounces; 75 to 150 grains of the powder should 
be used. 2. 15 grains of gun cotton and 30 
grains of magnesium powder are used. 

No. 3. 

Magnesium 40 per cent. 

Permanganate of potassium 40 per cent. 

Peroxide of barium 20 per cent. 

4. Purchase 1 ounce of magnesium powder 
and 1 ounce of negative gun cotton from 
dealers in photographic materials. Place on 
a dust pan enough cotton, when pulled out, to 
measure about 3% inches in diameter. 
Sprinkle it over with 20 grains of magnesium 
powder to form a thin, even film. Lay over 
the magnesium thus arranged a very thin 
layer of gun cotton. Connect to the bunch 
of cotton a small fuse of twisted cotton about 
6 inches long, so that it will extend to the 
side of the dust pan. Then set the pan on 
a step ladder near the object, and when ready, 
light the gun-cotton fuse with a match, when 
instantly a brilliant flash will ensue. There 
are several ready prepared magnesium com- 
pounds now sold with special devices and 
lamps to fire them. 



3430. To Find the Focus of a Lens. 

The focus of a lens, i. e., the distance it 
is from the ground glass when the object to 
be photographed is in correct focus 1 , differs 
with the distance at which the object photo- 
graphed is from the camera. The focus, 
however, for the purpose of definition, is 
what is known as the equivalent focus, and 
is taken as that distance at which an object 
at a considerable distance off is found to be 
in focus. The simplest way to find the equiv- 
alent focus* of a lens is to point the lens and 
camera at the sun, and focus the image of 
the latter on the ground glass. The distance, 
then, between the ground glass and the lens, 
if a single one, or between the ground glass 
and the diaphragm aperture, will be the equiv- 
alent focus of the lens. There are more ex- 
act and mathematical methods than this, but 
it will be found to be practically all that is 1 
desired except for purely scientific purposes. 

Formaldehyde. — See Developers. 



3431. Frilling. 

1. The following formula of Captain Ab- 
ney's is, in most cases, a sure remedy against 
frilling: 

Tough pyroxyline 6 grains. 

Alcohol (0.820) % ounce. 

Ether (0.75.) y 2 ounce. 

Apply this to the film before development; 
the solvents must then be washed away in a 
dish of clean water. When all repellent ac- 
tion is gone, apply the developing solution. 

2. No. 1. Gallic acid, 1 part; alcohol, 10 
parts. No. 2. Silver nitrate, 1 part; water, 
16 parts; acetic acid, % part. Mix 1 part 
No. 1 with 4 parts water and add a few drops 
No. 2. 



3432. Frost Pictures on the Windows. 

The beautiful fairyland-like forms which 
frost often takes on the window panes of a 
cold morning form a splendid and attractive 
subject for camera work. They are best 
taken when the light falls on them sideways, 
and not full from the front. Set the camera 
dead square with the window and, behind the 
window pane and a foot from it, put a board 
covered with black velvet or other dark non- 
actine material. Use a slow plate, stop down 
until the utmost sharpness is obtained, and 
give an exposure of three or four seconds, 
calculated at f/16. Of course in most cases 
to secure these pictures the photographer 
must be up early. 



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3433. Glazing Gelatine Prints. 

The use of highly hand-polished sheet vul- 
canite rubber for imparting a high gloss to 
the surface of gelatino-broinide prints is" now 
well known, but, in consequence of the diffi- 
culty in obtaining good samples, and of its 
high cost, the general use of it has been some- 
what limited. A substitute, in the shape of 
ferrotype plates, costing but a mere fraction 
of the rubber, has been recently tried wuth 
success. Upon the smooth, varnished side of 
the sheet is laid the moist print, film side 
down. It is then squeegeed by passing a 
rubber roller over the back, which presses out 
all the air bells. In an hour or so the print, 
when dry, can be pulled off at one corner, and 
will possess a high gloss. A slight heat ap- 
plied on the rough side of the metal sheet 
will materially hasten the drying. — Scientific 
American. 



3434, 



Glace Prints. 



Apply the prints face down while wet to the 
smooth varnished side of a ferrotype plate, 
squeezing it by rolling a rubber roller over 
the back, having blotting psper between the 
print and paper. When dry it will have a 
high polish and drop off the sheet. The 
polish is called glace finish. To mount such 
prints without losing the gloss, make the fol- 
lowing mounting solution: Soak 1 ounce re- 
fined gelatine in cold water for an hour, then 
drain off and squeeze out the water as much 
as possible; put the gelatine in a jelly . pot 
and place the latter in a pan of hot water on 
the fire; when the gelatine has melted stir 
in slowly 2\o ounces pure alcohol, and bottle 
for use. This glue will keep indefinitely, 
and can be melted for use in a few minutes by 
standing the bottle in a basin of hot water. 
As it contains' a very small percentage of 
water, it hardly affects the gloss of the prints 
and dries almost immediately. 

3435. Glass Substitute, Orange. 

Mr. J. B. Huffman, of Chillicothe, Mo., 
sends the following substitute for orange 
glass for dark room work to the St. Louis 
Photographer. It is simple and easily tried: 

Asphaltum 3 parts. 

Spirits of turpentine 1 part. 

Coat the glass plate from one to four times, 
as desired, flowing the same as if it were col- 
lodion. 



3436. Photographic Dark Room Windows. 

The following formula has been recom- 
mended as a stain for dark room windows: 



Water 100 c. c. 

Gelatine „ 5 grammes. 

Nitrate of silver 1 gramme. 

Glass coated with this solution is exposed 
to light until it assumes a reddish brown 
tint. It is then washed to eliminate the ni- 
trate of silver. A surface is thus obtained 
through which the actinic rays do not pass. 
The coloration may be deepened by increas- 
ing the proportion of nitrate of silver up to 
3 or even 4 grammes. Glass tinted in this 
way may also be used to shade the dark room 
lantern. 

3437. Gold, Chloride of. 

Dr. John H. Janeway, an amateur photo- 
grapher, suggests the following method: Dis- 
solve a $2.50 gold piece in 6 drams of chemi- 
cally pure muriatic acid, 3 drams chemically 
pure nitric acid, and 3 drams distilled water. 
Put the gold in a large graduate, pour on the 
acids and water, cover the graduate with a 
piece of glass to shut off or retard the escape 
of fumes, and set in the sun or in a warm 
place. When the gold is dissolved add bicar- 
bonate of soda very gradually, stirring with 
a glass rod at each addition, until efferves- 
cence has ceased and the froth subsided, and 
the* carbonate of copper which has been 
formed is deposited as a green precipitate. 
Xow add 6 ounces of water, and let the whole 
settle for not over thirty minutes, and then 
very carefully filter the solution. To the 
clear golden liquid which has passed through 
the filter add carefully enough nitric acid, 
chemically pure, to turn blue litmus paper 
decidedly red, then add enough pure water to 
make the solution measure 32 fluid ounces. 
The solution w T ill keep for any length of time, 
and 1 ounce will tone 4 sheets of paper. — 
From Philadelphia Photographer. 

3438. Halation and its Prevention. 

Halation is the term given to the halo 
which often surrounds windows in photo- 
graphs of interiors, and blocks up the details. 
It is, too, often found to occur in landscapes 
taken in a strong light, the tops of trees and 
other objects which are surrounded by strong 
light being lost in a mist, or entirely oblite- 
rated. It is caused by reflection from the 
back of the plate, and occurs most strikingly 
in plates of the cheap class, which are thinly 
coated. With very thickly-coated plates it 
rarely occurs, except when taking brightly- 
lighted interiors. To prevent it, the back of 
the plate may be coated with a mixture of 
powdered burnt sienna, V 2 ounce; gum arabic, 
V 2 ounce; glycerine, 1 ounce; water, 5 ounces. 
This is readily washed off before develop- 



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ment. A special ready-made preparation is 
sold for this purpose by Tylar, if preferred. 
Another way is to cut dead black needle 
paper, or black American cloth, to the size 
of the plate, coat it with glycerine and 
squeegee it onto the back of the plate when 
placing it in the slide. 

No. 1. 
Cornu (Compt. Rend., B. S. P. Phot.) has 
discussed the phenomena of halation, and 
points out that in order to prevent halation 
entirely the varnish or pigment put on the 
back of the plate must have the same refract- 
ive index as glass. Such a pigment is ob- 
tained by mixing lampblack with certain es- 
sential oils, a mixture of oil of cloves and 
oil of cinnamon answering very well. 

No. 2. 

Debenham (Phot. J.) has investigated the 
relative efficiency of various substances when 
applied as a backing to plates' with a view to 
prevent halation, and finds that very good re- 
sults are obtained with a mixture of gelatine 
and burnt sugar, or gum, burnt sugar, and 
Chinese ink. 

No. 3. 

J. Pike (B. J. Phot. A.) backs plates with 
a mixture of matt varnish and collodion 
deeply stained with rosaniline. The collo- 
dion he makes by dissolving 1 ounce pyroxy- 
lin in 12 ounces methylated spirit and 36 
ounces methylated ether of sp. gr. 0.735. 

No. 4. 
Mr. W. E. Debenham (Jnl. of Photo. Soc. 
N. S., xiv) has devised an apparatus for esti- 
mating the efficiency of plate backings. He 
employs a paraffine lamp behind an optical 
lantern condenser, and a graduated screen in 
front of it, reflecting the light into the 
camera lens by a right-angled prism, on the 
reflecting surface of which the material to 
be tested is placed. He has tested a con- 
siderable number of substances, and the fol- 
lowing list enumerates them in the order of 
their efficiency, and gives occasional explana- 
tory remarks: 

a. No backing. 

b. Two parts of lampblack with 1 part of 
bitumen. Optical contact very poor when 
dry. 

c. Carbon tissue squeegeed on after soak- 
ing it in a mixture of equal parts of glycerine 
and water. Practically impossible to ge't 
optical contact. 

d. Burnt sienna laid on with a sponge. 

e. A benzine solution of bitumen applied 
thickly. 

f. A commercial dead black. 

g. Gum and burnt sienna. 

h. Gelatine, burnt sugar and China ink. 



i. Gelatine and burnt sugar. 

j. Gum, burnt sugar and China ink. 

It seems that with backing e the exposure 
must be increased about 240 times to get an 
effect equal to that when no backing is ap- 
plied. The last three give practically equal 
results, and are very strikingly superior to 
the bitumen e. Mr. Chapman Jones' (Photo- 
graphy) holds that under theoretically perfect 
conditions the whole of the photographically 
active light that impinges upon a sensitive - 
plate would be retained in the film, and be 
available for the production of the image 
on development, and that the film ought to 
be, and practically can be, so opaque that 
backing the plate is unnecessary in landscape 
work and portraiture. Some Continental 
savants have given much attention to the 
subject of halation, but they do not appear 
to have added anything to our knowledge of 
the matter. 

Hydrochinon. See Developers. 

Hydroxylamine. See Developers. 



3439. ' Hypo., to Remove, 

No. 1. 
Hydroxyl. 
Peroxide of hydrogen (20 

vol.) 1 dram. 

Water 5 ounces. 

After washing the negative well it is" im- 
mersed for a couple of minutes in the solu- 
tion and again rinsed in water, when the 
intensification with silver can be at once pro- 
ceeded with. 

No. 2. 

Where peroxide of hydrogen is not obtain- 
able the following may be used as a sub- 
stitute, the solution containing that sub- 
stance in combination with others: 

Barium dioxide 1 ounce. 

Glacial acetic acid 1 ounce. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Reduce the barium dioxide to a fine powder 
and add it gradually to the acid and water, 
shaking until dissolved. A few minutes' im- 
mersion in this solution will effectually re- 
move or destroy the last traces of hypo. 



3440. Hypo., Test for. 

A simple test to tell when the hypo, is 
eliminated is to add to the washing water in 
which the prints are immersed a small quan- 
tity of an alcoholic solution of iodine. This 
will change the white back of each print to 
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is still present in the paper. The prints are 
continued to be washed until the blue dis- 
appears from the back of the print. We then 
know that the hypo, is completely eliminated. 



3441. Ink for Writing on Photographs. 

The following answers very well for num- 
bering and marking proofs, the writing being 
executed on a dark portion: 

Iodide of potassium 10 parts. 

Water 30 parts. 

Iodine 1 part. 

Gum 1 part. 

The lines soon bleach under the strokes by 
the conversion of the silver into iodide. 



3412. Ink, Printing Process. 

By means of gelatino-bromide of silver 
emulsions, rapid printing paper can be suc : 
cessfully made, but its manufacture is at- 
tended with considerable bother; and as it 
will keep well it is advisable for the beginner 
to purchase it ready prepared from dealers 
in photographic materials. One method of 
>reparing the paper is, first, to make a sen- 
sitive emulsion as given by Henderson on 
)age 293 of the November 8, 1884, issue of the 
nentific American, and then to coat a sheet 
plain Saxe paper with it, by laying the 
loistened sheet upon a level plate of glass, 
md bending the edges up by strips of wood, 
to form a paper dish. The emulsion while 
rarm is now poured on the center of the 
leet until a pool is formed large enough to 
>ermit it to be spread equally over the sheet 
)y a glass rod. It is then allowed to cool, 
ind when sufficiently set the sheet of paper 
hung up to dry. It may now be exposed, 
ilm side away from the face of the thick 
irdboard drawing, in an ordinary printing 
tme for two or three seconds to diffused 
lylight, or for a minute and a half to the 
ight from a large kerosene lamp. The image 
then developed by immersing the exposed 
leet in a solution of ferrous oxalate of pot- 
5h composed of saturated solution of neutral 
>xalate potash acidified with a solution of ox- 
ilic acid sufficient to turn blue litmus paper 
6 ounces, saturated solution of sulphate 
iron, 1 ounce. The iron must be poured 
ito the oxalate. Half a dozen exposed 
sheets may be developed one after the other, 
the same solution. The sheet is next 
■ashed by soaking in a pan of water for 
>ur or five minutes, removed and immersed 
a solution of — 

Hyposulphite soda 1 ounce. 

Water 6 ounces. 



I for eight minutes, which fixes the print; the 
I latter must now be washed for two or three 
hours in several changes of cold water, when 
it may be hung up to dry, which it must do 
J spontaneously, as the application of heat will 
melt the gelatine film. Examination of the 
print will show the lines and figures non-re- 
versed as in the original drawing, because 
the sensitive sheet was laid on film side away 
from the drawing. The operation of prepar- 
ing and developing the paper must be carried 
on in a dark room lighted only by a deep 
ruby-red non-actinic lamp. 



3443. Intensification. A 

With correct exposure and development, 
intensification need never be resorted to. 
The following formula is, however, very ef- 
fective: 

1. Bichlor. mercury, 210 grains; chloride 
ammonia, 240 grains; distilled water, 20 
ounces. 

2. Chloride ammonia, 480 grains; water, 20 
ounces. 

3. Sulphite of soda (crys.), 1 ounce; water, 9 
ounces. 

Let the plate to be intensified wash for 
at least half an hour; then lay in alum solu- 
tion for ten minutes and again wash thor- 
oughly; this is to insure the perfect elimina- 
tion of the hypo. The least trace of yellow- 
ness after intensifying shows that the wash- 
ing was not sufficient. 

Flow sufficient of Xo. 1 over the negative 
to cover it, and allow to either partially or 
entirely whiten; the longer it is allowed to 
act the more intense will be the result; pour 
off into the sink, then flow over No. 2, and 
allow to act one minute: wash off and pour 
over or immerse in Xo. 3, until changed en- 
tirely to a dark brown, or black. Xo. 3 can 
be returned to its bottle, but Xos. 1 and 2 
had better be thrown away. Wash thor- 
oughly and dry. 



3444. Intensification. B 

In the following paragraphs various meth- 
ods of intensifying gelatino-bromide plates 
are arranged according to the amount of den- 
sity producible by their means. 

1. Almost Imperceptible Increase of Den- 
sity. — The negative is soaked for a minute in 
water, then dried rapidly by taking off the 
surface moisture with a soft cloth or blot- 
ting paper, after which the plate is placed 
in a horizontal postion and exposed to a cur- 
rent of warm, dry air, until it is quite dry. 

2. Perceptible Increase of Density. — The 
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cloth, then immersed for a few minutes in 
a bath of methylated spirits 1 ; when taken out 
it is drained for a few seconds, wiped again 
with a dry cloth and held before the tire or 
over a gas flame, keeping it at a safe dis- 
tance at first and in a horizontal position. 

3. Slight Increase of Density. — The plate, 
after being washed from the hypo., is im- 
mersed in a saturated solution of bichloride 
of mercury in water. It should remain in 
this bath until it becomes white; if it refuses 
to bleach, it is probable that the hyposul- 
phite has not all been removed. The bleached 
plate is 1 rinsed for about 3 seconds — not more 
— in water, so as to remove the surplus mer- 
cury solution from the surface, then it is at 
once dipped into a bath consisting of a semi- 
saturated solution of sulphite of soda. This 
second bath will slowly turn the plate black, 
and will also, as a consequence of the in- 
sufficient washing, cover the surface of the 
film with a dense white deposit, which can- 
not be rubbed off; but this deposit will very 
quickly dissolve away in the final washing 
and leave the image perfect. The density 
will remain the same if the plate is dried 
slowly, but will be increased by drying 
quickly, according to No. 2. 

4. Moderate Increase of Density. — The 
plate is treated precisely as in No. 3, except 
that a thorough washing is given between the 
bichloride of mercury and the sulphite of 
soda baths. This gives additional density. No 
white deposit will be produced, but a good 
final washing should be given. Extra den- 
sity may also be produced by quick drying. 

When the image is of a deep yellow or non- 
actinic color, such as is sometimes produced 
with pyro. development, the use of this in- 
tensifier, No. 4, will alter the color to a 
neutral gray of about equal printing value. 
If it should then prove to be too dense, the 
plate can be immersed for a few minutes in 
the hypo. bath. This will take away the 
extra density, and leave a gray image equal 
in depth to the original yellow one, but of 
course much quicker for printing purposes. 

5. A Vigorous Intensifier. — The plate, or 
rather the film upon it, is bleached in a sat- 
urated solution of mercury bichloride in 
water, washed, dried; then, when dry, im- 
mersed in a semi-saturated solution of sul- 
phite of soda, washed again and dried. The 
only difference between this process and No. 
4 is in the drying of the plate between the 
mercury and sulphite of soda baths. This 
drying causes a decided increase of density. 

6. A Powerful Intensifier. — This, the well- 
known ammonia process, is about equal in 
strength to the preceding. The plate is 



bleached as before and washed thoroughly. 
If the washing is too short, stains will be 
produced which cannot be removed. After 
washing, the wet plate is immersed in very 
weak ammonia (water, 20 parts; ammonia, 1 
part). The plate instantly turns black. A 
fair amount of washing should then be given 
to secure permanence and freedom from 
stains. Dry slowly, if the density is suffi- 
cient. 

7. In addition to the above, we recommend 
Monckhoven's cyanide of silver intensifier, 
made as follows: 

No. 1. 

Bichloride of mercury 120 grains. 

Bromide of potassium 60 grains. 

Water 12% ounces. 

No. 2. 
Cyanide of potassium crys- 
tals (pure) 120 grains. 

A. Water 6V4 ounces. 

B. Nitrate of silver 120 grains. 

Water 6% ounces. 

Pour A into B, which forms cyanide of 
silver. A slight excess of silver will settle 
at the bottom of the bottle, which assists in 
keeping the solution up to its full strength 
and does no harm. 

The plate should be left in No. 1 until the 
film appears white on the back. It is then 
thoroughly washed and immersed in No. 2, or 
the solution may be poured on quickly. Im- 
mediately the film will commence to blacken, 
and the plate should be kept in until there 
appears to be no white color on the back. If 
left too long, the cyanide will commence to 
reduce the negative. 

This intensifier acts rapidly and imparts to 
the film a bluish black color. It is an excel- 
lent intensifier for lantern slides, imparting 
a desirable warm purple color. 

8. To Cure Over Intensification. — There is a 
very simple method of reducing negatives 
which have been intensified by mercury solu- 
tions. It is simply to leave them in the fix- 
ing bath for a longer or shorter period, ac- 
cording to the amount of reduction desired. 
If left for half an hour, the whole of the 
extra density imparted by the intensifying 
process will be removed, and the plate will 
then be in its original condition. The hypo, 
should of course be finally freed from the film 
by a copious washing. 

9. Cramer's Intensifying Solution. Prepare 
a saturated solution of bichloride of mercury 
in water, and of this pour a sufficient quan- 
tity gradually into a solution of — 

Iodide of potassium 50 grammes. 

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until the point is reached when the forming 
red precipitate will no longer dissolve by 
shaking; but be careful not to add more 
mercury than just enough to make the solu- 
tion very slightly turbid. Now add — 

Hyposulp. of soda.. 1 oz. 40 grammes. 
Dissolve and fill 

up with water 

to make total 

solution 20 ozs. 800 c. c. 

For use this should be diluted with about 3 
parts of water. If the plate has not been 
thoroughly fixed, the intensifying solution 
will produce yellow stains. Be careful not to 
overdo the intensifying. Should it have gone 
too far, the negative can be reduced by plac- 
ing it in the fixing bath for a short time. 

10. Intensifying Solution. — Saturated solu- 
tion bichloride mercury. 

Iodide potassium 40 grammes. 

Water 180 c. c. 

Hypo 30 grammes. 

Water to make up to 600 c. c. 

11. Lead Intensifier. — Lead nitrate, 20 
grains; ferricyanide of potassium, 30 grains; 
distilled water, 1 ounce, and filter. Follow, 
after very thorough washing, with ammo- 
nium sulphide in 10 times its bulk of water. 
The washing before the ammonium sulphide 
should be continued until the drainings from 
the plate give a scarcely perceptible blue 
color, with ferrous sulphate solution, that is, 
until the ferricyanide is quite washed out, 
for the least trace of lead remaining will 
surely cause fog. 

12. Uranium Intensifier. — Uranium nitrate, 
4 grains to 1 ounce of water. After soaking 
the plate in this, mix the liquid with a dilute 
solution of potassium ferricyanide made by 
running water over a few crystals to wash 
them, and then shaking them with a dram or 
two of water a few seconds. Add more ferri- 
cyanide as necessary. 

13. Intensification with Cupric Bromide. — 
Prepare cupric bromide solution by mixing a 
solution of 1 part potassium bromide in 23 
parts water with a solution of 1 part cupric 
sulphate in 25 parts water, allow to settle, 
and filter or decant off the clear liquid. 
Wash the negative until free from hypo, and 
immerse in the cupric bromide solution, 
which will convert it into a brilliant white 
positive. Wash well and immerse in strong 
ammonia solution diluted with 12 parts of 
water. This intensifier gives increased con- 
trasts.— S. R. Bottone, Y. B. Fhot. 1881, 115, 
116. 



3445. Lantern Plates, a Use for Spoiled. 

The best thing to do when lantern plates 
have been spoiled by over exposure or errors 
in development, or by the light getting at 
them, is to strip the films from them, and 
use them as cover glasses for binding up the 
completed slides. 



3446. Leaf Photographs. 

Pass the paper first through a solution of 
gelatin, 1 part in 20 parts of hot water, and 
use a strong solution of potassium bichro- 
mate; or the gelatin and bichromate may be 
used together. Wash with hot water. A 
strong blue background may be produced as 
follows: Dissolve in 2 ounces of pure water 
120 grains of red prussiate of potash (potas- 
sium ferrocyanide), and separately 140 grains 
double citrate of iron and ammonium in 2 
ounces of water; mix the solutions, filter, 
float the paper for a few mniutes on the 
filtrate; print from the dried paper as before, 
and wash thoroughly in water. By adding 
a little phosphoric acid to the bichromate 
solution and exposing the print before wash- 
ing to the vapor of a hot solution of aniline 
in alcohol, a blackish-green or red positive is 
obtained. Or, prepare the paper with solu- 
tion of iron sesquichloride, and develop after 
exposure with a very dilute solution of silver 
nitrate. Use plain photographic paper. 



3447. Light, the Safest for Dark Room Use. 

Bear in mind that very rapid plates are 
sensitive to light of any color. The safest 
light is a combination of a ruby and yellow. 
just strong enough to enable you to judge of 
intensity of negative and progress of develop- 
ment, and the plate should not be held clpse 
to the light for examination for more than 
a few seconds. 

The following combinations make a safe 
light: 

Orange-colored paper with ruby glass. 

Orange glass" with cherry fabric. 

Ruby glass with canary fabric. 

Orange and ruby glass combined with 
ground glass. 

Green is not as non-actinic as ruby and 
yellow combined, and it has furthermore the 
disadvantage that with it the intensity of 
negative cannot be judged so well as with 
the ruby light. 

To make sure your light is safe, make the 
following test: 

Cover one-half of a lightning plate with 
opaque paper and expose it to the light for 
about two minutes at the distance generally 
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the unprotected part of plate shows fog, 
screen the light with additional paper or 
fabric until it is found perfectly safe. 



3448. lightning, Photographing of. 

A very interesting study is lightning photo- 
graphy. It is a puzzling one to the beginner, 
yet it is, perhaps, the simplest form of photo- 
graphy which can be imagined. If the photo- 
grapher has had much experience, he will 
doubtless know the point at which his 
camera requires to be racked out to insure 
the lens being in proper focus for a distant 
object. If this is so, he need have no 
further trouble than, when night comes on 
and the lightning commences to play, to rack 
out his camera to this point, fix it up, and di- 
rect it toward that portion of the sky from 
which the lightning appears, then place the 
dark slide in the back, and draw the slide, 
remove the cap, and wait for the flash. It 
being night, no harm can come to the plate 
by reason of this 1 exposure during the in- 
terval of waiting. The lightning will im- 
press itself upon the plate without any need 
of shutter or other contrivance. If the point 
at which the camera is in focus is at a dis- 
tance which is not known, there will prob- 
ably be a lamp somewhere or other within 
sight, and in this case a rough focus can be 
obtained upon that. 

3449. Photographing on Linen or Other 

Fabric. 

For decorating table napkins, bed room 
trimmings, etc., the following simple process 
works satisfactorily, and photographers may 
often do much extra business by introducing 
it to their customers: 

Boil the fabric in water containing a little 
soda, so as to remove the dressing, iron 
smooth, and saturate with 

Ammonium chloride 2 grammes. 

(about 31 grains.) 

Water 250 cubic cents. 

(about 9 ounces.) 
White of two eggs. 
The above are well beaten together, al- 
lowed to subside, and strained. When dry, 
sensitize on the usual silver bath — rather a 
strong bath is to be preferred — expose, tone, 
and fix as for an ordinary print on albumen 
paper. — Photo. Review. 



3450. Machinery, Photographing of. 

A color for coating machinery previous to 
photographing: 

Dry white lead 5 pounds. 

Lampblack 2 to 5 ounces. 



Gold size 1 pint. 

Turpentine V/ 2 pints. 

The amount of lampblack is varied to suit 
machine or lighting. This paint is easily 
removed with turpentine. 

Matt Surface on Silver Prints. — Mount the 
print in the ordinary way, avoiding lumps. 
Roll, and afterward sift on the surface finely 
ground pumice powder. With a circular 
motion rub gently with the palm of the hand. 
Proceed until the surface desired is obtained. 
The use of plain paper is recommended. 



3451. Moonlight Effects. 

The so-called moonlight effect is a photo- 
graphic deception. To .secure this effect 
select a view with the sun almost in front 
of the camera, but itself hidden or partly 
obscured by clouds, and preferably a day 
when the sky is full and well defined, and 
well broken up with cloud masses. Then 
expose about the usual time for the view in 
question, and develop with a developer con- 
taining only % grain of pyro. to the ounce, 
until the details are just out. Wash off the 
developer, and apply a fresh one, 4 grains of 
pyro. and 4 grains of bromide to the ounce, 
until the high lights have attained the requi- 
site density. Another method which fre- 
quently gives good results, is, still with the 
sun in front and preferably shining strongly, 
to give a very short shutter exposure, and 
develop strongly. This gives brilliant light- 
ing, and dense masses of shadow. 



3453. Mounting Prints. 

For a large collection of receipts for mount- 
ing photographs, see Pastes. 

Prints, to Mount on Glass 1 . — To mount 
prints on glass, follow the directions given 
by J. B. Dumont; that is, take 4 ounces gel- 
atine and soak half an hour in cold water, 
then place in a glass jar, adding 16 ounces of 
water; put the jar in a large dish of warm 
water and dissolve the gelatine. When dis- 
solved, pour into a shallow tray. Have your 
prints l-olled on a roller, albumen side out; 
take the print by the corners and pass rapidly 
through the gelatine, taking great care to 
avoid air bubbles. Hang up with clips to 
dry; when dry, squeeze carefully on to the 
glass. The better the quality of glass the 
finer the effect. 

Gelatine Mountant. 

Gelatine 4 ounces. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Glycerine 1 ounce. 

Alcohol, 90 per cent 5 ounces. 



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3453. Negatives. 

Method for Quickly Drying Gelatine Nega- 
tives. — After the final washing, place the 
plate in a hath of methylated spirit for four 
or five minutes. On taking it out flow two 
or three times with common methylated sul- 
phuric ether. After this the negative will 
dry in a current of air in two or three min- 
utes. 

To Take Gelatine off Disused Negatives. — 
Place in a hot bath, in which previously a 
good dose of washing soda and soap has been 
dissolved. 

To Remove Tarnish from a Negative. — 
"Warm (cautiously) the negative before a fire 
or over a spirit lamp; then pour a little 
methylated spirit upon it, and with a tuft 
of cotton wool gently rub the face of the 
negative; drain and repeat. Then cover 
with the spirits, drain and let dry. 

To Prevent Negatives from Frilling. — Soak 
the plates before development in a saturated 
solution of Epsom salts. Then wash, and de- 
velop as usual: or use water containing a 
little Epsom salts, % ounce or more to a pail 
of water. 

To Fill Cracks in a Varnished Negative. — 
Procure some finely powdered lampblack and 
gently rub with a circular motion all over the 
negative, using the finger or a soft piece of 
wash leather for the purpose. This will 
cause all the cracks to disappear. 

To Print from Cracked Negative. — Place 
the printing frame at the bottom of a narrow 
bos. at least 2 feet deep, and with blackened 
sides; over the negative in the frame put a 
sheet of thin tissue paper. Another way: 
Suspend from a roasting jack a board upon 
which a printing frame can rest, the roasting 
jack being in motion all the time of print- 
ing. Or, in the case of a slight crack, move 
the frame about in the hands briskly during 
the process of printing. 



3454. Paper. 

Preparation of Paper with Arrowroot 
• Monkkoven). — Water, 150 parts; chloride so- 
dium, 3 parts; citrate sodium, 3 parts; arrow- 
root, 3 parts. Stir the arrowroot flour and 
thoroughly mix in some cold water; then 
pour while constantly stirring into the boil- 
ing water. Coat the paper with the starch 
mixture by means of a brush. It should not 
be floated on the silver bath longer than one- 
half to one minute. Fuming in the am- 
monia box eight minutes makes the prints 
more intense and brilliant. 



Ashman's Durable Paper. — After the paper 
is sensitized, float it back downward for five 
minutes on the following solution: Water, 
50 parts; gum arabic, 1% parts; hydrochloric 
acid, 1 part; citric acid, 1 part; tartaric acid, 
1 part. Dry as quickly as possible after re- 
moval. 

Preparation of Paper with Gelatine (Ab- 
ney.) — Water, 240 parts; chloride of ammo- 
nium, 3 to 4 parts; gelatine; y 2 part; citrate 
of sodium, 5 parts; chloride of sodium, 1 to 
V/ 2 parts. 

Albumenized Paper, to Give a Matt Sur- 
face to Prints on. — Mount the print in the 
ordinary way, but be careful to avoid any 
lumps. Well roll, and then sift on finely- 
ground pumice powder. Rub gently with 
palm of the hand, using circular motion. 
Examine from time to time. Continue ope- 
ration until the proper surface is obtained. 

Albumen Paper, Sensitizing Bath for Albu- 
menized Paper. — Thirty-five to 60 grains of 
silver nitrate to the ounce of water; add 
enough carbonate of soda to cause slight tur- 
bidity, and filter. 

Durable Sensitized Paper. — Float the albu- 
menized paper on a 10 per cent solution of 
nitrate of silver for four minutes, draw it 
over the glass rod to drain, and then float 
the back of the sheet for a like period upon 
a bath composed of 

Citrate of potash 1 part. 

Water 30 parts. 

Finally wash in rain water. 

Debenham's Method. — Sensitize by the 
usual nitrate solution, with the addition ot 
10 drops of perchloric acid to each ounce of 
the sensitizing bath. 

Albumen Paper, Preservative Book for Sen- 
sitized Paper. — Soak thick blotting paper in 
a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda, 
and when this is dry make a book of it. 
Keep the sensitive paper between the leaves 
of this book, the sheets being kept in pairs, 
face to face. 

Fuming.— This is the process of subjecting 
ready sensitized paper to the fumes of am- 
monia. Hang the sheets separated in a box 
and place a saucer of ammonia in the bottom 
and allow the vapor to act for fifteen min- 
utes. Ready sensitized paper is giving way 
to the Omega, Aristotype and other papers. 



3455. Paper Negatives. 

At a regular meeting of the London aud 
Provincial Photographic Association Mr. W. 
Turner gave the following as his method of 
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drawing to be copied is made translucent 
by means of lard diluted with turpentine 
— 1 part of lard to 3 parts of turpentine. 

The mixture was then boiled for three min- 
utes, which, he claimed, killed the grease, 
and it was then rubbed over the drawing. 
When surface dry the drawing was placed in 
a printing frame with sensitized silver paper, 
and a negative made, which was fixed in an 
old hypo, bath rich in silver, and washed in 
the usual way. 

The plain paper was prepared by floating 
Saxe paper on the following: 

Sodium chloride 200 grains. 

Gelatine 30 grains. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Dissolve the gelatine and chloride sepa- 
rately and mix; float three minutes. When 
dry, sensitize by floating one or two minutes 
on the following: 

Silver nitrate 1 ounce. 

Citric acid 1 dram. 

Water 14 ounces. 

He stated that the paper would keep good 
for six weeks. 

Pastes for Mounting. — See Pastes. 



3456. 



Photo - Chromos. 



Allow the photograph to remain in water 
until thoroughly soaked; then place it be- 
tween blotting paper, and let it remain until 
just damp enough to be pliable. Then coat 
the face of the picture with good starch paste 
and lay face down on the glass. Commence 
in the center of the picture and rub outward 
toward the edges, to dispel all air and excess 
of paste, care being observed not to get paste 
on the back of the print. While rubbing, 
keep the paper damp with a sponge. When 
dry lay on a heavy coat of castor oil, and 
after a time, rub off the excess of oil with 
a cloth. After standing a day or two, it. may 
be colored. Cover the back with a thin 
plate of glass and bind the edges. 

Photographing. — See Clouds, Frost, Light- 
ning, Moonlight, Snow, Sun, etc. 



3457. To Prevent Pinholes. 

Pinholes, or minute transparent spots on 
the negative, are most frequently caused by 
the presence of minute particles of dust on 
the film, which, during exposure, prevent the 
light getting to the film at those particular 
spots. To prevent pinholes therefore, steps 
must be taken to guard against dust. The 



plates should be wiped over before being 
placed in the slide with a camel hair brush, 
or, better still, with a piece of velvet 
stretched on a stick. The slide itself should 
also be dusted out first, while both it and the 
interior of the camera bellows should be 
rubbed lightly over with glycerine, to which 
any dust which may be flying about will stick 
in preference to the plate. The slides, too, 
should be carried in a case which is fairly 
dust proof. 



8458. Primuline Process. 

Primuline, a product of the action of sul- 
phur on paratoluidine, discovered by A. C. 
Green, dyes cotton, linen, and similar fabrics 
without a mordant even better than it does 
wool or silk. The color fades somewhat 
rapidly when exposed to light, but the prim- 
uline itself is not sufficiently sensitive to be 
available for photographic purposes. If the 
primuline is treated with dilute nitrous acid, 
it forms diazoprimuline, which has the power 
of forming a variety of coloring matters by 
combination with various phenols and amines. 
Diazoprimuline in contact with vegetable and 
animal fibres is very sensitive to light, and 
upon exposure is decomposed, and loses its 
power of forming coloring matters. If, 
therefore, a fabric or surface dyed with prim- 
uline and converted into diazoprimuline is 
exposed to light behind a transparency or 
anything similar, and is afterward treated 
with a phenol or amine, an image is obtained, 
the color of which depends upon the nature 
of the developer, but which is positive from 
a positive, negative from a negative. 

The material (cotton, linen, silk, wool, 
paper, wood, gelatine, celluloid, xyloidine, 
etc.) is dyed in a hot solution of primuline, 
washed, and diazotized by immersion in di- 
lute solution (0.25 per cent) of sodium nitrite 
acidified with hydrochloric or some other acid. 
It is again washed and allowed to dry spon- 
taneously in the dark. The sensitized ma- 
terial, which will keep for some time, is ex- 
posed to daylight or the electric light, the 
time of exposure being determined by means 
of some unprotected strips of the same ma- 
terial, which are exposed alongside the 
printing frame. As soon as these strips 
cease to give any color when touched with 
a drop of the particular developer that is go- 
ing to be used, decomposition is complete in 
the high lights of the object that is being 
copied. The sensitive material is removed 
from the frame, and at once, or after some 
time, is developed by immersion in a dilute 
(about 0.25 per cent) solution of a phenol or 
amine; e g., for red, an alkaline solution of 
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tion of beta naphthol disulphonic acid; for 
yellow, an alkaline solution of phenol; for 
orange, an alkaline solution of resorcinol; 
for brown, a slightly alkaline solution of 
pyrogallol, or a solution of phenylene dia- 
mine hydrochloride; for purple, a solution of 
beta naphthylamine hydrochloride; for blue, a 
slightly acid solution of eikonogen. If a 
design in different colors is desired, the dif- 
ferent developers may be applied with a 
brush. After development, which requires 
two or three minutes, the prints are washed 
in water for a short time; in the case of the 
blue and purple developers the final washing 
must be done in a very weak solution of tar- 
taric acid. Wool and silk require a longer 
time in exposure and development than does 
cotton or linen, and the maroon and blue de- 
velopers are not suitable for wool or silk. 
In all the applications primuline may be re- 
placed by its homologues; for silk dehydroth- 
iotoluidine sulphonic acid may be used. 
Among the possible uses of the process may 
be mentioned the reproduction on linen of 
architect's drawings, etc. A. G. Green, C. F. 
Cross, and E. J. Bevan, Eng. Pat. No. 7,453, 
May 13, 1S90. J. C. S. I., 9, 1001-1004. Phot. 
X.. 34, 701, 702, 707, 708. 

The Brit. Jour. Phot. 37, 657, 658, recom- 
mends the following proportions for primu- 
line developers: Red, naphthol, 40 grains; 
caustic soda or potash, 60 grains; water, 10 
ounces; orange resorcinal, 30 grains; water, 
10 ounces; caustic potash or soda, 50 grains. 
Purple, naphthylamine, 60 grains; hydro- 
chloric acid, 60 minims; water, 10 ounces. 
The following developers are also recom- 
mended: Ink, black,, eikonogen, 60 grains; 
water, 10 ounces. Brown tones, pyro., 50 
grains: water, 10 ounces. 

After washing in plain water the ground is 
cleared by washing in soap and water. If 
the transparency printed from is not dense 
enough to allow complete decomposition in 
the high lights, the results are improved by 
exposing the whole of the back of the print 
to light for a short time. 

3459. Printing Processes. 

The blue process has been treated under 
blue paper, but an additional formula is 
given here, as well as formulas for blue, vio- 
let, red, and green prints. 

Blue Prints'. — Float the paper until it lies 
quite flat upon a solution prepared as follows: 
No. 1. 

Water 2 fl. ounces. 

Red prussiate of potash... 120 grains. 
No. 2. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Ammonia citrate of iron... 140 grains. 



When these two are dissolved, mix them 
together and filter into a clean bottle. 

The solution should not be exposed to a 
strong light, and the paper must be floated 
on it in a very subdued light, and in the 
same manner as paper is floated on a silver 
solution. When it no longer curls, but lies 
flat on the solution, take it by the corners 
and raise it slowly from contact, and hang it 
up to dry in a dark place. When dry,' it can 
be used at once, or may be kept for future 
use by rolling it, prepared surface in, and 
placing it in a tin box or other receptacle, 
free from light and dampness. 

To make a print on this paper, place the 
prepared surface in contact with the nega- 
tive in a printing frame and expose to sun- 
light. 

The time of exposure will vary according to 
the density of the negative and the intensity 
of the light. The rule is to allow the light 
to act long enough for the portions which 
first turn blue to become gray, with a slight 
metallic luster. At this point remove the 
paper from the frame and place it in a dish 
of clean water. 

It now gradually becomes a rich blue 
throughout, except the parts which should 
remain white. Change the water from time 
to time, until there remains no discoloration 
in the whites; dry, and the picture requires 
no further treatment. 

The blue color may be totally removed at 
any time by placing the print in ammonia 
water. 

This is the standard formula. 

Another Process for Blue Prints. — Float 
the paper for a minute in a solution of 

Ferricyanide of potash,... 1 ounce. 
Water 5 ounces. 

Dry it in a dark room, and then expose 
beneath a negative until the dark shades have 
assumed a deep blue color, then immerse the 
print in a solution of 

Water 2 ounces. 

Bichloride mercury 1 grain. 

Wash the print, and then immerse it in a 
hot solution of 

Oxalic acid 4 drams. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Wash again and dry. 

Another Process — the Cyanotype. — Float 
the paper on a solution of the sesquichloride 
of iron. Dry and expose, afterward wash 
the prints, and then immerse them in a bath 
of ferricyanide of potash. The picture wili 
appear of a blue color in all those places 
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Process with Salts' of Uranium. —The paper, 
without having undergone any preceding 
preparation, except that of having been ex- 
cluded from the light for several days, is 
floated on a bath of the nitrate of uranium as 
follows: 

Nitrate of uranium 2 drams. 

Distilled water 10 drams. 

The paper is left on the bath for four or 
five minutes, it is then removed, hung up, 
and dried in the dark room. So prepared, 
it can be kept for a considerable time. 

The exposure beneath a negative varies 
from one minute to several minutes in the 
rays of the sun, and from a quarter of an 
hour to an hour in diffused light. The 
image which is thus produced is not very dis- 
tinct, but comes out in strong contrast when 
developed as- follows: 

Nitrate of Silver Developer. 
Distilled or rain-water. ... 2 drams. 

Nitrate of silver 7 grains. 

Acetic acid a mere trace. 

The development is very rapid in this solu- 
tion. In about half a minute it is complete. 
As soon as the picture appears in perfect con- 
trast, the print is taken out and fixed by im- 
mersion in water, in which it is thoroughly 
washed. 

Chloride of Gold Developer. — This is a more 
rapid developer than the preceding. The 
print is fixed in like manner by water, in 
which it must be well washed, and afterward 
dried. When dried by artificial heat, the 
vigor of the print is increased. Prints that 
have been developed by the solution of ni- 
trate of silver may be immersed in the gold 
bath, which improves their tone. 

The picture may be developed, also, by im- 
mersing the prints in a saturated solution of 
bichloride of mercury and afterward in one 
of nitrate of silver. In this case, however, 
the times of exposure must be increased. 

Pictures may be obtained, also, by floating 
the papers on a mixture of equal quantities 
of nitrate of silver and nitrate of uranium 
in about six times their weight of water. 

When dry, they are exposed beneath a neg- 
ative. In this case the image appears, as 
in the positive printing process, with chlo- 
ride of silver, being effected by the decom- 
position of the nitrate of uranium, which, re- 
acting on the nitrate of silver, decomposes 
this salt and reduces the silver. These prints 
require fixing in the ordinary bath of hyposul- 
phite of S'oda, and then washing, as usual. 

Process for Red Pictures. — Float the papers 
for four minutes in the preceding bath of ni- 
trate of uranium, drain, and dry. Next ex- 



pose beneath a negative for eight or ten min- 
utes, then wash, and immerse in a bath of 

Ferricyanide of potash 30 grains. 

Water 3 ounces. 

In a few minutes the picture will appear 
of a red color, which is fixed by washing thor- 
oughly in water. 

Process for Green Pictures. — Immerse the 
red picture, before it is dry, in a solution of 

Sesquichloride of iron 30 grains. 

Distilled water 3 ounces. 

The tone will soon change to green; fix in 
water, wash, and dry before the fire. 

Process for Violet Pictures. — Float the 
paper for three or four minutes on a bath of 

Water 2 ounces. 

Nitrate of uranium 2 drams. 

Chloride of gold 2 grains. 

Afterward take them out and dry. An ex- 
posure of ten or fifteen minutes will cause 
the necessary reduction; the picture has a 
beautiful violet color consisting of metallic 
gold. Wash and dry. — Estabrooke. 



3460. Prints. 

Trimming Prints. — There is more art in 
print trimming than at first meets the eye. 
It is not sufficient merely to cut off the edges 
evenly, so as 1 to include everything there was 
on the plate, or to place a cutting shape upon 
it and trim it round. There are two main 
considerations in print trimming. First, 
that the sides of the print are cut true with 
the horizontal or vertical lines of the pic- 
ture. If your picture is a sea view, cut the 
top and bottom of the print parallel with the 
horizon line. If you have no horizon line 
to go by, take the side of a house, or any- 
thing else in the picture, which must of neces- 
sity be vertical. Use this as your guide, 
and cut the sides of your picture parallel with 
it. Of course in both cases the other two 
sides will be square with the first two 
treated. Secondly, trim your print down, if 
it can be improved thereby. In the ma- 
jority of cases the appearance of a picture 
will be improved by cutting off a little of the 
foreground, reducing the amount of sky oy 
half an inch or more, or cutting off more or 
less of either or both ends. Get four pieces 
of white cardboard and cover up different 
portions of your print and see whether you 
cannot improve its appearance by excision 
of superfluous parts. 

Washing Prints. — No care can be too great 
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it is possible, they should be washed in run- 
ning water, in such a washer as Wood's or 
Jeffery's patent. In these washers a steady 
current of water is caused, which has the 
effect of constantly turning tbe prints' over 
and over, and exposing them at all points to 
its washing action, while the surplus is re- 
moved by means of a siphon, or other ar- 
rangement from the bottom. Hypo, which 
has to be removed from the prints entirely, 
or fading will result, is heavier than water, 
and consequently sinks to the bottom, being 
taken off with the outflow of the surplus' 
water. Mere soaking is not sufficient, but 
if a constant flow of water, such as that sug- 
gested, or a proper apparatus cannot be ob- 
tained, one of the best methods of removing 
the fixing agent will be to soak the prints 
alternately in hot and cold baths, allowing 
them to remain, say, five minutes in each and 
giving them at least half a dozen changes 
from one to the other. This method of 
washing, however, is not suitable for bro- 
mide prints, the gelatine surface of which 
would be destroyed by hot water. 

Titles on Prints. — To print the name on the 
photograph, several methods may be adopted. 
The simplest is to write the title of the sub- 
ject on a slip of paper with aniline copying 
ink, or with ordinary copying ink mixed with 
gamboge or vermilion. Then slightly 
dampen the surface of the negative near the 
bottom right or left hand corner in as un- 
obtrusive and unimportant a portion of the 
picture as possible. Press down the paper 
with the writing upon it. Leave for a few 
minutes and then remove the paper, when the 
writing will be found to have adhered to the 
negative. When printed, the name will 
print out white. Another way is to write 
backward on the negative, while another and 
better plan is to write the name in Indian 
ink on the surface of the paper before it is 
printed on. The ink will wash off in the 
after operations and leave the name in white 
where the surface of the paper has been pro- 
tected by the ink. 



3461. Proof, to Preserve. 

Dip the proof in a solution of hyposulphite 
of soda, 20 grains, dissolved in 5 ounces of 
water for ten minutes, then wash in chang- 
ing water for two hours. 

Red Pictures. — See Photo Printing Pro- 
cesses. 



3462. Retouching Powder. 

This powder is prepared by mixing to- 
gether 



Dextrine . 2 parts. 

Resin (very finely pow- 
dered) 1 part. 

It may be employed both for application to 
negatives and to albumenized prints. A 
leather stump is the best means of applica- 
tion. 



3463. Sensitizing Paper. 

For Blue Prints. — 1. Red prussiate of pot- 
ash, 5 parts; water, 50 parts. 

2. Ferric oxalate of potassium, 5 parts; 
water, 50 parts. Mix the two solutions in 
the dark, and coat the paper with the mix- 
ture by means of a sponge. See also Blue 
Prints. 



3464. Monkhoven's Sensitizing Solution. 

Nitrate of silver, 6 parts; nitrate of mag- 
nesia, 6 parts; distilled water, 50 parts. Bach 
time, after sensitizing a sheet in this solution, 
1 dram of a one-to-eight solution of nitrate 
of silver should be added to the bath for 
every 100 square inches of paper sensitized. 

Sensitizing Solution for Paper. 

Nitrate of silver 5 drams. 

Distilled water 5 ounces. 

Nitric acid 2 drops. 

Kaolin 1 ounce. 



3465. Silk Photo., Printing on. 

1. In the Photographische Mitarbeiter the 
following recipe for preparing silk for print- 
ing from is given: 

No. 1. 

Tannin 40 grams. 

Water 1000 c. c. 

No. 2. ' 

Salt 40 grams. 

Arrowroot 40 grams. 

Acetic acid 150 c. c. 

Water 1000 c. c. 

No. 1 is mixed with No. 2, well shaken, 
and filtered. The older the mixture, the 
better it is for use. In this bath the silk 
is thoroughly immersed, and allowed to re- 
main for three minutes, when it is taken out 
and hung up to dry. 

Sensitizing solution is composed of a silver 
one to ten, acidified with nitric acid. 

Toning Bath. 

No. 1. 

Chloride of gold 1 gram. 

Water 200 c. c. 



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No. 2. 
Sulphocyanide of ammo- 
nium 20 grams. 

Water 500 c. c. 

No. 1, after shaking, is mixed with No. 2. 
In a few days the mixture will become clear, 
when it is ready for use. It is preferable to 
dilute with from two to four times the quan- 
tity of water. Fixing and washing as usual. 

2. To print on silk prepare the following 
solution: 

Boiling water 20 ounces. 

Chloride of ammonium.... 100 grains. 
Iceland moss 60 grains. 

When nearly cold, filter and immerse the 
silk for fifteen minutes. Sensitize for fifteen 
minutes in an acid 20 grains to ounce silver 
bath, and when dry stretch the fabric over 
cardboard. Print deeper than usual and 
tone in 

Water 20 ounces. 

Acetate of soda 2 drams. 

Chloride of gold 3 grains. 

Common whiting, a few grains. Fix in 
hypo. 1 to 20. 

To Photograph on Silk. — Immerse the silk 
in 

Water 1 ounce. 

Gelatine 5 grains. 

Chloride of sodium 5 grains. 

Hang it up to dry; then float for half a 
minute on a 50-grain solution of nitrate of 
silver; dry print, tone and fix, as usual. 

Silver Baths, to Renovate.— See Baths, 
Silver. 



3466. Silver Nitrate, to Make. 

To make nitrate of silver out of pure silver, 
place the silver in a beaker and pour into 
it three-quarters of a fluid ounce of strong 
nitric acid sp. gr. 1.4 for every ounce of 
metal. The beaker is heated till the whole 
of the silver dissolves. The solution is then 
poured into an evaporating basin, and the 
excess of acid driven off by boiling. The 
operations should be conducted in the open 
air. The salts left may be recrystallized by 
dissolving in the smallest possible quantity 
of boiling water and allowing it to cool. The 
crystals of pure nitrate of silver will grad- 
ually form. The salt remaining in the 
mother liquor can be recovered by evapora- 
tion. To prepare chloride of gold the copper 
in the coin must first be eliminated. The 
gold coin is put into a beaker, and a mix- 
ture of three parts of hydrochloric acid and 



one of nitric acid is poured into it and heat 
applied until the metal is dissolved. The 
excess of acid is then expelled by evapora- 
tion. The impure gold chloride, when free 
from acid, is dissolved in boiling water, and 
a cold saturated solution of protosulphate of 
iron added, till a dark precipitate of pure 
gold is no longer produced. The precipitate 
of gold must be poured on a filter and washed 
by pouring boiling water constantly over it, 
till the wash water no longer produces a pre- 
cipitate with a solution of barium chloride, 
proving that the gold is free from the excess 
of sulphate of iron. The gold is again dis- 
solved in nitro-hydrochloric acid, the solution 
evaporated to dryness, the latter part of the 
operation being carried on slowly to prevent 
spurting. The yellow crystalline chloride 
of gold thus prepared should be preserved in 
a well-stoppered bottle or a sealed tube, as 
the salt is very deliquescent. 

Snow Scenes, Exposure for. — After the pho- 
tographer has been working during the bright 
days of summer, and has probably put away 
his camera for a month or two, he naturally 
goes for it when the snow comes down, but 
the exposure will be found to be very puz- 
zling. He knows that the light in winter — 
perhaps he has made a few experiments — is 
very dead, and that four or five times the ex- 
posure of his summer pictures is the rule. 
So he starts away and gets poor results. 
The rough and ready rule for photographing 
snow scenes is to give them the same expo- 
sure as would be given to the same view in 
summer. Really, what one has to do to get 
the finest effect is to photograph the snow, 
and leave the uncovered patches to take care 
of themselves. Snow being white, reflects 
a great deal of light, and therefore the ex- 
posure must be very short. 



3467. Sun, the Position of. 

Do not expose when the sun is either di- 
rectly in front of the camera or directly be- 
hind it. If directly in front, if the whole 
plate escapes being fogged by the sun shining 
into the lens, the result will be an almost 
entire absence of detail in the shadows, and 
a flat and uninteresting picture. On the 
other hand, if the sun is right behind the 
camera, no shadows will be seen, or rather 
only the brightly lighted sides of every ob- 
ject will be seen by the lens, and a flat pic- 
ture, lacking in contrast, will result. If 
these two extremes are avoided, pictures may 
be taken in almost any other direction with 
advantage, the shadows serving to create con- 
trast, and give rotundity and life to the pic- 
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Beware of the Sim. — When the sun is bril- 
liantly shining, be careful to keep your slides 
from its direct rays. A capital plan is to 
have what is known as a poacher's pocket 
made in the inside of your coat, large enough 
to carry a couple of dark slides. They can 
be carried here right up to the moment of 
placing them in the camera, and should be 
slipped from the pocket into a fold of the fo- 
cusing cloth. This should also be spread 
right over the camera, dark slide and all, 
while exposure is being made. If these pre- 
cautions are taken, there will be very little 
to fear from the light getting through the 
slides, unless they leak very badly. If 
there are any cracks or crannies whatever in 
the dark slide, the direct rays of a powerful 
sun will find them out. 



3468. Tin Types, Formulas for Malting. 

The plate is coated with a collodion made 
as follows, but it can be bought at photo, 
dealers ready made: 

No.. 1. 
Collodion. — Alcohol and ether, equal 
parts; gun cotton sufficient to make moder- 
ately thick film, say 5 or 6 grains to the 
ounce; put the cotton in the ether first, when 
it is well saturated pour in the alcohol, to 
which add: 

Iodide of ammonium. .4 grn. to the oz. 
Iodide 6f cadmium. . .2 grn. to the oz. 
Bromide of cadmium .1 grn. to the oz. 
Bromide of copper. . .1 grn. to the oz. 

There are 8 grains of salt to the ounce. 
When the collodion has set, the plate is im- 
mersed in a silver bath, made by dissolving 
50 grains of nitrate of silver in 1 ounce of 
distilled water, and kept there from two to 
five minutes. It is then put into a plate 
holder, exposed for twenty-nine seconds in 
the camera, and developed with the follow- 
ing: 

Developer. 
No. 2. 

Water 64 ounces. 

Protosulphate of iron 4 ounces. 

Acetic acid 4 ounces. 

Alcoholic solution of tan- 
nin. 10 grains to the 
ounce 4 ounces. 

The acid and tannin solutions should be 
added after iron has been dissolved. The 
df-vfdoper has to be flowed over the plate with 
one sweep. The picture is fixed by putting 
the plate into 

Cyanide of potassium 2 ounces. 

Water 64 ounces. 

Then washed and dried. 



3469. Toning Baths. 

The treatment of the prints is sometimes 
followed by passing them into a dilute solu- 
tion of sodium acetate or ordinary common 
salt, about 1 per cent, such as here shown, 
and stirring them about for five minutes, 
when it will be seen they have assumed a 
brick red color, the object of which is three- 
fold: First, the fibres become charged with 
a substance which acts as a chlorine absorb- 
ent, a necessary property to be mentioned 
further on. Secondly, a definite color is in- 
sured to start with, thus obviating the possi- 
bility of mistaking fresh prints in the ton- 
ing bath for those which have become purple 
by reason of the deposited gold, an important 
consideration when dealing with fumed paper. 
Thirdly, the last trace of free nitrate of silver 
is removed, thereby preventing a too rapid 
decomposition of the toning bath. This ap- 
plies to all toning baths. 

Theoretically considered, it is proper that 
the last trace of silver nitrate should be re- 
moved, but those who are engaged in the 
daily practice of commercial work do not in- 
sist upon the strict observance of such a rule 
in all cases. An especial exception is per- 
mitted and advocated when dealing with 
prints from a weak or under-exposed nega- 
tive, this class being found to yield richer 
tones by not washing any of the free silver 
out. 

The plan of soaking prints in a solution of 
sodium acetate was originally recommended, 
in lieu of a washing, by Mr. A. L. Hender- 
son, as long ago as 1861, the following being 
an outline of the method suggested by him: 
Slightly over-printed proofs are soaked in a 
bath composed of 

Sodium acetate 240 grains'. 

Water 10 ounces. 

The unwashed proofs are moved about in 
this solution at least ten minutes, in order to 
convert all the free silver nitrate into ace- 
tate of silver. After slight rinsing in clean 
water, the proofs are toned with 

Gold terchloride 4 grains. 

Sodium acetate 240 grains. 

Water 10 ounces. 

No. 1. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Acetate of soda 30 grains. 

Water : 8 ounces. 

This must not be used till one day after 
preparation. It keeps well, and gives warm, 
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No, 2. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Bicarbonate of soda 4 grains. 

Water 8 ounces. 

This is ready for immediate use after prep- 
aration, but it will not keep. 

No. 3. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Phosphate of soda 20 grains. 

Water 8 ounces. 

This gives' rich tones of a deep purple na- 
ture, but must be used soon after preparation. 

No. 4. 

Gold solution 10 drams. 

Acetate of lime 20 grains. 

Chloride of lime 1 grain. 

Tepid water 20 ounces. 

The gold solution before mentioned is pre- 
pared by neutralizing as much as is required 
of a 1 grain solution of chloride of gold by 
shaking it up with a little prepared chalk, 
then allowing it to settle, and filtering off the 
clear liquid. This toning bath improves by 
keeping. To use, add 2 ounces of it to 8 
ounces of tepid water, which will prove suffi- 
'cient to tone a full-sized sheet of paper. 

No. 5. 

Chloride of gold 15 grains. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Neutralize with lime water; make up to 15 
ounces with water, and add 2 drams chloride 
of calcium. This stock solution will keep 
for a long time. For use, dilute 1 ounce 
with 10 ounces of water. 

No. 6. 
Platinum tetrachl o r i d e, 

sirupy solution, color of 

old East India sherry. ... 5 minims. 

Hydrochloric acid 150 minims. 

Water 20 ounces. 

Wash away with free silver thoroughly, 
warm the toning solution to 70° F., and fix in 
a 20 per cent hypo. bath. 

No. 7. 

Mr. A. Watt, in the second volume of 
the News, gives a formula which runs as fol- 
lows: 

Solution of platinum 30 minims. 

Hypo 3 grains'. 

Hydrochloric acid 5 minims. 

Water 5 ounces. 

This bath is said to act instantly. The 
strength of the platinum solution here given 
is indefinite, but any of our experimental 
members can soon ascertain the amount of 
dilution necessary to obtain the most favor- 
able results. 



Alkaline Toning. — Owing to the bleaching 
action which occurs in toning silver prints 
with gold, which is slightly acid, certain ex- 
periments were made, and it was found that 
bleaching increased in proportion to the quan- 
tity of hydrochloric acid added. Now, in 
the action of toning chlorine is disengaged, 
and in order to render this powerful bleach- 
ing agent inert it has been proposed to intro- 
duce a substance capable of combining with 
it, and thus, in absorbing it, prevent undue 
loss of vigor. To obtain this a slightly alka- 
line toning bath became a necessity. 

No. 8. 
Sodium carbonate (Na2H 

> Co3) 5 grains. 

Auric terchloride (AuC13).. 1 grain. 
Water 10 ounces. 

Instead of the dry bicarbonate we will use 
a saturated solution. In this, as well as the 
following formulas, 3 prints of the same sub- 
ject should be toned, viz., ordinary, fumed 
and preserved. 

No. 9. 

Sesquichloride of gold 15 grains. 

Phosphate of soda 300 grains. 

Distilled water 1% pints. 

And in the same communication it is men- 
tioned that 180 grains of borax may be sub- 
stituted for the phosphate with a like result. 
Therefore it will be seen that a borax toning 
bath is not of recent discovery, although it 
does not appear to have been quoted in many 
formulae for at least a dozen years after its 
publication. 

No. 10. 

Gold terchloride 1 grain. 

Sodium acetate 10 grains. 

Sodium chloride 10 grains. 

Hot water 20 ounces. 

Mix twenty-four hours before use. Neu- 
tralize with chalk or whitening (carbonate of 
lime). 

No. 11. 

Ready Sensitized Paper Bath for. 

A. 

Water 1 liter. 

Chloride of gold 1 gram. 

B. 

Water 1 liter. 

Borax 10 grams. 

Tungstate of soda 40 grams. 

No. 12. 
Schweier's Borax Toning Bath. 
Chloride of gold solution, 

1:50 3 c. c. 

Borax solution, 1 to 10 100 c. c. 

Water, distilled 100 c. c. 

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No. 13. 

E. L. Wilson's Toning Bath. 

Water 16 fl. ounces. 

Acetate sodium 30 grains. 

Chloride sodium 30 grains. 

Chloride gold 2 grains. 

Nitrate uranium 2 grains. 

The gold and uranium, previously dissolved 
in a little water, must be neutralized with 
sufficient bicarbonate soda. Add gold to re- 
new as required. 

No. 14. 
Terchloride of gold, 1 per 

cent solution 1 part. 

Hyperchloride of lime 

(white powder) 3 parts. 

Distilled water 1000 parts. 

The action is complete in ten to fifteen 
minutes, when the prints require washing in 
two changes of water to free them from the 
chloride of lime remaining in the fibres pre- 
vious to fixing in 1 to 6 of hypo. If the 
tone is satisfactory at the expiration of fifteen 
minutes, the ordinary washing could be pro- 
ceeded with. 

No. 15. 

If not, the proofs are submitted to a 
final bath composed of 

Gold terchloride 2 parts. 

Hypo 200 parts. 

Distilled water 1200 parts. 

The proof ought not to be left in this 1 bath 
less than 15 minutes, as that is the minimum 
time necessary to insure the permanency of 
the picture; but it may be allowed to re- 
main in it for as much longer as is requisite 
for obtaining the desired tone. 

No. 16. 
The uranium and gold toning bath has 
many friends. The toues are said to be 
richer, and to economize gold, while it is very 
easy to work. The originator of the form- 
ula is unknown, but the following formula is 
recommended. After washing away the 
free silver tone in the following mixture: 

No. 1. 
One grain acid solution of 

gold terchloride 1 ounce. 

Water 7 ounces. 

Neutralize with sufficient of a 20 per cent 
solution of sodium carb. (Na2HCo3). 

No. 2. 
Three grains' solution of 

uranium nitrate 1 ounce. 

Water 7 ounces. 

Neutralize as in No. 1. Warm each to 70° 
F., and mix. The bath is then ready for use. 



It can be used repeatedly if desired, by acidi- 
fying with citric acid and neutralizing before 
use; but nothing is gained by using it a sec- 
ond time: 



3470. Miscellaneous Toning Baths. 

1. To Obtain Black Tones on Silver Prints. 
— Scholzig prints on sensitized albumenized 
paper under green or dark yellow glass, and 
tones with borax, 90 grains; uranium nitrate. 
4 grains; gold chloride, 3 grains; water, 24 
ounces. Teape prints under green glass, and 
tones with gold chloride, 1 grain; saturated 
solution of borax, 1 ounce; water, 6 ounces. 
(Phot. N., xxxiv, 623). Slightly washed 
prints absorb more gold in toning and give 
more permanent images than well washed 
prints (ibid., 639). The effects observed when 
silver printing is carried on under green glass 
are due to the specific action of the rays trans- 
mitted by the glass. Signal green absorbs 
the greater part of the rays that act on silver 
chloride, but transmits rays that act upon 
silver albuminate or silver citrate. When 
albumenized paper is printed under green 
glass the image consists almost entirely of 
altered silver albuminate, while with gela- 
tino-citrochloride under similar conditions the 
image consists of altered silver citrate. — (Ab- 
ney, Phot, ii., 702-704). 

No. 2. 

Platinum or palladium toning can be 
effected by means of a slightly acidulated so- 
lution of platinic or palladic chloride mixed 
with sodium sulphite. 

The gradual decomposition of toning baths 
containing platinum and silver metals can 
be prevented by the addition of one of the 
highest salts of the particular metal. For 
example — Platinum toning bath: Potassium 
chloroplatinite, 1.5 part; platinum tetrachlo- 
ride, 0.05 part; acetic acid, 15 parts; water, 
1000 parts'. 



No. 3. 
Osmium Toning Bath. — Ammonium osrni- 
ochloride, 1.50 part; potassium osmate, 0.1 
part; acetic acid, 15 parts; water, 1000 parts. 
Similar baths are used in the case of iridium 
toning or palladium toning. The quantity 
of the higher salt present in each case is not 
sufficient to injure the prints. — (P. Mercier, 
B. S. F., Phot. (2), vi., 194, 195). 

No. 4. 
Acetate and Bicarbonate Bath. 

Acetate of soda 120 grains. 

Bicarbonate of soda 10 grains. 

Chloride of gold 4 grains. 

Water 20 ounces. 



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Make up fully twenty-four hours previously 
to its' being required. The hath keeps in- 
definitely, and gives rich, warm brown tones. 
The prints for this bath should be printed 
deep. The toning will be complete when all 
the red has disappeared from the prints, ex- 
cept in the shadows, when examined by re- 
flected light. 

No. 5. 
Borax Bath for Warm Brown Tones. 

Borax 100 grains. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Mix. This bath will not keep, and should 
only be prepared as required, and then 
thrown away. One grain of gold is sufficient 
to tone 1 sheet of paper. The borax bath 
will suit all the ready-sensitized papers in 
the market. Use powdered borax, and dis- 
solve it in hot water. Afterward make up 
to 10 ounces. Next add 1 grain of chloride 
of gold, or 1 dram of gold solution, to 10 
ounces of water, and then mix the two solu- 
tions. 

No. 6. 

Gastine's Platinum Toning Bath. 

Chloride of platinum 15 grains. 

Chloride of sodium 60 grains. 

Bitartrate of soda 18 grains. 

Water 3% ounces. 

First dissolve the platinum and chloride of 
sodium, and bring the solution to the boil- 
ing point. Add the bitartrate slowly with 
constant stirring. This bath will keep, but 
is 1 to be diluted ten to twelve times with 
water for use. Purple black tones are ob- 
tained by a long immersion; for sepia, tone 
less. 

No. 7. 

Platinum Toning Bath. — To make a plat- 
inum toning bath substitute platinum chlo- 
ride for gold chloride in the acetate of soda 
bath; thus: 

Platinum chloride 1 grain. 

Acetate of soda 30 grains. 

Water 8 ounces. 

Dip a piece of blue litmus paper into the 
bath; if it turns red it is acid, and a solution 
of carbonate of soda must be added, drop by 
drop, until the blue color returns. 

No. 8. 

Spaulding's Stock Solution. 

Water 5 ounces. 

Gold chloride 5 grains. 



For use take 

Water 4 ounces. 

Soda bicarbonate. 1 grain. 

Common salt 2 grains. 

Stock solution of gold 1 ounce. 

No. 9. 

Tunsgstate of Soda Toning Bath. 

No. 1. 

Water 16 ounces. 

Borax 20 grains. 

Tungstate of soda 75 grains. 

No. 2. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Chloride of gold 4 grains. 

Mix 8 ounces of No. 1 with 1 ounce of No. 
2, and allow the mixture to stand half an hour 
before using. 

No. 10. 

Toning and Fixing in One Bath. — The 
operation of toning and fixing is much simpli- 
fied by using the combined bath. The print 
coming out of the printing frame is left in 
the bath till the color is arrived at, then 
washed and dried. The bath is composed of 
two solutions, and will keep for a long time. 
Dissolve water, 24 ounces; hyposulphite of 
soda, 6 ounces; sulphocyanide of ammonia, 1 
ounce; acetate of soda, iy 2 ounces; saturated 
solution of alum, 2 ounces. Fill the bottle 
containing the solution with scraps of sensi- 
tized paper, bad prints that are not fixed, and 
leave it for a day. Then filter, and add the 
following solution: Water, 6 ounces; chlo- 
ride of gold, 15 grains; chloride of ammonium, 
30 grains. It is necessary to print deep 
enough, and to leave the prints in the bath 
till, in looking through them, the desired 
color, brown dark or bluish, is observed. 
Used for Omega and other paper. 

No. 11 
Toning and Fixing in One Bath. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Phosphate of soda 15 grains. 

Sulphocyanide of ammo- 
nium 25 grains. 

Hyposulphite of soda 240 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Dissolve the gold separately in a small 
quantity of water and add it to the other 
solution. 

No. 12. 
Combined Toning and Fixing Bath. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Hypo 8 ounces. 

Chloride of gold 15 grains. 

Nitrate of lead (c. p.) 75 grains. 



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No. 13. 

Bromide Prints, Toning with Platinum. 
Potassium platino-chloride. 7 grains. 

Distilled water 16 ounces. 

Hydrochloric acid 1% drams. 

For twenty minutes, wash and soak to a 
15 per cent solution of copper chloride. — E. 
Vogel. 

No. 14. 
Brown Tones on Bromide Paper. — Dr. 
Miethe states that good brown tones may be 
given to bromide prints by a short treatment 
of the fixed and well-washed prints in 

Bichloride of mercury 10 parts. 

Common salt 10 parts. 

Water 500 parts. 

No. 15. 
Black Tones on Gelatino-Chloride Paper. — 
The following bath gives very rich dark 
tones: 

Chloride of gold 5 grains'. 

Nitrate of uranium 5 grains'. 

Bicarbonate of soda 75 grains. 

Distilled water 4 ounces. 

No. 16. 
Black Tones on Matt Surface Prints. — 
A very good toning bath for prints on matt 
surface paper is: 

Borax 90 grains. 

Nitrate of uranium 4 grains. 

Gold 3 grains. 

Water 24 ounces. 

The above quantity of gold is sufficient to 
tone at least three dozen whole plate prints'. 
If more are to be toned the proportions of 
gold and uranium should be increased. The 
bath remains in good condition for a long 
time, but fresh gold must be added occasion- 
ally to keep the bath up to strength. 

No. 17 

Gelatino-Chloride Paper, Toning and Fix- 
ing: 

Solution. 
No. 1. 

Hyposulphite of soda 200 grams. 

Alum 80 grams. 

Nitrate of lead (pulverized) 2 grams. 

Boiling water 400 c. c. 

The solution is allowed to stand for two 
days; then once more 400 c. c. of boiling 
water are added, and the solution is filtered. 
Meantime, the following solution is prepared 
in a bottle: 

Solution. 

No. 2. 

Sulphocyanide of ammonia. 160 grams. 

Water 1200 c. c. 

25 



Solution No. 1 is mixed with solution No. 2, 
and then ftdded. 

Sol. of gold chloride, 1 per ct. 10 to 20 c. c. 

With this bath the prints take any desired 
tone within three to five minutes. 

No. 18. 
Toning Bromide Prints.— By M. V. Port- 
man. — The following toning bath answers 
well, after fixing, if the print is at all green: 

Sulphocyanide of animo- 

niuin 30 grains. 

Chloride of gold 1 grain. 

Water 4 ounces. 

Half a minute in this bath will give the 
print a rich black tone; a longer time will 
turn the print blue, which answers very well 
for moonlight effects. 

No. 19. 

Experiments in Toning Gelatino-Chlor- 
ide Paper. — From the Photographic News we 
take the following: The use of paper coated 
with a gelatino-citro-chloride emulsion in 
place of albumenized paper appears" to be be- 
coming daily more common. Successful ton- 
ing has generally been the difficulty with 
such paper, the alkaline baths commonly in 
use with albumenized having proved unsuit- 
able for toning this paper. On the whole the 
bath that has given the best results is one 
containing, in addition to gold, a small quan- 
tity of hypo, and a considerable quantity 
of sulphocyanide of ammonium. Such a 
bath tones very rapidly, and gives most 
pleasing colors. It appears, moreover, to be 
impossible to over-tone the citro-chloro-emul- 
sion paper with it in the sense that it is 
possible to over-tone prints on albumenized 
paper with the ordinary alkaline bath. That 
is" to say, it is impossible to produce a slaty 
gray image. The result of prolonged ton- 
ing is merely an image of an engraving black 
color. Of this, however, we shall say more 
hereafter. We wish first of all to refer to 
an elaborate series of experiments by Lionel 
Clark on the effects of various toning baths 
used with the gelatino-citrochloride paper. 

The results of these experiments we have 
before us at the time of writing, and we may 
at once say that, from the manner in which 
the experiments have been carried out and 
in which the results have been tabulated, 
Lionel Clark's work forms a very useful con- 
tribution to our photographic knowledge, 
and a contribution that will become more 
and more useful, the longer the results of the 
experiments are kept. A number of small 
prints have been prepared. Of these sev- 
eral — in most cases, three — have been toned 
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torn in two. One-half has been treated with 
bichloride of mercury, so as to bleach such 
portion of the image as is of silver, and 
finally the prints — the two halves of each 
being brought close together — have been 
mounted in groups, each group containing 
all the prints toned by a certain formula, 
with full information tabulated. 

The only improvement we could suggest in 
the arrangement is that all the prints should 
have been from the same negative, or from 
only three negatives, so that we should have 
prints from the same negatives in every 
group, and should the better be able to com- 
pare the results of the toning baths. Prob- 
ably, however, the indifferent light of the 
present season of the year made it difficult 
to get a sufficiency of prints' from one nega- 
tive. 

The following is a description of the toning 
baths used and of the appearance of the 
prints. We refer, in the meantime, only to 
those halves that have not been treated with 
bichloride of mercury. 

No. 1. 

Gold chloride (AuC13) 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 10 grains'. 

Hyposulphite of soda % grain. 

Water 2 ounces. 

The prints are of a brilliant purple or vio- 
let color. 

No. 2. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 10 grains'. 

Hyposulphite of soda % grain. 

Water : 4 ounces. 

There is only one print which is of a brown 
color, and in every way inferior to those 
toned with the first bath. 

No. 3. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 12 grains. 

Hyposulphite of soda % grain. 

Water 2 ounces. 

The prints toned by this bath are, in our 
opinon, the finest of the whole. The tone 
is a purple of the most brilliant and pleasing 
shade. 

No. 4. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 20 grains. 

Hyposulphite of soda 5 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

There is only one print, but it is from 
the same negative as one of the No. 3 group. 
It is very inferior to that in No. 3, the color 
less pleasant, and the appearance generally 
as if the details of the lights had been 



bleached by the large quantity either of 
hypo, or of sulphocyanide of potassium. 

No. 5. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 50 grains. 

Hyposulphite of soda y 2 grain. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Opposite to this description of formula 
there are no prints, but the following is 
written: "These prints were completely de- 
stroyed, the sulphocyanide of potassium 
(probably) dissolving off the gelatine." 

No. 6. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Sulphocyanide of potassium 20 grains. 

Hypo 5 grains. 

Carbonate of soda 10 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

This, it will be seen, is the same as* 4, but 
that the solution is rendered alkaline with 
carbonate of soda. The result of the alka- 
linity certainly appears to be good, the color 
is more pleasing than that produced by No. 
4, and there is less appearance of bleaching. 
It must be borne in mind in this connection 
that the paper itself is strongly acid, and 
that, unless special means be taken to pre- 
vent it, the toning bath is sure to be more 
or less acid. 

No. 7. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Acetate of soda 30 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

The color of the prints toned by this bath 
is not exceedingly pleasing. • It is a brown 
tending to purple, but is not very pure or 
bright. The results show, however, the 
possibility of toning the gelatino-chloro-ci- 
trate paper with the ordinary acetate bath if 
it be only made concentrated enough. 

No. 8. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Carbonate of soda 3 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Very much the same may be said of the 
prints toned by this bath as of those toned by 
No. 7. The color is not very good, nor is the 
toning quite even. This last remark applies 
to No. 7 batch as well as No. 8. 

No. 9. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Phosphate of soda 20 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

The results of this bath can best be de- 
scribed as purplish in color. They are de- 
cidedly more pleasing than those of 7 or 8. 
but are not as good as the best by the sul- 
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Xo. 10. 

Gold chloride 1 grain. 

Hyposulphite of soda % ounce. 

Water 2 ounces. 

The result of this bath is a brilliant brown 
color, what might indeed, perhaps, be best 
described as a red. Two out of the three 
prints are much too dark, indicating, perhaps, 
that this toning bath did not have any tend- 
ency to reduce the intensity of the image. 

The general lesson taught by Clark's ex- 
periments is that the sulphocyanide bath 
gives better results than any other. A cer- 
tain proportion of the ingredients — namely, 
that of bath 3 — gives' better results than any 
other proportions tried, and about as good 
as any that could be hoped for. Any of the 
ordinary alkaline toning baths may be used, 
but they all give results inferior to those got 
by the sulphocyanide bath. The best of the 
ordinary baths is, however, the phosphate of 
soda. 

And now a word as to those parts of the 
prints which have been treated with bichlo- 
ride of mercury. The thing that strikes us 
as remarkable in connection with them is 
that in them the image has scarcely suffered 
any reduction of intensity at all. In most 
cases there has been a disagreeable change 
of color, but it is almost entirely confined to 
the whites and lighter tints, which are 
turned to a more or less dirty yellow. Even | 
in the case of the prints - toned by bath Xo. 
10. where the image is quite red, it has suf- 
fered uo appreciable reduction of intensity. 
This would indicate that an unusually large 
proportion of the toned image consists of 
gold, and this idea is confirmed by the fact 
that to tone a sheet of gelatino-chloro-citrate 
paper requires several times as much gold 
as to tone a sheet of albumenized paper. In- 
deed, we believe that, with the emulsion 
paper, it is possible to replace the whole of 
the silver of the image with gold, thereby 
producing a permanent print. We have al- j 
ready said that the print may be left for any 
reasonable length of time in the toning bath 
without the destruction of its appearance, 
and we cannot but suppose that a very long 
immersion results in a complete substitution 
of gold for silver. 

11. Toning Bath for Gelatino-Chloride 
Emulsion Paper. 

Wash the prints in clean water and then 
tone in the following: 
A. 

Distilled water 25 ounces. 

Ar-etate of soda (recrystal- 

Hzed) 1 ounce. 

Into which pour a solution 
of 1 per cent of chloride 
of gold 2 ounces. 



B. 

In 10 ounces of distilled water dissolve 2 
drams of sulpho-cyanide of ammonia, and 
add 1 ounce solution of 1 per cent chloride 
of gold. 

For toning, mix in the proportion of 20 
ounces of A to 6 of B, if possible the even- 
ing before using. 

12. Transparencies on Silver Paper. 
Print on the back of heavily-silvered paper 
until the picture is well printed, viewing the 
paper by transmitted light. 

Tone and fix; make the paper translucent, 
when dry. with 

Poppy oil y 2 ounce. 

Balsam fir % ounce. 

Spirits of turpentine *4 ounce. 



3471. Trays, to Make. 

Fse wood, and smear over with 4 parts 
resin, 1 part gutta percha and a little boiled 
oil, melted together and applied hot to the 
perfectly dry wood. Do not use zinc. 



3472. Trays and Graduates to Clean. 

Wash with nitric acid and use a rag. 



3473. Silver Wastes, to Recover. 

1. From Xitrate Bath. — 1. Add solution 
of caustic potash or lime, as long as there is 
a brown precipitate. Allow it to settle, 
pour off the liquid and collect silver oxide for 
reduction; vide III. below. 

2. For 1 pound of silver add 1 ounce sul- 
phuric acid and y 2 pound zinc and allow it to 
stand two days. Precipitate as a chloride, 
wash 8 or 10 times by decantation, and dis- 
solve gradually in nitric acid. Test the 
complete washing by hydrochloric acid. 
Wash with water till zinc nitrate is removed. 
If zinc clings to silver, wash with hydro- 
chloric acid. 

3. Suspend a sheet of copper in bath for 
two or three days. 

4. Acidify as nitric acid, precipitate as sil- 
ver chloride by sodium chloride or hydro- 
chloric acid and reduce as III. 

5. Immerse in bath 2 strips of copper at- 
tached to a Daniell's battery. Silver de- 
posited on the copper as in Xo. 3. 

6. Add sodium bicarbonate or hydrate. 
Reduce as' in III. below, or. if pure enough, 
dissolve precipitate at once in nitric acid. 

7. Concentrate bath made alkaline by so- 
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oxalic acid neutralized with sodium carbon- 
ate. Filter, dry and fuse with equal weight 
of sodium bicarbonate. 

S. Deposit either with or without a bat- 
tery on iron. Fuse with potassium nitrate 
and sodium carbonate. 

II. Hyposulphite Bath.— 1. Precipitate as 
silver sulphide by potassium sulphide. Re- 
duce as III. or dissolve in nitric acid. 

2. Precipitate with hydrosulphuric acid, 
and reduce as III. 

3. Decompose hypo, by waste nitrosul- 
phuric acid from manufacture of gun cotton 
for collodion. Have silver sulphide and sul- 
phur with sodium nitrate and sulphate in 
solution. Suspend zinc in the solution, 
then boil two or three hours; wash on filter, 
dry, fuse with borax and sodium carbonate. 

4. Suspend sheet copper in the solution. 

5. Add hydrochloric acid, which sets free 
sulphur and precipitates silver chloride. Ox- 
idize the sulphur by aqua regia and reduce 
silver chlorides as in III. 

6. Add sodium hypochlorite to the alkaline 
solution. Wash, precipitate and fuse with 
mixed carbonates. This gives no fumes of 
sulphur. Sodium bisulphate and chlorides 
are bi-products. 

III. Reduction of Silver Chloride, Oxide or 
Sulphide.— 1. Mix with 1/3 its weight of col- 
ophony. Heat moderately in a crucible till 
greenish-blue flame ceases, then suddenly in- 
crease the heat, when a button of the metal 
is obtained. 

2. Melt with alkaline carbonates enough to 
cover surface from air; then mix with 75 
per cent chalk and 4 per cent charcoal, and 
heat. 

3. Ignite with niter on red hot plate, care- 
fully, and in small quantities to avoid explo- 
sions, run down to a bead with sodium car- 
bonate and borax. 

4. If a chloride, reduce to an oxide by 
boiling with strong potash, then reduce by 
glucose; or boil the chloride with glucose 
and sodium carbonate. 

5. Add silver chloride dissolved In am- 
monia to a boiling solution of 1 part glucose 
and 3 parts sodium carbonate in 40 per cent 
of water, keeping up the boiling all the time. 

6. Add to silver chloride sodium hydrate in 
solution and grape sugar, and expose to sun- 
light in an open dish with occasional stir- 
ring. Reduce to dark brown oxide of silver 
soluble in nitric acid. 



7. Mix with five times its weight of so- 
dium carbonate. Fill a Hessian crucible half 
full and sprinkle sodium chloride over the 
top. Heat slowly in anthracite fire. After 
half an hour increase the heat until the 
crucible is white hot. When complete fusion 
has taken place, allow to cool and break out 
the button of silver. 

8. Fuse with 2 parts carbonate sodium and 
potassium mixed. 

9. Add pure zinc and dilute sulphuric acid 
and let it stand two days. Wash silver off 
with water acidulated with sulphuric acid to 
remove all zinc; finally fuse to a button. 

10. Mix one-half its weight dry sodium car- 
bonate and one-quarter its weight of dry 
clean sand and ignite. 

IV. a. Gold Wastes, Recovered. — 1. Make 
just acid with hydrochloric acid, add solu- 
tion containing 2 ounces pyrogallic acid, let 
it stand twenty-four hours; filter, dissolve in 
aqua regia, and product, after evaporation, 
will be found better for toning than that pre- 
cipitated by iron. 

2. Acidify toning bath, and add sulphate of 
iron, 2 grams, to 1 gram chloride of gold. 

b. Separated from Silver. — 1. Treat button 
obtained by fusing waste from hypo, baths, 
toning and fixing with dilute nitric acid. 
Wash insoluble part with ammonia to remove 
silver chloride, if present, and dissolve in 
aqua regia. 

2. Digest 20 grams in flask with 1 fl. dram 
hydrochloric acid, 15 minims of nitric acid 
and 2 drams of water. After fifteen min- 
utes boil, add 2 ounces water; filter. Silver 
chloride with organic matter left undissolved. 
Reduce as III. above. 

V. Paper Wastes'. — 1. Soak paper in strong 
solution of saltpeter and burn. 

2. Treat with nitric acid, precipitate with 
sodium chloride or potassium hydrate. Then 
put with III., above for reduction. 

.VI. Cyanide Solution.— 1. Dilute with 
water, precipitate by (2) potassium sulphide, 
(2) sodium chloride, and reduce as III. 

2. Decant bath into iron kettle, warm, add 
ferrous sulphate slowly, till a slight pre- 
cipitate of oxide is formed. Make alkaline, 
and add solution of grape sugar until of a 
brownish yellow color. Allow to settle, 
siphon off the liquid. Wash sediment on 
filter, and ignite to recover silver. 

VII. Developer.— 1. See II., 3, 4, 5, G, with 
hypo, bath; 1 and 2 not applicable, for iron 
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2. Reduce by its own iron, if ferrous sul- 
phate. 

Reduction of Photographic Wastes. — The 
following recipes are the result of the experi- 
ences of many. Some of the notes are very 
important. If followed closely you may, as 
other people have done, reduce photographic 
wastes to 982/1000 fine. 

Paper Clippings. — Burn the papers to a fine 
ash; then mix with V/ 2 its weight of the fol- 
lowing flux: 

Bicarbonate of soda 1 pound. 

Pearlash . . . . 1 pound. 

Common salt 4 ounces. 

Silver Paper, to Reduce. — Burn all your 
papers and preserve the ashes thereof, then 
add nitric acid until all the silver is extracted, 
and filter through muslin cloth. Now add 
common salt to form silver chloride, and 
evaporate to dryness, and reduce to metallic 
silver in crucible by adding 2 parts of sodium 
carbonate and a modicum of borax to one of 
silver chloride. Mix well and heat gradually 
at first, and finish with white heat, then wash 
well until nothing but silver remains. Treat 
washings with salt, evaporate to dryness, 
and reduce as above in crucible. 

Recovery of Silver from Hypo Bath. — The 
Photographische Wochenblatt recommends 
the precipitation of silver from the fixing 
bath with an old oxalate developer that still 
contains enough protoxide for this purpose. 
The precipitate is in a very fine state of di- 
vision and difficult to filter. 

Silver from Waste Solutions. — One of the 
simplest methods of recovering silver from 
waste solutions is the following: First di- 
lute the liquid about one-third with water 
(double this quantity if much gum is pres- 
ent), heat the solution to about 180° Fah., 
and gradually add solution of pure sulphate 
of iron (iron sulphate 5 ounces, water 1 pint) 
until no further precipitate forms. Decant 
the liquid portion, throw the precipitate on 
a filter and wash it thoroughly with hot 
water. To the washed precipitate — consist- 
ing of finely divided metallic silver — add 
strong pure nitric acid and heat over a water 
bath until the silver has all been dissolved. 
Evaporate to dryness over the water bath 
(in a porcelain dish, capsule) and dissolve 
the residue in hot water (distilled or rain). 
Filter this solution and concentrate it over 
a water bath, then set it aside to crystallize. 
Remove the crystals, concentrate in a sim- 
ilar manner the mother liquid and obtain an- 
other crop of crystals. These crystals (of 
nitrate of silver) are pure enough ror ordin- 
ary purposes, but if required to be used for 



photographic purposes they should be redis- 
solved in water and recrystallized. Where 
the liquid containing the silver contains also 
much insoluble organic matter, it is some- 
times preferable to separate the silver by 
evaporating the liquid to dryness and fusing 
the residue with an equal quantity of borax 
glass in a blacklead crucible. 



3474. "Waxing Solution. 

For carbon prints, or for removing collo- 
dion films. — Beeswax, 40 grains; benzole, 
(rectified), 8 ounces. 



3475. Photography. Accelerator, the 
" Excelsior." 

This accelerator is of German origin. It 
can be employed both with ferrous oxalate 
or pyrogallol. Zinc filings, 100 parts; water, 
500 parts; sulphuric acid, 50 parts. 

Shake well and set aside for a few days. 
The vial should be well corked. Add then 
250 parts of sodium sulphite, set aside again 
for a few days, and dilute with an equal vol- 
ume of: Ammonium sulphite, 250 parts; 
water, 500 parts. This is the stock solution. 
If to be used with pyrogallol, one should add 
1 part of ammonium sulphocyanate to 50 
parts of it, or 4 parts of ammonio-citrate of 
iron if employed with ferrous oxalate. 

These solutions keep for a long time in well 
corked bottles. 

For pyrogallol 2% p. 100 are added to the 
developing solution and for ferrous oxalate 
5 p. 100. A greater percentage produces 
yellow fog. 

In the chemical action, which takes place 
in the preparation of the accelerator, so- 
dium hyposulphite (formerly hydrosulphite) is 
formed, and to it is due the accelerating 
property. 

The process is not new; it is similar to 
that published in 1877 by Mr. L. O. Sammann, 
for the development of the luminous image 
on collodion emulsion films. 



3476. Colored Photographic Prints, For- 
mulas for Making Different. 

Mr. A. Lizzard, in Anthony's Bulletin, 
gives a translation from a French work on 
the different processes for producing prints 
in various colors. 

"Process with nitrates of uranium and cop- 
per." By means of this process, which is 
as rapid as that of the salts of silver, prints 
of a brown tone are obtained very warm, 
very agreeable and of an artistic stamp. 



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The sensitizing bath is composed of: A. 
Uranium nitrate, 23 grams; distilled water, 
80 c. c. B. Copper nitrate, 7 grams; distilled 
water, 80 c. c. 

Mix these two solutions in a tray and im- 
merse in it the gelatine sized paper, for about 
two minutes; then dry it in the dark. The 
paper thus 1 prepared will keep for a consid- 
erable length of time, and it becomes also 
very leathery. The exposure to the sun re- 
quires not longer than ten minutes, a weak 
image showing in the printing frame. It is 
then developed by immersing in a solution of: 
Yellow prussiate of potash, 16 grams; dis- 
tilled water, 700 c. c. 

The image will instantly appear with a 
rich red brown tone, with metallic reflec- 
tion and bronzed. When the immersion has 
been sufficient, the image will appear with a 
nearly equal intensity on both sides, because 
it is in the body of the paper. By this* 
means very fine transparent pictures are 
easily obtained. As soon as the print 
reaches the desired tone, wash it in pure 
water until the whites have become clear and 
pure, and all soluble salts eliminated; then 
hang it up to dry. No other fixing will be 
necessary. 

In place of the yellow prussiate bath, if 
one is used, composed of 2 parts chloride of 
platinum to 100 parts water, the prints will 
be a beautiful black. 

In the same book is given a "process with 
nitrate of silver and uranium" which prom- 
ises very fine results. Float a sheet of 
paper on a sensitizing bath composed of the 
following: A. Uranium nitrate, 60 grams; 
distilled water, 50 c. c. B. Silver nitrate, 8 
grams; distilled water, 50 c. c. 

Mix the two solutions, float the paper for 
two or three minutes and hang it up to dry 
in a dark room. Expose it under the nega- 
tive and immerse in a bath composed of: 
Protosulphate of iron, 16 grams; tartaric 
acid, 8 grams; sulphuric acid, a few drops; 
distilled water, 200 c. c. 

The development is very rapid and the 
print is fixed by washing in pure or rain 
water. The sensitiveness of this paper is 
so great that in diffused light a print is visi- 
ble and black in eighteen seconds, and in half 
an hour before a kerosene light of moderate 
size at five inches distant from the flame. 
The process is very simple, and the chemicals 
of the ordinary kind to be found in every well 
conducted dark room. 



3477. Faded Photographs. 

Put the card in warm water until the 
paper print may be removed from the card 
backing without injury. The prints can be 
restored by means of the following solutions: 
a. Sodium tungstate, 100 parts; water, 5000 
parts. b. Precipitated chalk, 4 parts;, 
bleaching powder (chloride of lime),' 1 part; 
sodium aurochloride, 4 parts; distilled water, 
400 parts. Solution b is made in a well 
corked yellow glass bottle, is allowed to 
stand twenty-four hours, and is then filtered 
into another yellow bottle. The faded 
prints are well washed, and placed in a mix- 
ture 1 to 2 parts of b and 40 parts of a. 
When the intensification is sufficient, the 
prints are immersed in a solution of 1 part 
of hypo, in 10 parts of solution a until all 
yellowness has disappeared, and are then 
well washed. 



3478. Lantern Slides, To Color. 

Use transparent colors, namely, Prussian 
blue, gamboge, carmine, verdigris, madder 
brown, indigo, crimson lake, and ivory black, 
with the semi-transparent colors, raw and 
burnt sienna, and Vandyke and copal brown,, 
thinning oil colors with ordinary megilp to 
a degree just sufficient for the proper work- 
ing, and using for a medium for laying on 
the first coat of water colors gelatine thor- 
oughly dissolved and hot. When perfectly 
dry this coat can be shaded and finished with 
water colors mixed in the ordinary way with 
cold water, but the manipulation of the 
added colors must be gentle, so as not to 
disturb the layer first put on the glass. A 
thin coat of the best mastic varnish height- 
ens the effect of shades painted in water 
colors, but oil colors require no varnish. 



3479. Photographing on Wood, U&ing 
Dry Plates. 

Gelatine, 2 drams; white curd soap, 2 
drams; water, 16 ounces. Soak gelatine for 
some hours, then dissolve in a bath of hot 
water. Add the soap in small shavings, stir 
with a glass rod or slate pencil till completely 
mixed, then add powdered alum until the 
froth produced disappears; strain through 
muslin. The block is now coated with this 
mixture and a little zinc white, rubbed well 
into the wood, with the thinnest coating pos- 
sible, and fininshed off smoothly and evenly 
all over, and left to dry. It is then brushed 
over with the following composition, a camel 
hair brush being used. It is advisable to use 
a wide one, to prevent streaks in the finished 



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391 



block; Albumen, 1 ounce; water, 6 drams; 
ammonium chloride, 18 grains; citric acid, 5 
grains. 

Beat the albumen to froth and allow to 
settle, using the clean portion, add the water, 
then the ammonium chloride, mixing well 
with rod; finally the acid. One coating with 
the brush from end to end of the block in one 
sweep is quite sufficient. When the block is 
dry pour over a small quantity of silver solu- 
tion, made by dissolving nitrate of silver, 50 
grains; water, distilled, 1 ounce. 

Move the solution over the surface by the 
aid of a glass rod, and pour off the surplus 
into another bottle for filtering for further 
use. When dry, print the block under a re- 
versed negative to just the depth you re- 
quire, as there is hardly any loss in the fin- 



ishing. When printed, hold the block face 
down in a dish of strong salt and water tor 
three minutes. This will cause the print to 
fade a little. Wash under a spray of water, 
and fix in a saturated solution of hypo, by 
holding the block face down on the bath for 
about five minutes; this will bring back all 
detail; finally wash for about ten minutes, 
stand on end to dry; the block is then ready 
to be engraved. The picture may be toned, 
but this is not necessary. In order to make 
the reverse negative it is only needful to take 
the photograph through the film, care being 
taken to have the glass quite clean. Another 
method would be — strip and turn the film by 
means of a solution of hydrofluoric acid. In 
case you make a negative through the film, 
remember to turn the focusing glass round. 



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TABLE OF LATIN TERMS USED IN PRESCRIPTIONS. 

From Scoville's Art of Compounding. 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Abdomen, inis 

Ablutio-ionis 

Absente f ebre 

Accurate , 

Accuratissime 

Acerbitas-atis 

Acerbus, a. um 

Acetum saturninum 

Ad (prep. w. accus.) 

Ad conciliandum gustum 

Ad secundum vicem 

Adde, addatur 

Addantur, additus 

Addentus, addendo 

Adde cum tritu 

Additis sub finem coctionis. 

Ad defectionem animi 

Ad gratam aciditatim 

Ad gratum gustum 

Adhibendus 

Adjacens ■ 

Ad libitum 

Admove, admoveatur 

Admoveantur 

Admoveatur durante dolore. 

Ad partes dolentes 

Adstante febre 

Adversum 

AEtas, atis 

Aggrediente febre 

Agita, agitetur 

Agitato, agitando 

Agita ante sumendum , 

Agita donee refrigerat 

Agitando miscentur 

Agitato vase 

Albus, a. um , 

Alcoholisatus, i , 



Abdom. 



Abs. feb. 



Accuratiss 



Ad 2d. vie. 
Add 



Add. 



trit. 



Ad. def. anim. 



Adhib. 



Ad. lib. 



Admov. 



Ad. part, dolent. 

Adst. febre 

Adv 



Aliquot 

Alimentum, i 

Alter alteram 

Alternis horis 

Aluta 

Alvo astricta (or adstricta). 



Alvus . 
Amplus 



Aggred. feb. 
Agit 



Agit. vas. 
Alb 



Alt. 



Alv. ast. 



Amp. 



Of each. 

The belly. 

A washing, cleansing. 

In the absence of fever. 

Carefully, accurately. 

Most carefully, most accurately. 

Sourness. 

Sharp, sour, harsh (to the taste). 

Solution of subacetate of lead. 

To, up to. 

To suit the taste. 

To the second time. 

Add (thou), let it be added. 

Let them be added, adding. 

Adding, for or by adding. 

Add with trituration. 

Adding toward the end of boiling. 

To fainting. 

To an agreeable sourness. 

To an agreeable taste. 

To be administered. 

Near to. 

At pleasure. 

Apply, let it or them be applied. 

Let it be applied when in severe pain. 

To the painful (or aching) parts. 

When the fever is on. 

Against. 

Age, time of life. 

When the fever is coming on. 

Shake, stir, let it be shaken or stirred. 

With or by shaking, or agitation. 

Shake before taking. 

Stir until it is cold. 

Let them be mixed by shaking. 

The vial being shaken. 

White. 

Alcoholized, i. e., powdered extremely 
fine. 

Some, a few. 

Nutrient, nourishment. 

The other, the rest. 

Every other hour. 

Leather. 

For confinement of the bowels (consti- 
pation). 

The belly, the bowels. 

Large, ample. 




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393 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Ampulla 

Ana 

Ante 

Applica, appliceiar 

Aqua astricta 

Aqua bulliens 

Aqua communis 

Aqua fontis (fontalis or fontana). ,|Aq. font. . . 

Aqua gelidus j 

Aqua marina j Aq. mar. . . 

Aqua phaged aenica | Aq. phaged. 



Aq. ast. 
Aq. bull. 
Aq. com 



Aqua pluvialis. 
Aqua potabilis. 
Aqua saturni. . 

Aqua urbis 

Aquila alba. .. . 

Argilla, ss 

Aut , 



Bacca, ae 

Balneum 

Balneum arenae. . . 

Balneum maris 

Balneum vaporis. . 

Bene . .' 

Bibe, bibatur 

Biduum 

Bis 

Bis in die, bis in 

diem 

Bonus, a. um 

Bracbium 

Brevis 

Bulliat, bulliant. .. 
Butyrum 



Aq. pluv. 



Aq. satur. 
Aq. urb. . 



Bal. ar. 
Bal. mar. 
Bal. vap. 



dies, bis intra 



Caeruleus, i 

Calefactus, i 

Calido solvuntur 

Calomelas or calomelanos 

Calor, oris 

Capiat 

Capiat omnes cursu bodie 

Capiat quantum vis (or volueris) 

Capillus, i 

Caput, capitis 

Carbasus, i 

Caro, carnls 

Cataplasma atis 

Catharticum, i 

Caute 

Celeriter 

Cena (or caena or coena) 

Ceratum, i 

Charta 

Charta cerata 

Chartula 

Chininum 

Cibus, i 



Bis in. d. 



Bull 



Caerul. 
Calef. 



Calom. 
Calor. 
Cap. .. 



Carbas. 



Chart. 
Chart. 
Chart. 
Chinin. 



cerat. 



Cap. quant, vis.. 



A large vessel. 

Of each. 

Before. 

Apply, let it be applied. 

Frozen water, ice. 

Boiling water. 

Common water. 

Spring water. 

Cold water. 

Sea water. 

Yellow wash. 

Rain water. 

Drinkable water. 

Subacetate of lead water. 

City water. 

Calomel. 

Clay. 

Or. 

Berry. 

A bath. 

Sand-bath. 

Salt (or sea) water bath. 

Steam (or vapor) bath. 

Well, good. 

Drink, let it be drank. 

Two days. 

Twice. 

Twice a day. 

Good. 

An arm. 

Short. 

Let it (or them) boil. 

Butter. 

Dark blue, dark green. 

Warmed. 

Let them be dissolved while hot. 

Calomel. 

Heat, warmth. 

Let the patient take. 

Let the patient take all during this day. 

Let the patient take as much as he will. 

The hair. 

The head, of the head. 

Linen, lint. 

Meat, of meat (flesh). 

A poultice. 

A cathartic. 

Cautiously. 

Quickly, immediately. 

Supper. 

A wax salve. 

Paper. 

Waxed paper. 

A small paper. 

Quinine. 

Food, victuals. 



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Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Circitu 

Cito 

Cito dispensetur! 

Clams, a, urn 

Clausus, a, um 

Cochleare, cochleatim 

Cochleare, amplum, or 

magnum 

Cochleare medium or modicum. . 

Cochleare parvum 

Coctio 

Cogantur 

Cola, coletur, coientur 

Colaturae (dat.) 

Collum, i 

Collunarium, i 

Collutorium 

Collyrium 

Coloretur 

Commisce, commiscetur, commis 
centur 



Cito. disp. 



Coch 

Coch. amp. . 
Coch. mag. . 
Coch. med. . , 
Coch. parv. . 



Colatur. 



Commode (adv.) 

Concisus 

Concuscus, i . . 

Concuti, concutiatur 

Congius 

Conquassando 

Conserve 

Consperge, conspergetur. 



Contere, conteruntus. 



Conterendo 

Continuantur remedia 

Contra 

Contritus, a, um 

Contusus, a, um 

Coque, coquetur, coquantur. 

Coquantur simul 

Cor, cordis 

Cotula, ae 

Coxa 

Cras crastinus 

Cras sumendus 

Cras mane 

Cras nocte 

Cras vespere 

Cujus, cujus libet 

Cum . .'. 

Cum guttis aliquot 

Cursu (abl.) ■, 

Cyathus, or 

Cyathus vinarius 



Da, detur, dentur.... 
De (prep. w. abl.). . .. 

Deaurentur 

Debitae spissitudonis. 



Collut. 
Collyr. 



Commod. 



Cong. 



Consperg. 



Contere. 



Cont. rem. 



Contrit. . . 
Contus. . . . 

Coq 

Coq. simul. 



Cras. 



Cuj., cuj. 
C 



lib. 



Cyath 

Cyath. vinar. . , , 



Da, det., dent. 



Deb. spiss. 



Near, round, about. 

Quickly. 

Let it be dispensed quickly. 

Bright, clear. 

Closed, inclosed. 

A spoonful, by spoonfuls. 

A tablespoonful. 

A dessertspoonful. 

A teaspoonful. 

Boiling. 

Let them be combined. 

Strain, let it (or them) be strained. 

To or of the strained liquor. 

The neck. 

A nose-wash. 

A mouth-wash. 

An eye lotion. 

Let it be colored. 

Mix together, let it or them be mixed 

together. 
Rightly, properly, suitably. 
Cut. 
Shaken. 

Shake, let it be shaken. 
A gallon. 

By vigorous shaking. 
A conserve; also preserve. 
Dust or sprinkle, let them be sprinkled 

or dusted. 
Rub together, let them be rubbed 

together. 
With or by rubbing together. 
Let the medicines be renewed. 
Against. 

Broken, ground, crumbled. 
Bruised. 

Boil, let it (or them) be boiled. 
Boil together. 
The heart. 
A measure. 
The hip. 
To-morrow. 

To be taken to-morrow. 
To-morrow morning. 
To-morrow night. 
To-morrow evening. 
Of which, of whatever you please. 
With. 

With a few drops. 
In the passing of, during. 

A wineglass. 

Give, let it (them) be given. 

From, down. 

Let them be gilded. 

To a proper consistence. 



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395 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Debitus, a, um 

Decanta 

Decoctum 

Decoque, decoquetur, decoquentur 

Decubitus 

De die in diem 

Dein, deinde 

Deglutiatur (antur) ". 

Dejicerit, dejiciatur 

Dexter 

Diebus alternis 

Dies (diei, gen.) 

Digere, digeretur, digerentur 

Diluculum, i, diluculo 

Dilue, dilutus, a, um 

Dimidius, a, um 

Directiones 

Directione propia . % 

Dispensa, dispensetur 

Divide, dividatur, dividantur 

Dolor, dolore 

Donee 

Donee alrus dejecerit 

Donee alvus commode purgetur 

Donee alvus soluta fuerit 

Donee habeas colaturae 

Donee leinatur dolor 

Donee sint residuae 

Dosis 

Dulcedo (idinis) dulcitas-atis. . . 

Duplico 

Eadem (fern.) 



Decoc 



Decub 
De d. 



Dieb. 
D. .. 



alt 



Dim 

Dir 

Dir. prop 

Disp 

Divid. . . , 



Ejusdem 

Electuarium 

Emesis 

Emplastrum epispasticum. 
Emplastrum vesicatorium. 

Enema, enemata 

Epistomium 

Et 

Etiam 

Etiam nunc 

Evamierit 

Ex or E (w. abl.) 

E qua formentur 

E quibus sumatur 

Exhibeatur 

Ex modo praescripto 



Ex paululo aquae 

Experime 

Ex Parte 

Exprime, exprimatur . 
Extende, Extendatur . 
Extende super alutam . 
Extende super pannum 
Extrahe, extrahatur . . 
Extractum 



Dulc. 



Due, proper. 

Decant. 

A decoction. 

Boil down, let be boiled down. 

Lying down. 

in d ; From day to day. 

I Afterward, then. 

Let or may be swallowed. 

Will purge, let it be purged. 

Right. 

Every other day. 

A day. 

Digest, let be digested. 

Daybreak, at dawn. 

Dilute, diluted. 

One-half. 

Directions. 

With proper directions. 

Dispense, let it be dispensed. 

Divide, let it be divided. 

Pain, in pain. 

Until. 

Until the bowels move. 

Until the bowels are properly purged. 

Until the bowels are loosened. 

Until you have of strained liquor. 

Until the pain is relieved (or assuaged). 

Until there is of residue. 

A dose. 
Sweetness. 
In duplicate. 
The same. 



Elect. 



f Emp. episp 
\ Emp. vesic 
Enem. . 
Epistom 



sp. > 
ic. / 



Exhib. . 
E. m. p. 



Extend sup. alut. 



Ext. 



Of the same. 
An electuary. 
Vomiting. 

A blistering plaster. 

A clyster. (Injection for the rectum.) 
A stopper, bung. 
And. 

Also, besides. 
Yet, also, besides. 

Shall have passed away, disappeared. 
From, out of. 
From which are formed. 
From which are given. 
Let it be exhibited (administered). 
After the manner prescribed (as di- 
rected). 
From (or in) a very little water. 
Try (thou). 
Partly 

Express, let it be expressed. 
Spread, let it be spread. 
Spread upon leather. 
Spread upon cloth. 
Extract (thon), let it be extracted. 
An extract. 



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Term or Phrase. 


Contraction. 


Meaning. 


Fac, fit, fiat, fiant 


Ft 




Facere 




To make. 


Farina .- 








Fascic 


A little bundle. 
Fever. 


Febris .' 


Febre durante 




During the fever. 
To the inner thigh. 
Hot. 




Fern, inter 


Fervens (entis) 


Fictilis, e 






Filtra 


Filt 


Filter. 


Filtrum " 


Filt 


A filter. 


Filtrum chartae 




Filter paper. 
Yellow. 


Flavus, a, um 


Flav 






Fluid. 


Flores benzoes 




Benzoic acid. 






Santonica. 


Flores zinci 




Oxide of zinc. 




Form 






Cold. 






In small pieces, little bits. 
Shall have been. 


Fuerit 




Fuscus, a, um 




Brown, dark. 






A gargle. 
Gelatin. 


Gelatina 




Gradatim '. 




Gradually. 
A grain, grains. 
Pleasant, agreeable. 
Large, coarse, 




Gr 


Gratus, a~, um 




Grossus, a, um 








Gum arabic. 


Gutta, Guttae 


Gtt 


A drop, drops. 
By drops. 


Guttatim 




Harum pilularum 




Of these pills. 
Of these powders. 


Harum pulverum 








A draught. 


Hebdoma, ae 




A week, for a week. 


Herba, ae 




An herb. 


Heri 




Yesterday. 


Hora 




An hour. 




Hor. die 

Hor. som 


At bed-time. 


Horae intermediis 


In the intermediate hours. 




At bed-time. 




At the end of an hour. 


Idem 




The same. 


Identidem 




Repeatedly, often. 
Suitable, convenient. 


Idoneus, a, um 




Idoneo vehiculo 

Illico 


Idon. vehic 


In a suitable vehicle. 
Then, immediately. 


Illico lagena obturatur 




Let the bottle be stoppered immediately. 
Let it (them) be introduced into, placed 

in. 
In, within, upon — (sometimes) not. 


Immitatur, immitantur 




In 




Imprimis 




Chiefly first. 
Cut, cutting. 


Incide, incisus 




Inde 




Therefrom. 


Indies 




Daily. 


Inf unde 




Put or pour in. 

Put or force into, forcing into. 


Ingere, ingerendus 





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Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Injic. 



Ingerendus capsulas gelatinosas 

Injiciatur 

In impetu effervescentiae . . . 

In lagena bene obturatur 

In loco f rigido j In. loco. 

In massam subigantnr 

In massam cogantur | 

In olla ferrea vitreata 

In partes aequales 1 

In pulmento 

Instar 

In vaso clauso- 

In vaso leviter clauso 

Inter, internus 

Involve, involvuntur 

Involve gelatina 

Invoruntur 

Ita 



frig. 



Iteretur, iterentur 



Jam , 

Jentaculum, i 

Jucunde 

Julepum 
Juscellum . . . 
Jusculum 
Juxta, juxtim 



ae 



Jentac. 
Jucund. 
Jul. ... 



K. 



Lapid. 



Kalium 

Kali 

Kali praeparata . . 

Lac, lactis 

Lamella, ae, lamina 

Lana, ae 

Languor, oris 

Lapidens, a, um . . . 
Lapis infernalis . . . 
Largus, a, um .... 
Laridum, lardum . . 

Latus, a, um 

Latus, eris (lateris) 
Latere admoveatur 

Lateri dolenti |Lat 

Laxamentum ventris | . . . . 

Laxus, a, um . 

Lectus, i 

Leniter 

Leniter terendo 

Leviter 

Leviter clausus 

Linctus, i 

Linimentum, i 

Lintum, i 

Liquor-oris .... 
Luteus, a, um 



Lat. admov 
dol. . . . 



Liq. 
Lut. 



Macera, maceratur, maceruntur Macer. 

Macera donee refrigerant 

Macera per horas tres 



Putting into gelatine capsules. 

Let it be injected. 

In tbe height of effervescence. 

In a well-stoppered bottle. 

In a cold place. 

Let them be kneaded into a mass. 

Let them be combined in a mass. 

In a glazed iron pot. 

Into equal parts. 

In gruel. 

The form and size of. 

In a closed (covered) vessel. 

In a loosely closed vessel. 

Between, inner. 

Cover (coat), let them be covered. 

Coat with gelatin. 

Let them be moistened, sprinkled. 

In such manner. 

Let it (or them) be repeated. 



Now. 

Breakfast. 

Pleasantly. 

A julep. 

A broth. 

Soup. 

Near to, nigh, 



close by. 



Potassium. 

Potassa. 

Potassium carbonate. 

Milk, of milk. 

Plate, leaf, layer, scale. 

Flannel, wool. 

Faintness, feebleness. 

Of stone, stony. 

Silver nitrate, lunar caustic. 

Abundant, plentiful. 

Lard. 

Broad, wide. 

The side, of the side. 

Let it be applied to the side. 

To the painful side. 

Purging, evacuating. 

Loose, open (app. to astricta). 

A bed, couch. 

Easily, gently. 

By rubbing gently. 

Lightly. 

Lightly closed. 

A linctus or lohoch. 

A liniment. 

Lint. 

A liquor. 

Yellow, golden yellow. 

Macerate, let it (them) be macerated. 
Macerate until cold. 
Macerate three hours. 



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Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Macera per sextum horae partem 



Magnus, a, um 

Mane (indecl.) 

Mane bene, mane plane 

Mane primo 

Manipulus, i 

Manus, i 

Mare, maris 

Massa, ae 

Matula 

Matutinus, a, um 

Medius-a-um 

Mensura 

Mica, ae 

Mica panis 

Minimum, i 

Minutum, i 

Misce, miscetur, miscentur 

Misce accuratissime 

Misce bene 

Misce caute 

Miscetur fortiter conquassando 

Mistura 

Mitte, mittatur, mittantur 

Mitte tales 

Modicus, a, um 

Modo dictu 

Modo praescripto 

Mollis, is 

Mora, ae 

More dictu 

More solitu . . .. 

Mos, moris 

Mortarium, i 



Natrium, i 

Ne tradas sine nummo . . . 

Necnon 

Niger, nigra, nigrum 

Nihilum album 

Nisi 

Non 

Non repetatur 

Novus, a, um 

Nox, noctis , 

Noxa, ae, or noxia, ae 

Nucha 

Numerus, i 

Numero 

Nunc 

Nutricius (nutritus) a, um 

Nutritus — us 

Nux — nucis 



Obduce, obducatur 



Obductus, a, um 
Obtritus, a, um . 
Occlusus, a, um 



Magn. 



Mas 



Med. 



Mic. 
M. 



pan. 



M. 

M. accur. 
M. bene. 
M. cante. 



Mist. 



diet, 
p. . 



Mor. diet. 
Mor. sol. 



Mortar. 



Ne. tr. s. n. 



Nihil, alb. 



Non. rep. 



No. 



Macerate ten minutes (one-sixth part of 

an hour). 
Large. 
Morning, in the morning. 

i Early in the morning. 

A handful (bundle). 

The hand. 

The sea, of the sea, 



also sea-water. 



A vessel, pot (for liquids). 

In or of the morning. 

Midst, middle, medium. 

By measure. 

A crumb, morsel. 

Crumb of bread. 

A minim. 

A minute. 

Mix, let it (them) be mixed. 

Mix very intimately. 

Mix well. 

Mix cautiously. 

Let it be mixed (with) violent agitation. 

A mixture. 

Send, let it (them) be sent. 

Send of such, send like this. 

Moderate (sized), middling. 

As directed in the way said. 

As directed or prescribed. 

Soft. 

A delay. 

In the manner said (as directed). 

In the accustomed manner. 

Manner, of manner, custom, work. 

A mortar. 

Sodium. 

Do not deliver unless paid. 

And also, and yet. 

Black. 

Zinc oxide. 

Without, unless. 

Not. 

Do not repeat. 

New, fresh. 

Night, of the night. 

An injury, hurt. 

The nape of the neck. 

Number. 

In number. 

Now. 

Nourishing, nutritious. 

Nourishment. 

Nut, of a nut. 

Cover or conceal, let it be covered or 

concealed. 
Covered, concealed, coated. 
Crushed. 
Enclosed. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Octarius O 

Oetuplus, octuplo | Octup. . . . 

Oeulus-i 

(Moi-amentum. i j Odoram. . 

Odoratus, a. urn i Odorat. . . . 

Odora. odoretur j 

Oleosus, a, um ! 

Oleum — sine igne | 

Olla. ae ! 

Ollieula, ae 

Omnis I 

Omni hora I Omn. hor. 

Omni mane I Omn. man. 

Omni nocta 1 Omn. noct. 

Optimus, a, um Opt 

Opus (indecl.) 

Oryza ! 

Os. oris j 

Ori putamen (inis) I 

Ovum, i 



Pabulum, i 

Pallidus, i 

Panis, i 

Pannus, i, pannulus, i 

Para, parita, paretur. paratus, i 

Paretur indie 

Pars, partis, parti 

Pars affecta fricetur 

Parte affecta fricetur 

Partes aequales 

Partitus, a, um 

Partitis vicibus 

Parvus, a, um, parvulus, a. um 

Pastillus. i 

Paucus. a, um, paucies (adv.) . . . 

Paulatim 

Pectus, oris 

Penicillum, i, peniculus. i 

Per (prep. w. ace.) 

Peractus, a, um 

Percalefactus, a. um 

Percola, percolatur 



P. e. 



Perge. pergetur 

Perinde 

Perpurus, a. um . . . 
Pervesperi (adv.) . . . 
Pes. pedis, pedi . . . . 

Pessarium. i 

Pessulum. i 

Phiala, ae 

Phiala prius agitata 

Pilula, ae 

Pilus. i 

Pinguis. is 

Pistillum, i 

Placebo 

Plasma, atis (n.) . . . 



Pess. 



Ph. . 
P. P. 



Ping. 



A pint. 

Eight-fold,— in eight-fold. 

The eye. 

A perfume. 

Odorous, smelling, perfuming. 

Perfume, let it be perfumed. 

Oily. 

Cold drawn or pressed — oil. 

A pot, jar. 

A little pot. 

All, every. 

Every hour. 

Every morning. 

Every night. 

Best. 

Need, necessity. 

Rice. 

The mouth, of the mouth. 

An egg-shell. 

An egg. 

Food, nourishment. 

Pale, pallid. 

Bread. 

A cloth, rag. 

Prepare, let be prepared, prepared. 

Let be prepared therefrom. 

A part, of the part, to the p^rt. 

Let the affected parts be rubbed. 

Rub upon the affected part. 

Equal parts. 

Divided. 

In divided doses. 

Little, very little, an infant. 

A pastille, lozenge. 

Little, few, seldom. 

Little by little, gradually. 

The breast. 

A pencil, brush, little roll. 

Through, by means of, very. 

Finished. 

Thoroughly heated. 

Strain through, percolate, let be strained 

through. 
Proceed with, continue, let be continued. 
In the same manner, just as. 
Very clean. 

Very late in the evening. 
The foot, of, to, the foot. 

A pessary. 

A phial. 

The vial having first been shaken. 
A pill. 
The hair. 
Fat, grease. 
A pestle. 

I will satisfy (will please). 
I A form, figure. (Glycerite of starch.) 



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Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Plasma, plasmetur 

Plenus, a, urn 

Poculum, i, pocillum, i 

Pondere 

Pondus, eris, ponderatus, i . 

Pondus civile 

Pondus medicinale 

Post cibo 

Postridie 

Potus, us 

Prae (prep. w. abl.) 

Prandium, i 

Pridie 

Primus, a, um 

Pro (adv. and prep. w. abl.) 

Pro dose 

Proprius, a, um 

Pro ratione aetatis 



Pro re nata 



Pro potu cathartico 

Proximo 

Prius (adv.) 

Pugillum, i 

Pulpa, ae 

Pulvis, eris 

Pulvis grossus 

Pulvis subtilis or . . 
Pulvis subtilissimus 
Pulvis tenuis or 
Pulvis tenuissimus . 

Purgativus, i 

Purus, a, um 

Pyxis, idis 



Quadrans, antis 

Quadrum, i 

Quadruplo 

Quam (adv.) 

Quam libet 

Quam (or qua) vis (volueris) 

Quantum libet 

Quantum placet 

Quantum vis or volueris 

Quantum sufficit 

Quantum sufficiat 

Quantum satis 

Quaqua hora 

Quaque, quisque 

Quartus, i 

Quibus 

Qui libet 

Quisquam or quisquis 

Quoque ( 

Quorum 

Quotidie 

Quoties 

Quoties requiritur 



Post. cib. 



Prand. 



P. r. n. 



Prox. 



Pugil. 



Pulv 

Pulv. gros. 



Pulv. subtil. 
Pulv. tenn. 



Purg. 
Pur. 



q. v. 
q. 1. 
q. p. 
q. v. 



q. s. 



q. q. 



q. q. 



Mould (thou), let it be moulded. 

Filled. 

A drinking cup, a little cup. 

By weight. 

A weight, weighing. 

Avoirdupois weight. 

Apothecaries' weight. 

After eating. 

On the next day, the following day. 

A drink, a drinking. 

Before, also very. 

Dinner. 

On the day before. 

First, earliest, beginning. 

For, in favor of, before, according to. 

For a dose. 

Special, particular. 

According to the condition of age, i. 

According to the age of the patient. 

As occasion arises, occasionally, 

needed. 
For a cathartic drink. 
Nearest. 
Before, former. 
A pinch. 
Pulp. 
A powder. 
A coarse powder. 

A smooth (very smooth) powder. 

An extremely fine. 

(Attenuated) powder. 

A cathartic, purging. 

Pure, clean. 

A small box, a pill box. 

A fourth, quarter. 

Square. 

Is four-fold, quadruple. 

As much as, in what manner. 

As much as you wish. 

t As much as you please. 

A sufficient quantity. 

Every hour. 
Each, every. 
Fourth. 

To or from which. 
Any, whatever you please. 
Anything. 
Also. 

Of which. ' 
Daily. 

As often as. 
] As often as is required. 



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401 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Rams, a, um Loose, thin, rare. 

Ratio, onis Relation, proportion, condition. 

Recens, ntis iRec j Fresh, recent, newly. 

Recipe 'R. (Take (thou). A recipe. 

Redactus, i , Redact I Reduced. 

Redactus in pulverem iRed. in pulv. ... Reduced to powder. 

Regio, onis ; Region, direction, portion. 

Relectus, a, um I Opened, loosened. 



Reliquus, i 

enoya, renovetur . . . 

Renovetur semel 

Repetatur, repetantur 

Res, rei 

Residuus, a, um 

Retinetur 

Rictus, us 

Rigidus, a, um 

Ruber, rubra, rub rum 

Rudicula, ae 

Rudis, is 

Rumen, inis 



Saccharum saturni 

Saepis, saepe 

Sal, salis 

Sal, amarum 

Sal mirabile 

Saltern 

Sanguis (inis), sanguineus 

Sapor, is 

Satis, is 

Scapulae, arum 

Scatula, ae 

Scrupulum, i 

Scutum, scuto 

Scuto pectori 

Secundo 

Secundum arteni 

Secundum legem 

Semel 

Semi, semis 

Semihora 

Sensim 

Seorsum 

Separatim 

Septimana 

Sero 



Reliq Remaining, the remainder. 

; Renew, let it be'renewed. 

Renov. semel. . . Let it be renewed once only. 
Rept | Let. it (or them) be repeated. 

A thing, object, substance, affair. 

Residual, remaining. 

Let it be withheld. 

Wide open, distended. 

Rigid, hard, inflexible. 

Red, ruddy. 

A spatula. 

A stirring-rod. 

The throat. 



Rub. 



Sal. 



Scat. . . . 
Sc. or 3 



S. A. 
S. L. 



Separ. 



Sesuncia 

Sesqui 

Sesquihora 

Sevum. i 

Sextans (ntis) sextus 
Si 



sic: 

Sicca, Siccetur 

Siccus 

Signa, signetur 



Sig. 



Signanter 



Acetate (sugar) of lead. 

Often, frequently. 

Salt, also shrewdness. 

Magnesium sulphate. 

Sodium sulphate. 

At least. 

Blood, bloody. 

A flavor, delicacy. 

Enough, sufficient. 

The shoulder blades. 

A box. 

A scruple. 

Protection, for protection. 

For protection to the breast. 

Secondly, in order. 

According to art. 

According to law. 

Once, a single time. 

A-half, half. 

Half hour. 

Gently, gradually, slowly. 

Sundered, apart, separate. 

Separately. 

A week. 

Late, at a late hour. 

An ounce and a-half. 

Once and a-half. 

An hour and a-half. 

Suet, tallow. 

Sixth-part, sixth. 

If. 

So, in this manner, thus. 

Dry, let it be dried, or drained. 

Dry, dried. 

Mark, imprint (thou). Let it be 

printed. 
Clearly, distinctly. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Sile hujus! 

Simplex, simplicis 

Simul 

Sinapismus, i 

Sine 

Sine expressione 

Singillatim, singnlaris 

Singulorum 

Si non valeat 

Si opus sit 

Si vires permittebant 

Sit 

Sit in promptu 

Sitis (is), siti 

Solatium, ii 

Solitus, a, um 

Solus 

Solve, solvatur 

Solutus, solutio-onis 

Soluto tandem 

Solve cum leni calore 

Somnus 

Spiritus vini rectiflcatus . 

Spiritus vim tenuis 

Spissitudo, inis 

Spissus, a, um 

Statim 

Stet, stent 

Stibum, i 

Stillatim 

Stilus 

Stomachus, i 

Stratum, i 

Suavis 

Sub 

Subactus 

Sub finem coctionis 

Subigatur, subigantur .... 

Subinde 

Subtilis 

Succus, i 

Suggillationi 

Sume, sumat, sumantur, 
tur, sumendus 



Simp. 



S. expr. 



Sing 

Si. n. val 

Si. op. sit 

Si. vir. perm. . 



Solv 

Sol. or solut. 



Spiss. 



Sumat talem 

Summo mane sumendus 

Summus, a, um 

Super 

Superbibe 

Suppositoria, ae 

Suppositoriae rectales Suppos. 

Suppositoriae uretbrales Suppos. 



Sum. 



Sum. talem. 



Suppos. 



Tabella, a 
Talis, is . 

Tarn 

Tandem . 
Tantum, i 



rect.. 
ureth. 



Tab. 



Keep (thou) silence concerning this! 
Simple, unmixed. 
Together. 

A mustard poultice, sinapism. 
Without. 

Without expressing, pressing. 
One by one, singly. 
Of each. 

If it does not answer, — be of value. 
If it be best, — needed. 
If the strength will permit. 
Let it be. 

Let it be in readiness. 
Thirst, for thirst. 
Soothing, assuaging. 
Accustomed, ordinary. 
Alone, only. 

Dissolve, let it be dissolved. 
Dissolved, solution. 
To or in the solution finally. 
Dissolve with a little heat. 
Sleep. 
Alcohol. 
Proof spirit. 
Thickness, consistency. 
Dense, hard. 
Immediately, at once. 
Let it or them stand. 
Antimony. 

By drops, in- small quantities. 
A stake, crayon. 

The stomach, alimentary canal, gullet. 
Layer, stratum. 
Pleasant, agreeable. 
Under somewhat. 
j Subdued, sinking. 
Toward the end of boiling. 
Let it (them) be subdued, overcome. 
Frequently. 
Fine, smooth, nice. 
Juice, sap. 
To the bruise. 

Take or employ, or consume. Let him 

take, let it be taken, to be taken. 
Let the patient take — like this. 
To be taken very early in the morning. 
Highest, summit. 
Above, upon, over. 
Drink afterwards. 
A suppository. 
Rectal suppositories. 
Urethral suppositories. 

A tablet, lozenge. 
Of such, like this. 
So far, in so far. 
At last, finally. 
So much, so many. 



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403 



Term or Phrase. 



Contraction. 



Meaning. 



Tegmen, or Teguuien, inis 

Tempus, oris 

Tenuis 

Tepidus, a, uni 

Ter '] 

Tere, teretur Ter 

Teres, etis j 

Tere simul Ter. sim 

Testa, ae 

Testa ovi ) 

Tliion, Thionas, atis ; 

Tinctura thebaica j 

Triplico ! Trip. . . . 



Tritura, trituretur 

Trocliiscus 

Tum 

Turbidus, a, uni . . 

Tussis, is 

Tuto 



Obi 

Ulna, ae 

ritime, ultima 

Ultimo praescriptus 

Una 

Uneia. ae 

Unetulus, a. um, unctus, a, 

Unetus, us 

Unguentum, i 

Unguilla, ae 

Urgens, entis 

Ustus, a, um 

Ut or uti 

Ut dictum 

Utere. utendus, i 

Utendus more solito 



Trit. 
Troch. 



Ult 

Ult. praesc. 



Ung. 



Vapor oris 

Yas. vasis 

Vas vitreum 

Vehiculum, i 

Vel (or ve as a suffix) 

Venenosus, a, um, venenum, 

Verus. a, um 

Vesper, eris 

Vesperma, ae 

Vicis. is, vices 

Viridis, is, viride, is 

Vis, viris 

Vitreus, a, um 

Vitrum, i 

Volatilis, is. volatile 

Vomitis, onis 



Ut diet. 



Utend. mor. sol 



, Vas. vit. 
Vebic. . 



Volat. 



A cover. 

Time. 

Fine, weak, thin. 

Tepid, lukewarm. 

Thrice, three times. 

Rub, triturate. Let it be rubbed. 

Rubbed, smooth, polished. 

Rub (triturate) togetber. 

A shell. 

An egg shell. 

Sulphur, sulphate. 

Laudanum, tincture of opium. 

Triplicate. 

Triturate, let it be triturated. 

Troche, lozenge. 

Then, next, furthermore. 

Turbid, muddy, not clear. 

A cough. 

Safety. 

Where, wherever, whenever. 

The arm, the elbow. 

Lastly, at the last. 

The last ordered. 

To one, together. 

An ounce. 

Besmeared, anointed. 

An anointing, anointment. 

Ointment, unguent. 

An ointment-box. 

Pressing, urgent. 

Burned, 

That, so that, in order that. 

As directed. 

Make use of, to be used. 

To be used in the usual manner. 

Steam, vapor. 
A vessel, utensil, bottle. 
A glass vessel. 
A vehicle. 
Or. 

Poisonous, a poison. 
True, real, genuine. 
The evening. 
Supper. 

Change, alternation, turns. 
Green. 

Strength, vigor," life. 
Of glass, glazed. 
Glass. 
Volatile. 
Vomiting. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 




NUMERALS. 


Cardinals. 


Ordinals. 



Unus One. 

Duo Two. 

Tres Three. 

Quatuor. Four. 

Quinque Five. 

Sex Six. 

Septem Seven. 

Octo Eight. 

Novem Nine. 

Decern Ten. 

Fndecim Eleven. 

Duodecim Twelve. 

Tredecim Thirteen. 

Quatuordecim Fourteen. 

Quindecim Fifteen. 

Sexdecim Sixteen. 

Septenidecini Seventeen. 

Octodecim or duo de viginti Eighteen. 

Novemdecim or un de viginti Nineteen. 

Viginti Twenty. 

Viginti unus or unus et 

viginti Twenty-one. 

Triginta Thirty. 

Quadraginta Forty. 

Quinquaginta Fifty. 

Sexaginta Sixty. 

Septuaginta Seventy. 

Octoginta Eighty. 

Nonaginta Ninety. 

Centum One hundred. 



Primus First. 

Secundus Second. 

Tertius Third. 

Quartus Fourth. 

Quintus Fifth. 

Sextus Sixth. 

Septimus Seventh. 

Octavus Eighth. 

Nonus Ninth. 

Decimus Tenth. 

Undecimus Eleventh. 

Duodecimus Twelfth. 

Tertius decimus Thirteenth. 

Quartus decimus Fourteenth. 

Quintus decimus Fifteenth. 

Sextus decimus Sixteenth. 

Septimus decimus Seventeenth. 

Octavus decimus Eighteenth. 

Nonus decimus Nineteenth. 

Vicesimus Twentieth. 

Vicesimus Primus Twenty-first. 

Tricesimus Thirtieth. 

Quadragesimus Fortieth. 

Quinquagesimus Fiftieth. 

Sexagesimus Sixtieth. 

Septuagesimus Seventieth. 

Octogesimus Eightieth. 

Nonagesimus, Ninetieth. 

Centesimus Hundredth. 



NOMENCLATURE. 



(From Scoville's Art of Compounding.) 

The temptation to physicians to abbreviate 
in writing prescriptions makes it necessary 
that the pharmacist should be thoroughly con- 
versant with chemical nomenclature, particu- 
larly in regard to those bodies which are most 
frequently prescribed as remedies. 

A salt or chemical may be known by several 
names, — its trade or common name, its Latin 
or scientific name, and in many cases also 
by a technical or descriptive name. 

The common or trade name may have been 
derived from the names of those who first 
brought them into notice, as Glauber's or 
Seignette's salt, or from the place from which 
they were first obtained, as Epsom or Roch- 
elle salt. The Latin or scientific names desig- 
nate, in a general way, the chemical composi- 
tion of the bodies, and when there are a num- 
ber of salts or bodies which contain the same 
elements, but in different proportions, more 



definitely descriptive names may be applied 
to them to avoid confusion. 

Thus, "chloride of mercury" may mean 
either calomel or corrosive sublimate, but the 
terms, mild chloride of mercury, and corro- 
sive chloride of mercury, protochloride of 
mercury and bichloride of mercury are de- 
finite, and cannot be confused. 

The first of these terms gives a general idea 
of the salt, — composed of mercury and chlor- 
ine; the second distinguishes between the 
medicinal and physical action of two chlor- 
ides which exist, one being "mild," and the 
other "corrosive;" the third of the terms also 
distinguishes between the two chlorides, one 
being the "pro to" (first or lowest) chloride, 
and the other the "bi" (second or higher) 
chloride. 

Unfortunately, no one system of nomen- 
clature is satisfactory for all, and much con- 
fusion may arise unless the dispeDser under- 
stands the principles which imderly each sys- 
tem. A single body may have several trade- 
names, and the Latin title may be thought 
too long. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



405 



The third system attaches certain prefixes 
or suffixes to the negative (acid) term, which 
have a constant meaning, and thus distinguish 
the salt clearly from others of a similar com- 
position. This method may be used for all 
definite chemical compounds, but if carried 
out in some cases, ridiculously long words 
would result, and thus it is not always practi- 
cal, although very convenient in many cases'. 

The prefixes and terminations in general 
use are as follows: 



PREFIXES. 



Mono (Gr. monos, one). Proto (Gr. protos, 
first). 

These are employed to designate a single 
atom or molecule of acid radical in combina- 
tion with a base, or the firsa-t or lowest num- 
ber of a series, when more than one propor- 
tionate combination is known. Before the 
names of radicals beginning with a vowel, the 
final o of these is generally omitted, for the 
sake of euphony. 

Examples.— PbO, Lead monoxide. FeO, Iron 
monoxide, or protoxide. Fe CI2, iron protochlor. 
ide (not nionochloride). 

Sesqui (Lat. sesqui, one-and-a-half) meaning 
three atoms or molecules of acid radical to 
two of basic (since chemistry does not admit 
of splitting atoms), the ratio being one to one- 
and-a-half. 

Examples.— Fe203, Iron sesquioxide (Fe2Cl6is 
sometimes called sesquichloride— the chloride of 
the sesquioxide). A12 O3 Aluminum sesquioxide. 

Bi, or Bin (Lat. Bis, twice), Di (Gr. dis, 
twice), Deuto (Gr. deuteros, second), meaning 
two, or double, where two molecules of acid 
radical are combined, or twice as many mole- 
cules as there are of the basic radical. Di 
has also been used to refer to the basic radi- 
cal in a similar way. 

Examples.— HgCl2 mercury biniodide, or deuto 
iodide, CS2 Carbon disulphite (Pb20(C2Hg02)2 
Lead diacetate}. 

Ter (Lat. ter, three). Tri (Gr. tria, three). 
Three atoms, or molecules of the basic radi- 
cal. 

Examples.— An Cl.3 gold terchloride. Fe20s iron 
trioxide. AS2O3 arsenic trioxide. Fe2(SC>4)3 iron 
tersulphate. 

Quadra (Lat. quatuor, or quadras, four). 
Tetra (Gr. tetratos, fourth), meaning four 
atoms, or molecules, of acid radical. 

Examples.— SnCU tetra, or quadrachloride, of 
tin. PtCU tetra-chloride of platinum. 



Penta (Gr. penta, five). Quinque (Lat. 
quinque, five), meaning five. 

Examples.— PCls Phosphorus pentachloride. 

Hexa (Gr. hexa, six). Sex(t) (Lat. sex, six), 
meaning six. • 

Examples.— Sl6 sulphur hexaiodide. 

Hepta (Gr. hepta, seven). Sept (Lat. septa, 
seven), meaning seven. 

Examples.— CI2O7 chlorine heptoxide. 

Poly (Gr. polios, or polu, many), meaning 
many equivalents — usually when the exact 
formula is in doubt, as poly-iodides, many 
atoms (above three) of iodine combined with 
a base, etc. 

Sub (Lat. sub, under). Hypo (Gr. hupo, un- 
der, or Lat. hypo, after). Sub refers to the base, 
and is used to designate salts which are com- 
posed of an oxide and another acid radical in 
varying proportions, or the so-called basic salts. 
Thus sub-acetate of lead is a combination of lead 
oxide PbO and lead acetate Pb (C2H30-2)2. Sub- 
sulphate of iron is an oxy- or basic sulphate, ap- 
proximating Fe20(S04)2+Fe2(SO-4)3=Fe40(SO-4)5. 
Bismuth subnitrate Bi O X03(approximately). 
Most of these salts vary in composition, hence 
their formulas are not included in the Pharma- 
copoeia. 

The term hypo refers to the acid radical, 
and usually indicates the lowest of a series of 
oxyacid salts. 

Examples.— KCIO potassium hypochlorite. 
KH2PO2 potassium hypophosphite. 

Per (Lat. per, above). Hyper (Gr. hyper, 
above). Super (Lat. super, above). The con- 
tracted form per is mostly used, and indicates 
the highest of a series of compounds, as con- 
trasted with sub and hypo. 

It is used mostly with oxy acids; when it 
refers to those containing the largest num- 
ber of atoms of oxygen, the culmination of a 
series. 

Examples. — KCIO4 perchlorate of potassium. 
H2O2 peroxide of hydrogen. Fe2Cle perchloride 
of iron. 

Ortho (Gr. orthos, straight). Used to dis- 
tinguish substances in a normal condition 
from a modified form of the same, or from 
others which have been derived from them 
by heat or other causes. 

Example.— II3PO4 Orthophosphoric acid. 

Pyro (Gr. pur, fire). Used to designate that the 
body has been produced by heat (fire). Thus 
2H3PO4, or H6P2O8 + heat becomes H4P2O7, pyro- 
phosphoric acid, water (II2O) being driven out. 

C7H6O5, gallic acid, heated, becomes C6H6O3 
pyrogallic acid, CO2 being driven out. 



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Meta (Gr. meta, beyond). Used to desig- 
nate an altered condition, as distinguished 
from the ortho and pyro (and para) forms. 

Thns, H4P2O7 -f heat becomes 2HPO3 metaphos- 
phoric acid, water being driven out. 

(The terms ortho, pyro and meta, as applied 
to inorganic compounds, usually distinguish 
between forms produced by heat or similar 
causes.) 

Para (Gr. para, from beside, near to, about, 
etc.). Used with organic compounds, when 
three bodies having the same chemical com- 
position, but differing in physical properties 
(solubility, melting and boiling points, etc.) 
and certain chemical and medicinal proper- 
ties, are to be distinguished. Such cases are 
differentiated by the terms ortho, meta, and 
para. 

Examples. — C2H4(OH)2 Ortho-dihydroxy-ben- 
zol or pyrocatechin. 
C2H4(OH)2 Meta-dihydroxy-ben- 

zolor resorcin. 
C2H4(OH)2 Para dihydroxy -ben- 
zol or hydrochinon. 
Para also designates molecular aggregations of 
certain organic compounds, as C2H4O— aldehyde 
and (C2H40)3 or C6H12O3 par aldehyde. 

Hydro (Gr. hudor, water), used to designate 
the binary acids, i. e., those composed of only two 
elements, the prefix referring then to the hydro- 
gen, as HC1, hydro-chloric acid, H2S hydro-sul- 
phuric acid. 

An (Lat. an, without). De (Lat. de, away 
from), meaning without or deprived of. Used 
to denote something which has been removed, 
therefore, implying that the removed sub- 
stance usually exists in the body normally. 
Examples. — An hydrous, without water (or 
moisture). 
De odorized, deprived of odor. 



TERMINATIONS. 



Ide, Id, *Uret. — Terminations' used with 
salts composed of a base united to a single 
element or with cyanogen, as an acid radical, 
the latter being used mostly with sulphur, 
phosphorus and cyanogen. 



Examples.— KI, potassium iodid(e). 

K2S, potassium sulphid(e), or sul- 

phuret, sulfid. 
KCN, potassium cyanid(e), or cya- 

nuret. 
H2S, sulphuretted hydrogen, or hy- 
drogen sulphid(e). 
H4P, phosphuretted hydrogen. 
Ous, Ite. — When a series of acids differ only 
in the proportion of oxygen which they con- 
tain, the lower members of the series end in 
ous and the salts of these in ite. 

Ic, Ate. — The highest members of such a 
series of acids, or those which contain the 
most oxygen, end in ic, and the salts of these 
in ate. 

Examples.— H2SO3, sulphurous acid, K2SO3 po- 
tassium sulphite. 
H2SO4, sulphuric acid, K2SO4 po- 
tassium sulphate. 
The following series well illustrates the use 
of some of these prefixes and terminations: 

HC1, hydro-chlor-ic acid. KC1, potassium 
chloride. 

HCIO, hypo-chlor-ous acid. KGIO, potas- 
sium hypo-chlor-ite. 

HOIO2, chlorous acid. KCIO2, potassium 
chlorite. 

HCIO3, chlor-ic acid. KCIO3, potassium 
chlor-ate. 

HCIO4, perchloric acid. KCIO4, potassium 
per-chlor-ate. 

Oid (Gr. eidos, resemblance), used to ex- 
press similarity in character and properties 
(not in composition). 

Examples. — Alkaloid, resembling an alkali. 
Crystalloid, resembling a crys- 
tal. 
Resinoid, resembling a resin. 
Ine, In. — In the Pharmacopoeia these ter- 
minations are used to distinguish between 
alkaloids and other proximate principles. All 
alkaloids end in ine; Latin, ina; while gluco- 
sides, neutral principles, etc., end in in; Latin, 
inum. 
Examples. — Morphine. Latin, Morphina. 
Quinine. Latin, Quinina. 
Picrotoxin. Latin, Picrotoxi- 

num. 
Santonin. Latin, Santoninum. 
*The latest nomenclature prefers the ter- 
mination id, and also substitutes f for ph in 
many cases, as sulfur, fosfate, etc. 



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3480. Condition Powders for Horses, Cattle, 
&c. A 

Ground linseed oil cake 500 pounds. 

Powdered antimony 50 pounds*. 

Powdered fenugreek 50 pounds. 

Granulated saltpetre 5 pounds. 

Bicarbonate of soda 25 pounds. 

Powdered nux vomica 2% pounds. 

Powdered sulphate of iron. 16 pounds. 

Powdered salt 25 pounds. 

Sulphur 50 pounds'. 

Mix. 

Directions. — Give mixed with wetted grain; 
for ordinary use one tablespoonful with each 
feed for horses. Horses need not stop work, 
but should have extra care and attention in 
stable. For acute diseases double the dose. 
Cattle require one and one-half tablespoon- 
fuls. Sheep and hogs, one tablespoonful 
daily, at night. 

This powder is warranted pure. As a gen> 
eral tonic it will be found of benefit to 
animals out of condition, while in fattening 
stock it adds to the value of the food by im- 
proving the appetite, loosening the skin and 
making them thriTe much faster. As a 
remedy for epizootic in horses it is very popu- 
lar. For hog cholera it is far superior to 
many of the so-called specifics sold. Purifies 
the blood and removes all humors. 



3481. Condition Powders for Horses, Cattle. 
&c. B 

Ground linseed oil cake.... 100 pounds. 

Ground fenugreek 20 pounds. 

Ground .gentian 10 pounds. 

Powdered rosin 10 pounds. 

Powdered ginger 5 pounds. 

Powdered sulphate of iron. 5 pounds. 

Powdered salt 10 pounds. 

Mix. 

Dose: Same as Formula "A." 

The ground linseed oil cake in the above 
formulas is used as a filler or vehicle for the 
administration of the drugs. Formerly 
ground mustard hull (mustard bran) was used 
for this purpose, but of late years ground lin- 
seed oil cake has been obtainable at much 
lower figures than mustard hull; the average 
price of ground linseed oil cake during the 
last five years has been eighteen dollars a ton 
of two thousand pounds delivered F. O. B. 
on cars. 



3483. Condition Food for Horses, Cattle, 
&c. 

Sold as Stock Food. 

Ground linseed oil cake 500 pounds. 

Ground fenugreek 50 pounds. 

Ground anise seed 10 pounds. 

Ground ginger, African 5 pounds. 

Powdered salt 25 pounds. 

Powdered licorice root 10 pounds. 

Mix. 

This food is sold extensively in stock coun- 
tries; it has an excellent aroma and will not 
become wormy. 

Linseed meal from the seed would be pre- 
ferable in condition powders and stock food 
if for quick sale after mixing, but where the 
goods remain in stock for a year or over the 
large quantity of oil in it is objectionable and 
causes a rancid odor to be emitted from the 
packages. 

• 

3483. Cattle Condiment. 

Stock Food. 

Ground oil cake 200 pounds. 

Miller's shorts 100 pounds. 

Ground St. John's bread. . 100 pounds. 

Ground fenugreek 30 pounds. 

Ground anise seed 10 pounds. 

Powdered salt 20 pounds. 

Powdered sulphate of iron. 5 pounds. 
Powdered African ginger. . 5 pounds. 
Mix. 



3484. Harvey's Condition Powders. 

Powdered gentian 10 pounds. 

Powdered fenugreek 20 pounds. 

Powdered ginger 10 pounds. 

Powdered licorice 10 pounds. 

Powdered nitrate of potash 5 pounds. 

Powdered salt 10 pounds. 

Ground oil cake 100 pounds. 

Mix. 



3485. Poultry Powder. 

For Chickens, Ducks, Geese, or Turkeys. 

Cayenne pepper 5 pounds. 

Assafoetida, powdered 2% pounds. 

Fenugreek, powdered 12% pounds. 

Willow charcoal, powdered 10 "pounds. 
Prepared chalk, ground. .. . 25 pounds. 
Golden seal, powdered 25 pounds. 



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Nux vomica, powdered. . . . 7% pounds. 
Sulphate of iron, powdered 7^ pounds. 
Mustard hull, yellow, 
ground 200 pounds. 

Directions. — For grown fowls, one or two 
teaspoonfuls of the powder mixed in meal 
with a little water. Promptness is essential 
in administering this remedy, so that the dis- 
ease does not advance too far before it is 
used. Give twice a day for 3 or 4 days and 
then once a day and finally once every other 
day, until a perfect cure is beyond a doubt. 

For all other diseases, such as swelled 
head, sore throat, etc., proceed as* above. 



3486. Egg Producing Food. 

Air slaked lime 100 pounds. 

Oyster shells, ground 200 pounds. 

Cayenne pepper 10 pounds. 

Venetian red 40 pounds. 

Black pepper, ground 10 pounds. 

Mix. 



3487. Worm Powder for Horses. 

Pink root, powdered 8 ounces. 

Jalap, powdered 8 ounces. 

Santonine, powdered 8 ounces. 

Wormseed, powdered 8 ounces. 

Dry salt, powdered 16 ounces. 

Areca nut, powdered 8 ounces. 

Cloves, powdered 8 ounces. 

Mix. 

Dose: One tablespoonful in bran mash. 



3488. 



Aperient Powder for Horses and 
Cattle. 



Buckthorn, powdered 1 pound. 

Fenugreek, powdered 1 pound. 

Dried magnesia sulphate. . . 3 pounds. 

Dose two to four ounces. 



3489. Hog Powder. A 

Venetian red 5 pounds. 

Sulphur 5 pounds. 

Salt, in fine powder, dry.. 5 pounds. 

Air slaked lime 35 pounds. 

Magnesia carbonate 2 pounds. 

Chalk, precipitated 8 pounds. 

Soda, bicarbonate 5 pounds. 

Directions for Use as a Preventive. 
Give one teaspoonful in feed to each hog 
twice a day for three days, and afterwards 
once a day for a week until danger from in- 
fection is past; also give the hogs a little wood 
charcoal every day with feed. 



Directions for Use, as a Cure. 
When hogs are sick keep them in a dry, 
clean place and change the straw often. 
Give one-quarter of an ounce of this powder 
at each feed, well mixed with the food. Give 
appetizing food, but no corn; at the same time 
feed plenty of charcoal. Give them all the 
shade they require. Sprinkle their pens well 
with lime. Remove all manure and offal of 
every description. Do not allow any stag- 
nant water to stay on the premises. Fill 
up all the old wallows and sprinkle them plen- 
tifully with lime. 



3490. Hog Powder. B 

Sulphur 2 pounds. 

Dried sulphate of iron 2 pounds. 

Air slaked lime 8 pounds. 

May apple root, powdered. . 1 pound.* 

Cayenne, powdered % pound. 

Nux vomica, powdered.... Y 2 pound. 

Colocynth, powdered % pound. 

Corn meal 2 pounds. 

Mix. 

Directions for Use as a Preventive: One 
teaspoonful. 

As a Cure: One tablespoonful well mixed 
with the food. See directions on Formula A. 



3491. Constipation Powder for Cattle. 

Aloin 4 drams. 

Ginger 1 ounce. 

Gentian % ounce. 

Anise % ounce. 

Mix. 



3493. Tonic Powder for Pigs and Horses. 

Powdered gentian 3 drams. 

Powdered caraway 1 dram. 

Powdered licorice 1 dram. 

Whole coriander % dram. 

Whole aniseed % dram. 

This quantity for a dose. 

3493. Horse Powders. 

Sulphur 4 drams'. 

Potass, nitrat l x /2 drams. 

Pulv. gentian 1% drams. 

Pulv. fenugreek 1 dram. 

Pulv. zingib 1 dram. 

M. 

This quantity (or a tablespoonful) for a 
dose. 






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3494. Pig Powders. 

Pulr. pot. nit 8 ounces. 

Sulphur, nig 8 ounces. 

Antim. nig S ounces. 

Ferri rubigo 4 ounces. 

P. sem. carai 2 ounces. 

P. sem. anisi 2 ounces. 

P. f oenugrec 16 ounces. 

M. 

Dose: From a dessertspoonful to a table- 
spoonful twice or three times a week. 



3495. Embrocation for Bruises. 

Calamine % ounce. 

Glycerini 1 ounce. 

Liq. ammon 2 drams. 

Aq. rose 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 

This should be used internally. 



3496. Cough Balls for Horses. 

Nitrate of potash, powdered 4% ounces. 
Antimony tart, powdered. . 2 ounces. 

Camphor, powdered IV2 ounces. 

Licorice, powdered 3 ounces. 

Molasses q. s\ 

to make into mass. Divide into 24 balls'. 



3497. For Insect Bites. 

Liq. ammoniae fort 4 drams. 

Collodion 1 dram. 

Acid, salicylic 7 grains. 

M. 

Apply a few drops to each bite. 



3498. Horse Blister. 

Cantharides 3 ounces. 

Euphorbium resin V/ 2 ounces. 

Amyl acetate 10 ounces. 

S. V. R. to 20 ounces. 

Macerate for 4 days, filter, and wash the 
marc with spirit to 1 pint. 



3499. K. K. K. Horse Liniment. 

Turpentine 4 gallons. 

Camphor 14 pound. 

Cantharides y 2 pound. 

Oil cajeput 2 pounds. 

Spirits ammonia 2 pounds. 



3500. English Horse Liniment. 

Oil cajeput 13 ounces. 

Spirits ammonia 6% ounces. 

Gum camphor 2 ounces'. 

Barbadoes tar 1 gallon. 

Spirits turpentine 1% gallons. 

Raw linseed oil 1 gallon. 

3501. Wire Fence Liniment. 

Acetate lead 10 ounces. 

Litharge 7 ounces. 

Distilled water 48 ounces. 

Boil one-half an hour and stir well; let set- 
tle and decant off clear and filter balance. 
Pour into 2 gallons yellow cotton seed oil, 
stirring constantly whilst bottling. 

3503. Cattle Fattening Powder. 

Opium, powdered 1 ounce. 

Fenugreek, powdered 6 pounds. 

Ginger, powdered 14 pound. 

Salt, powdered % pound. 

Gentian, powdered % pound. 

Curcuma, powdered i£ pound. 

Carraway, powdered % pound. 

Mix. 
Dose: One tablespoonful in feed twice a 
day. 

3503. Spavin Cure. 

Tincture iodine 8 ounces. 

Alcohol 32 ounces. 

Turpentine 32 ounces. 

Gum camphor 4 ounces. 

Engine oil, neutral 16 ounces. 

3504. Pills for Mange in Dogs. 

Arsenic 1 grain. 

Ferri sulphat 1 dram. 

Ext. gentian 1V 2 drams. 

M. 
Divide in 24 pills. 

3505. Dog Pills for Distemper. 

Jalap, powdered 2 drams. 

Soc. Aloes, powdered 2 drams. 

Calomel 2 drams. 

Simple syrup q. s. 

to make 24 pills. 



3506. Mixture for Distemper in Dogs. A 

Antim. tart 4 grains. 

Sodii sulphatis 1 ounce. 

Dec. aloes co. cone 1 ounce. 

Aquae ad 8 ounces. 

M. 
Dose: A tablespoonful, more or less, ac- 
cording to the size of the dog. every morning. 



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3507. Mixture for Distemper in Dogs. B 

Chlorate of potash 2 drams. 

Liquor amnion acet 1 ounce. 

Spirits of nitrous ether. ... 2 drams. 

Timet, hyoscyamus 2 drams. 

Water q. s. to make 4 ounces'. 

Mix. 
Dose: One to 2 teaspoonfuls three times a 
day. 



3508. Poultry Spice. 

To act as a general tonic and to stimulate 
the production of eggs during cold weather: 

Powdered licorice 6 ounces. 

Powdered gentian 1 dram. 

Powdered capsicum 1 dram. 

Powdered fenugreek 2 ounces. 

Mix. 
"Directions for Use: One teaspoonful for 
eight to ten full-grown fowls and chickens 
proportionally, to be given three to five times 
a week with the morning meal. These pow- 
ders will also be found beneficial to young 
poultry, when wanted for the table, by giv- 
ing them a keen appetite. Should an over- 
dose be given it will not injure the birds, 
but the stated quantity is 1 best. They help 
the fowls to produce eggs in the coldest 
weather, and also when kept in confinement 
eggs are produced in abundance." 



3509. Feed for Canaries. 

Dried yolk of egg 2 ounces. 

Bruised poppy-seed 1 ounce. 

Cuttlefish-bone 1 ounce. 

Powdered sugar 1 ounce. 

Fenugreek 1 ounce. 

Capsicum 4 ounces. 

Mix. 

3510. Parrot Seed. 

Hemp seed y 2 pint. 

Millet seed % pint. 

Oats % pint. 

Grd. Indian corn y 2 pint. 

Canary seed 1 pint. 

3511. Mocking Bird Food. 

Lean raw beef or ox heart 5 pounds. 

Hemp seed 4 pounds. 

Corn meal (yellow) 2 pounds. 

Baker's bread 2 pounds. 

First. Cook the meat cut into small pieces 
and dry in the oven until brittle (about four 
hours); grind coarsely. 



Second. Slice the bread thin and toast 
yellow and dry; grind coarsely. 

Third. Grind hemp seed and mix alto- 
gether. 

This makes a good food that may be eaten 
freely. Occasionally mix some grated raw 
carrot with the food. 

3512. COugh Powder for Horses. A 

Useful in the simple coughs of horses de- 
pending on catarrh: 

Pulv. camphorae 3 drams. 

Potass, chlorat V/ 2 ounces. 

Pulv. fol. belladon \y 2 ounces. 

Pulv. anisi 2 ounces. 

Div. in pulv. 6. 
Give one twice a day in the food. 

3513. Cough Powder for Horses. B 

For chronic cough in the horse the follow- 
ing are good: 

Pulv. fol. aconiti 6 drams. 

Pulv. digitalis 4 drams. 

Arsenic, alb 4 grains. 

Pulv. anisi y 2 ounce. 

Div. in pulv. 6. 
Give one every night in the food. 

3514. Cough Mixture for Dogs. 

Tr. belladonnae y 2 ounce. 

Syr. scillae y 2 ounce. 

Tr. camph. co 1 ounce. 

Aq. ad 6 ounces. 

M. 
Give two teaspoonfuls three times a day. 

3515. Colic Draught for Horses. A 

For Simple Colic. 

Chlorodyni 2 ounces. 

Spt. aether, nit 2 ounces. 

01. lini 1 pint. 

M. 
Give at one dose, and repeat in two hours, 
if necessary. 



3516. Colic Draught for Horses. 

For Flatulent Colic. 

Creolin y 2 ounce. 

Ol. terebinth 2 ounces. 

Spt. ammon. arom 2 ounces. 

Tr. assafoetidae 2 drams. 

01. lini \y 2 pints. 

M. 
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3517. Draught for Hoveii in Cattle. 

Creolin 1 ounce. 

01. terebinth 4 ounce?. 

Spt. amnion, aroin 4 ounce?. 

01. lini 1% pints. 

M. 

For one close. 

3518. Influenza in Horses. 

Chlorodyni 1 ounce. 

Spt. aether, nit 2 ounces. 

Liq. amnion, acet 2 ounces. 

Aq. ad 15 ounces. 

M. 

This dose is to he given every three hours 
during the first stage, when much shivering 
is evident. 

3519. Throat Liniment. 

01. terebinth 1 ounce. 

Liq. ammon. fort 1 ounce. 

Ol. olivae 1 ounce. 

M. 

3520. Stimulating White Liniment. 

01. terebinth 16 ounces. 

Camphorae 1 ounce. 

Saponis mollis 2 ounces. 

Aq. destil 2 ounces vel q. s. 

Mix the soap with the water: dissolve the 
camphor in the turpentine: mix the two. and 
bring down to the desired consistency with 

water. 

3521. Ointment for Grease and Cracked 

Heels. 

Sulphur, subl 1 ounce. 

Plumbi acetat % ounce. 

Creolin % ounce. 

01. eucalypti ^ ounce. 

Vaselini 4 ounces. 

Lanolini 4 ounces. 

M. Ft. ung. 
Apply twice daily. 

3522. Fly Blister. 

Pulv. cantharidis 20 cm 

01. terebinth 12 'out - 

Acid. acet. fort ounces. 

Lanolini 2% pounds. 

Vaselini 2^ pounds. 

Mix the first three, and allow to stand for 
twenty-four hours: then add the lanoline and 

aellne, melted on a water-bath, ami mix 
well, stirring until cold. 



3523. Healing Lotion for Horses. 

Healing lotion for horses", suitable for 
sprains, bruises, sore throats, cuts', and 
wounds: 

Solution of lead. 1 ounce. 

Essential oil of camphor or 

cheap eucalyptus oil 4 ounces. 

Vinegar 7 ounces. 

Sesame oil to 20 ounces. 

Yolks of two fresh eggs. 

Rub the yolks in a mortar, add gradually 
the sesame oil mixed with essential oil, then 
the vinegar, and lastly the solution of lead. 

The oil may be colored with alkanet if 
considered advisable. 



3524. Remedy for Veterinary Purposes. 

Remedy for veterinary purposes, suitable for 
horses, cattle, sheep, etc.. for colic, colds, 
scour, pain after calving, lambing, <fcc. : 

Tr. opii 1 ounce. 

Tr. hyoscyam 1 ounce. 

Spt. aether, nit 1 ounce. 

Sodae bicarb 6 drams. 

Pulv. zingiber 2 drams. 

Aq. camph. ad 6 ounces. 

Mix. Label "Shake the bottle." 

For horses — Colic: One-half for a dose, re- 
peat in one or two hours if necessary. For 
colds: One-half at night, and a hot mash some 
time after. For cattle — one ounce to 1% 
ounces for a dose. Sheep and calves. 2 tea- 
spoonfuls to 1 tablespoonful in the case of 
scour, to be given in rice and cold water 
stirred together twice a day. 



3525. Colic Drench for Horses. 

Ext. cannabis indicae 1 dram. 

Spirit 1 ounce. 

01. terebinth % ounce. 

01. menth. pip 20 minims. 

Sol. aloes ^1 in 4) ad 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the extract in the spirit, add the 
oils, and make up with the aloes solution. 



3526. Cough Powder for Horses. 

Pulv. potass, nit 2 ounces. 

Pulv. glycyrrhiz 4 ounces. 

Pulv. scillae 1 ounce. 

Pulv. gentian 1 ounce. 

M. et div. in pulv. 12. 

A powder with breakfast and supper, and 
one to be mixed with the contents of the 
nose-bag for day a 



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VETERINARY TREATISE. 



From the London Chemist and Druggist's 
Diary. 

To provide matter which should be valu- 
able not only to the country chemist, but also 
to his urban brother, has been the mark kept 
constantly in sight during the compilation of 
these notes. We believe that the notes on 
the diseases of pets, and of the smaller do- 
mestic animals, will, to an appreciable ex- 
tent, secure this object. We trust, too, that 
the most experienced of our readers will find 
here some new ideas, and we wish to warn 
the tyro that the mere perusal of these 
notes will not make him an experienced vet- 
erinarian. Like all other things worth hav- 
ing a sound knowledge of veterinary practice 
costs time and patience, and those who can- 
not devote weeks and months to a course 
of study under men who make it their busi- 
ness to lighten the difficulties of the road 
must be prepared to expend more time and 
energy to obtain the same results. 

We should strongly advise inexperienced 
readers to obtain some good standard work on 
the diseases of the horse or of cattle, and to 
begin to study it with the determination first 
to find it intensely interesting, and then to 
master it. Neither object is impracticable. 
It is difficult and invidious to select Standard 
works for mention, and we disclaim before- 
hand all thought of making the list complete 
or satisfactory. New and revised editions 
have just appeared of two works whose names 
have long been household words — Blaine's 
"Veterinary Art," and Clater's "Cattle Doc- 
tor." There is a compendium work by 
Woodruffe Hill, and an anonymous work on 
the horse has recently appeared from the 
house of Cassell & Co. Tegetmeier and 
Piper seem the leading authorities on poul- 
try and other domestic birds. Youatt's works 
are classical; Finlay Dunn, and Tuson are 
names well-known to all our readers. 

The formula given at the end of the notes 
are not mere untried recipes; they come 
from the note books of experienced and intel- 
ligent men, and we can claim for them that 
any failure to produce the desired results will 
be the fault of the manipulation, not of the 
formula. 

The notes themselves have been compiled 
partly from the valuable series of articles con- 
tributed to The Chemist and Druggist some 
twelve years ago by Mr. W. Hunting, M. R. 
C. V. S., and these have been supplemented 
from various sources, English and foreign. 
The whole has been supervised by an eminent 
veterinary surgeon. 



HORSES. 
3537. 

Administration of Medicines. — Powders 
must have no disagreeable taste, nor any 
marked odor, except a few vegetable aromat- 
ics like coriander, caraway, and anise. They 
are best mixed with damp food. 

Draughts are the only possible form of ad- 
ministering some remedies. When the head 
is raised to administer them, "the animal, in 
cases of sore throat, is apt to cough and al- 
low part of the draught to enter the wind- 
pipe. Horses can retain fluids in the mouth 
a long time without swallowing, and in this 
way sometimes reject medicine. 

Electuaries made by mixing the remedy 
with honey or treacle are the best form of 
medicine for sore throats. They should be 
smeared on the tongue. 

Balls are the handiest form, and ensures the 
ingestion of the whole dose. They should be 
cylindrical, not more than 1 inch in diameter 
and 2V 2 inches long. In cases of sore throat 
they should never be given, as they irritate 
the part and may be coughed back into the 
nose, whence it is extremely difficult to re- 
move them. Nearly all balls are thoroughly 
dissolved in the stomach in less than half 
an hour. 



3528. 

Apoplexy affects horses employed in agricul- 
tural labor during the heats of summer. The 
animal falls as if struck by lightning, it lies 
without any sign of life but the heaving of the 
flanks and copious perspiration. Death fol- 
lows quickly. Treatment, to be successful, 
must be very prompt. Remove the patient 
to a cool spot; douche the head with plenty of 
water, very cold or mixed with a little vin- 
egar; let blood, and repeat this if the horse 
is young and fat; curry it vigorously; admin- 
ister drinks and an enema of nitre. When 
the symptoms are modified, give purgatives 
and diaphoretics. 

3539. 

Ascites, or Abdominal Dropsy, appears 
gradually; shows itself by the swelling of the 
belly and members, and above all by the fluc- 
tuation of- the collected fluid. It often fol- 
lows pleurisy. When accompanied by symp- 
toms of inflammation of the bowels it de- 
mands antiphlogistic treatment, otherwise we 
must endeavor to increase the secretions. 
Diuretics should be given with ammonia and 
aromatic infusions, and the skin well and re- 
peatedly curried. Puncture succeeds in very 
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3530. 

Bleyines. bruises, and other accidents or in- 
juries to the foot and coronet are of frequent 
occurrence in the horse, both in the jfront and 
hind feet. They result from treads, over- 
reaches, being run over in crowded thorough- 
fares, or as in railway horses, which are fre- 
quently injured by getting entangled in the 
points, switches', and metal bars of the lines. 
The best treatment is to physic, give sloppy 
food, and, for a time, no corn. Remove the 
horse's shoe, and let it remain off, pare out 
the foot, well poultice the foot with warm 
bran, keep the animal perfectly still and quiet 
until the lameness disappears. 



3531. 

Capped Elbows occur on the point of the 
ulna, and are caused by the animal lying on 
the rough sharp heel of the shoe. Treatment: 
Give purging medicine, and apply friction to 
the parts affected, with a stimulating lini- 
ment. If the case will not yield to the treat- 
ment, it may be necessary to blister the parts. 
In the case of capped elbows, have the horse 
shod short at the heels, and the shoes made 
smooth and rounding. 

3532. 

Capped Hocks are caused by injuries to the 
points of the hocks in the hind legs, causing 
a fluctuating tumor. 

3533. 

Catarrh is inflammation of the mucous 
membrane, accompanied by excessive secre- 
tion of mucus. 



3534. 

Cold in the Head is inflammation of the 
mucous membrane of the nose, with discharge 
from the nostrils. The animal is at first 
slow and drowsy in its movements, the skin 
is dry, the membrane of the nose redder than 
usual, the mucous secretion, temporarily ar- 
rested, becomes more abundant, and is at first 
watery and limpid, falling in drops, then white 
and viscid, falling in flakes. The disease 
lasts 15 or 20 days; if longer there is fear 
that it will become chronic. In slight cases 
the animal should be kept from draughts, 
damp, and cold, frequently rubbed down, and 
covered with care. The food should be reduced, 
warm mucilaginous drinks given, and the nos- 
trils fumigated with steam. When the inflam- 
mation is severe with fever, redness of the 
mouth, and injection of the conjunctiva, the 
horse must be bled, dieted, soothing electua- 
ries and emollient enemas should be adminis- 
tered. 



3535. 

Corns are quite unlike those of men. They 
occur at the angle of the sole between the 
outer wall and frog, and are bruises of the 
sensitive structures within the hoof, the re- 
sult of uneven pressure of the sfcoe. The 
discolored horn is merely a symptom like 
that seen in our own nails when injured. 
Short shoes, or shoes fitted to leave at the 
extremity of the heel a space without bear- 
ing, are almost sure to produce corns. 

Treatment: When the bruise is so severe 
or old standing as to have caused the forma- 
tion of matter, and never in any other case, 
the horn should be cut away to allow the es- 
cape of the pus. If the wound is in a healthy 
state a little pledget of tow, dipped in tar, 
should be placed over it and the shoe read- 
justed, care being taken to place no pressure 
on the wall near the injury. 

If matter is not present never cut away the 
blood-stained horn. It will take at least six 
weeks to replace it. Remove the shoe, fo- 
ment the foot for three or four hours, then 
carefully replace the shoe, taking a level bear- 
ing throughout. If possible give rest for a 
day or two. 

3536. 

Coughs arise from a variety of causes, such 
as irritation of the larynx, air-tubes, or lung; 
pneumonia, pleurisy, and some nervous de- 
rangements. The treatment must vary with 
the cause, and the cause must be discovered 
by the other symptoms. 

Irritation producing cough may result from 
the presence of foreign bodies, or mucus, 
when the foreign body must be removed and 
expectorants may be given; or it often arises 
without the presence of obstructions of any 
kind, but simply from inflammation of the sen- 
tient respiratory nerves. Expectorants should 
not be given in such cases. 

3537. 

A. Irritation of the Larynx. — (1) Acute: 
Symptoms. — Cough loud and hard, soon be- 
coming softer as the membrane is covered 
with purulent mucus. Swallowing is diffi- 
cult; even water being returned through the 
nose. 

Treatment: Avoid dry, hard food. Balls 
are nearly certain to be coughed back, and 
often lodge in the nose. Draughts require 
the head to be raised in a way favorable to 
choking. Electuaries are the best form of 
medicine. Place a roll of flannel in hot 
water, wrap it round the throat, and cover it 
with some waterproof substance. Keep the 
bowels open, and use one of the following 
electuaries: 



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I. 

Camphor 4 drains. 

Ext. belladoimae 4 drains. 

Acid, acetic, dil 2 ounces. 

Mellis seu theriacae 10 ounces. 

A tablespoonful twice daily to be smeared 
on the tongue. 

II. 

Tannin 2 drams. 

Spirit, vini rect 2 ounces. 

Mellis 10 ounces. 

To be given as above. 

3538. 

(2) Chronic: — Symptoms: Cough loud and 
hard, but not frequent, occurring chiefly when 
the animal is changed from the stable to the 
fresh air, or vice versa. No general symp- 
toms. 

Treatment: Give a cough ball, such as one 
of the following: 

I. 

Opii pulv y 2 dram. 

Scillae pulv 1 dram. 

Aloes pulv 1 dram. 

Make into a ball with common mass or lin- 
seed-meal and treacle. One every day. 



II. 

Camphor y 2 dram. 

Opium y 2 dram. 

Digitalis y 2 dram. 

Made as above. One every day. 

III. 

Ext. belladonnae 1 dram. 

Ext. hyoscyami 1 dram. 

Ipecacuanhae 1 dram. 

Made and given as above. A seton may be 
placed in the throat, and the animal allowed 
easy work if the weather is open. 



3539. 

B. Bronchitis, or Inflammation of the Lin- 
ing Membrane of the Air-tube. Symptoms: 
Cough harsh and wheezing, accompanied by 
a loud, rough noise in the windpipe. 

Treatment: (1) General, as in simple 
fevers; (2) Local. Protect the neck and 
chest with rugs, and in chronic cases apply 
a blister. Give the following: 

Camphor 1 dram. 

Digitalis y 2 dram. 

Potass, nitr iy 2 drams. 

Make into a ball with linseed-meal and tre- 
acle. One to be given every day 



3540. 

Pneumonia and Pleurisy are serious dis- 
eases, which require professional treatment. 

3541. 

Broken Wind. — Cough short, loud, hollow, 
with double-action of the flanks in respira- 
tion. The diet must be of the best quality. 
Avoid bulky, innutritious food, and, above all, 
mouldy or dusty hay. Linseed boiled, and 
given cold with the corn at night, is excellent 
in some cases. The two useful medicines are 
arsenic and creasote. Give arsenic in 3- 
grain doses daily, or creasote in %-dram doses 
made into a ball with linseed and treacle. 
When they offer them for sale, horsecopers 
"load" broken-winded animals by giving them 
a mixture of shot and tallow, or a pint of 
olive oil half an hour before showing them. 

3543. 

Cracked Heels are commonest in wet 
weather among low-bred horses with round 
shanks, which are also the most liable to 
thrush and cracks at the back of the knee 
and front of the hock. The cracks of the 
hock, knee, and heel vary from a small split 
to a large wound, accompanied by swelling of 
the leg and lameness. For mild cases use 
ointment of carbonate or oxide of zinc. Bad 
cases, with swelling and suppuration, will re- 
quire warm fomentation or a poultice for a 
night, followed by a lotion of zinc sulphate 
(y 2 dram to 1 ounce) with a few drops of 
carbolic acid. When the sore is fairly dry use 
zinc ointment. A few diuretic balls will help 
the case. 

3543. 

Cystitis — Inflammation of the Bladder. — 
Symptoms: Frequent movements of the hind 
legs and attempts to urinate, thirst, move- 
ments of the tail; the horse turns to look at 
its flanks. Bleed slightly twice; give mucil- 
aginous drinks 1 and clysters, and apply a 
poultice of boiled bran to the loins. The 
bladder may be emptied by carefully passing 
the hand into the rectum and pressing gently 
downwards with the whole surface of the 
hand. As the patient improves give bitter- 
decoctions with nitre. When the inflamma- 
tion is due to stone in the bladder, this may 
be removed by operation. 

3544. 

Diarrhoea ordinarily cures itself. If it 
becomes serious the horse should be put on/ 
mashes, bled, and emollient enemas adminis- 
tered. After a day or two give V/ 2 ounces 
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Juniper berries 4 parts. 

KnuDarb 2 parts. 

Ginger 1 part. 

If the diarrhoea follows indigestion give 
some warm ale and reduce work and food 
for a few days. 

Diarrhoea, when it results from inflamma- 
tion of the intestines, is somewhat serious. 
The evacuations are mucous, and more or less 
fetid; there is much thirst and little appetite; 
strength and health gradually fail. The 
evacuations are discharged without apparent 
pain, and mostly while at work. Bleeding 
must be resorted to if the inflammation is 
acute; solid food must be withheld in part; 
emollient drinks may be given, or a drench 
containing opium or extract of poppies; ene- 
mas of decoction of linseed, small in bulk, 
should be given. As the disease diminishes 
the ordinary diet may be resumed. • 

3545. 

Chronic Diarrhoea is not helped by bleed- 
ing. The skin must be kept active by groom- 
ing and covering; the food should be digesti- 
ble and given in small quantities at a time; 
work should be light, and the water the horse 
drinks looked to. As the diarrhoea lessens, 
a little parched barley or a few beans may 
be mixed with the oats. 



3546. 

Dysentery shows itself as gripes, acute 
pain in the belly, and violent and frequent 
efforts to expel excrement, which is sometimes 
bloody. It should be treated like acute en- 
teritic diarrhoea. 



3547. 

Eczema is of two kinds, simple and 
acute or malignant; the latter sometimes de- 
velop into ulcers. The first symptom is the 
dull, rough, discolored coat, always covered 
with powdery dust, which seems to renew 
itself as often as it is removed by the curry- 
comb; afterwards are formed pustules of 
different kinds, purulent pimples, crusts, 
sometimes dry, sometimes moistened with an 
acrid, stinking discharge, finally with ulcera- 
tion of the skin and itching, so violent that 
the horse flays itself by rubbing against sur- 
rounding objects. 

It is almost always enough in simple cases 
to groom the horse with care, and to give a 
gentle purge, if necessary. In severe cases 
bleed the horse, purge once or twice, soften 
the skin by emollient lotions (decoctions of 
mallow or linseed) applied for two or three 
days; then rub the affected parts once daily 



with citrine ointment; immediately after give 
a bran mash with 2 ounces of powdered guaia- 
cum-wood, and keep the animal warm. The 
ointment should be washed off with soap and 
water before each fresh application. If the 
disease is inveterate the animal should, in ad- 
dition, be treated as in farcy. A lotion of 
equal parts of liquid arsenicalis and cam- 
phorated spirits applied twice or thrice daily 
is very efficacious. 



3548. 

Enteritis, or Inflammation of the Bowels. — ■ 
I When it appears suddenly it is super-acute. 
| It is accompanied by extremely severe pain 
! in the belly; the horse is much agitated and 
moves incessantly, stamps its feet, paws the 
ground, looks at its belly, lies down and rises 
suddenly; the breathing is rapid and short, 
the nostrils dilated, the eyes anxious; the 
body is covered with sweat, the pulse is full 
and accelerated; the bowels are confined, the 
urine often reddish and passed with difficulty; 
the pain continually increases without a mo- 
ment's pause, and often causes death. If 
| the animal is entire inguinal hernia must be 
i looked for, and, if present, treated surgically. 
I The animal must be bled repeatedly. Tepid 
| mucilaginous decoctions must be given as 
j drinks, with emollient enemas, and very 
scanty diet; grooming and gentle exercise are 
auxiliaries. Inflammation of the bowels 
often simulates diarrhoea, which see. 



3549. 

Farcy. — One of the diseases on the lists of 
the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878. 
Any person being in possession of an animal 
affected with farcy, or a disease supposed to 
be farcy, must give notice to the nearest po- 
lice constable, or to the veterinary inspector 
of the district in which the animal is. 

It resembles glanders in contagiousness and 
its fatal effects in man. There are enlarged 
glands fixed to the jawbone, no ulcers or dis- 
charge from the nostrils, but small swellings 
or "buds" down the inside of the limbs, 
along the side of the flanks, and on the neck, 
varying in size from a pea to a walnut, at first 
hard and painful, sometimes becoming softer, 
and finally discharging their purulent matter. 
The advent of the attack is usually attended 
by lameness and fever. 

Treatment should consist in the adminis- 
tration of copper biniodide, cantharides or 
arsenic as tonics, to be continued for a length- 
ened period, as powders with the food. Giv- 
ing balls is most dangerous to the operator. 
One of the following forms may be used once 
daily: 



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I. 

Pirnentae pulv 2 drams'. 

Cupri sulph.. % dram. 

Zinci sulph % dram. 

Canth. pulv 5 grains. 

II. 

Canthar. pulv 5 grains. 

Ac. arsenios 10 grains. 

Ferri sulph 2 drams. 

III. 

Gentianae pulv 2 drams. 

Canthar. pulv 5 grains. 

Cupri diniod % dram. 

As soon as the "buds" contain matter they 
should be laid open and dressed with strong 
carbolic acid, which generally dries up and 
disperses the swelling quickly. While the 
buds are not discharging the animal is not 
dangerous as a centre of contagion, and is 
useful for work if the worst symptoms are 
subdued. According to the French, a lini- 
ment of 9 parts olive oil and 1 part liquid 
plumbi diacet. should be applied to the buds 
to accelerate the formation of matter. Mean- 
while give one of the following balls, night 
and morning: 

Calomel 1 ounce. 

Ammoniacum 2 ounces. 

Asafoetida 2 ounces. 

Hard soap 4 ounces. 

Honey q. s. 

To be made into eight balls. This should 
be exchanged every four days for a simple 
purge of calomel, aloes, and soap. Give with 
each ball barley-water with some powdered 
juniper. If the treatment causes too much 
irritation suspend it for a day. 

3550. 

Fever is indicated by increased heat, rapid 
pulse and breathing, with arrested secretion 
and excretion. It is frequently caused by 
cold, and is known as influenza; it then runs 
a definite course, and terminates in a quick 
return to health. When complicated by de- 
rangements of the air-tubes or of the di- 
gestive apparatus, it is known as catarrhal, 
gastric, or bilious fever. 

In the first stages a stimulant must be 
given, followed shortly by a diuretic. The 
following combination may be used: 

Etheris iy 2 ounces. 

Sp. p'mentae 3 ounces. 

Liq. ammon. acet. cone. ... V/ 2 ounces. 

A wineglassful, when required, in as much 
water; to be repeated in two or three hours, 
if necessary. An ordinary dose of aloes 
must not be given during violent fever, as it 



is apt to cause superpurgation. Four ounces 
of linseed oil or Epsom salts are sufficient. 
Ammonium carbonate may be given twice 
daily in 2-dram doses. The body should be 
well clothed, fresh air and cold water allowed 
freely, and green food, boiled barley, and lin- 
seed given as laxative foods. 



3551. 

Founder, or Fever in the Feet, is a disease 
of the horse's foot, in which the sensitive 
layer immediately within the hoof is con- 
gested or even inflamed. It is commonly 
caused by overwork, such as a long journey 
on a hard road, or hard work in horses out of 
condition. 

Symptoms: First, frequent sniffings of the 
feet, and signs of pain, as quickened breath- 
ing and pulse. Next, fear of raising one 
foot lest extra weight be thrown on the other, 
with swaying of the body backwards and for- 
wards without the feet being moved. If 
force is used the animal moves as though his 
back was injured, and puts the heel most 
markedly on the ground. When the fore 
feet alone are affected, as is usually the case, 
the hind feet are drawn forward under the 
belly, so as to lighten the weight on the 
others. The affected feet are hotter than 
usual, and throbbing is felt above the coronet. 

Treatment: Never bleed. Give a dose of 
physic, remove the animal to a smooth, hard- 
bottomed loose-box, with a light covering of 
clean straw. The shoes must be removed. 
Give a good broad bearing-surface with the 
rasp, but leave the sole untouched. If the 
foot is level when the shoes are removed 
lower the toe and heels a little, to produce a 
sort of rocking surface. This relieves the 
pressure on the front of the foot, which is 
the part most affected. Use warm fomenta- 
tions till the acute pain subsides, but no 
longer. Then use hand-rubbing to the limbs, 
and give gentle walking exercise. When tne 
shoes are leplaced fit them to the rounded 
surface of the foot, and leave the sole as 
strong as possible. Simple cases generally 
recover in a week, or at most two. Some 
cases are very tedious, and result in "pumiced 
foot" — a permanent incurable deformity; 
careful shoeing will keep sound even such 
animals. 

The French recommend bleeding from the 
jugular, repeated if necessary; removal of the 
shoes, bathing in running water, astringent 
poultices of soot and vinegar, or clay with a 
strong solution of iron sulphate; scarification 
of the coronet, and friction with oil of spike 
on the hocks. If the disease is long stand- 
ing use emollient poultices and rasp the wall 
of the hoof; but this rarely succeeds. 



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3552. 

Glanders and farcy run a slow course in 
horses, but are speedily fatal to man and 
other animals, to whom they can be communi- 
cated. Cases of glanders must be reported 
to the authorities. See farcy. 



3553. 

Glanders is distinguished by the discharge 
from the nose of thin sticky matter, generally 
from one nostril. The lining membrane of 
the nose is ulcerated in one or more places, 
sometimes to perforation of the septum. The 
glands inside the lower jaw on the same side 
as the nasal discharge, are indurated, the 
swelling being circumscribed and fixed to the 
jawbone. The presence of the discharge, 
ulceration, and fixed swelling prove the ex- 
istence of glanders. The chances of cure 
are small, and the risk to human life very 
great, so that all well-marked cases should at 
once be killed. Treatment, if decided on. 
should consist in frequently washing out the 
nose w'th a solution of potassium perman- 
ganate or carbolic acid. Feeding must be 
liberal. 



3554. 

Grease is a skin disease affecting the legs, 
and commonest among heavy cart-horses. It 
varies in extent from a small wet-looking 
spot covered with short broken hairs, to a 
red, painful, granulating surface with a 
stinking discharge, covering the leg. and if 
not checked in its progress will form into 
swellings, grouped together in clusters; and 
when it has reached this stage it is commonly 
called "Grapes." It may be prevented In a 
great measure by having the legs washed 
with warm water, and well dressed with a 
sponge first, finishing with a towel; the legs 
should then be bandaged with flannel. It 
should be dressed daily with the following 
lotion: Sulphates of zinc, copper, and iron. 
of each 1 pound, dissolved in 1 gallon of boil- 
ing water, with the addition of 4 ounces of 
carbolic acid. Keep the animal at work, ex- 
cept during the first two or three days. If 
the leg swells stop the application for a day 
and give a purgative. The following is an- 
other treatment: Prepare the animal by diet- 
ing, enemas, bathing, and emollient poultices, 
and, if the pain is severe, by bleeding. Then 
make the legs clean, shave off the hair if 
necessary, and bathe the parts several times 
a day with Goulard's water. Towards the 
end of the case substitute a lotion of warm 
aromatic wine or camphorated spirit in which 
some soap is dissolved. Setons should be 
inserted in the chest if the fore legs, or in the 

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buttocks if the hind legs, are attacked. Bit- 
ters and sudorifics, combined with antirno- 
nials. should be given internally, such as pow- 
dered gentian with kermes mineral, guaiacum 
wood with diaphoretic antimony. The cure 
will be completed with one or two purgations. 

3555. 

Gripes, or Colic. — Symptoms: The name is 
applied vaguely to all cases of abdominal 
pain, but is here limited to cases of indiges- 
tion, accompanied by pain, pulse never hard. 
nor exceeding 44 beats a minute; pain vio- 
lent, but with periods of remission. 

Treatment: Do not allow the animal to 
be trotted about. Tobacco, opium, and tur- 
pentine must never be given. Turn the horse 
into a loose-box, prevent its lying on its back 
or rolling over by the judicious use of the 
whip. Administer a draught composed of 1 
ounce each of sp. aeth. nit., sp. pimentae, and 
tr. belladonnae, in 1 pint of warm water, 
and repeated in half an hour if necessary. A 
I physic ball should be given a day or so later. 
Injections of clean tepid water should also 
be used, care being taken to introduce the 
fluid gently, so as not to provoke rapid expul- 
sion. 

3556. 

Hoof Ointments are necessary to keep in 
good order the feet of all horses that are 
shod. They must be thick enough not to spill 
if upset; not sticky, dark in color, and easily 
washed off. There are two classes: (1) 
Those which are used for bad feet as a pro- 
tecting agent, and contain no saponifying in- 
gredient. 

I. 

Barbadoes tar -\ 

Burgundy pitch I Equal parts. 

Russian tallow J 

II. 

Stockholm tar 2 pounds. 

Russian tallow 1 pound. 

Venice turpentine % pound. 

In each case melt together the last two in- 
gredients, then add and thoroughly mix the 
tar. 

(2 1 Those used regularly as preventives 
and beautifiers. 

I. 

Stockholm tar 3 pounds. 

Soft soap 4 pounds. 

Fish oil i o pint. 

II. 

Stockholm tar 4 pounds. 

Soft soap 4 pounds. 

Tallow 2 pounds. 

Fish oil 1 pint. 

The latter is of better consistence. Soft 
j soap by itself tends to make the hoof brittle. 



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3557. 

Jaundice, or the Yellows, is indicated by a 
marked yellow coloration of the white of the 
eyes, and the mucous membrane of the mouth 
and the nostrils; the urine is deep yellowish 
brown, the faeces hard and dry; the horse is' 
constipated, dull, and heavy, and loses its 
appetite. Do not bleed unless you want to 
kill the patient; administer two or three ene- 
mas in the evening of the same day; give next 
clay a purge, which should be repeated once 
or more at intervals of some days. Give as 
the ordinary drink a decoction of the root of 
asparagus or strawberry with 1 ounce of 
nitre and several handfuls of barley-meal; 
and when the purgative is 1 not administered 
give, night and morning, y 2 ounce to 1 ounce 
of powdered rhubarb, either in a ball or mixed 
with wine; bran or barley-meal, chopped 
straw, and carrots should form the bulk of 
the food. 



3558. 

Mud fever occurs in wet weather. There 
are simple febrile symptoms coincident with 
an eruption on the skin of the legs and belly, 
or on those parts most exposed to the splash- 
ing of the mud. This may, to a great extent, 
be prevented by never having the legs washed 
when dirty, but allowing the mud to dry on, 
and then carefully brushing it off. As 
horses that have been recently clipped are 
more susceptible to it than others, it is a good 
plan to leave the hair on all the legs. Have 
the animal thoroughly cleaned, and if fever- 
ishness is marked give 1 ounce each of spirit 
of nitrous ether and solution of ammonium 
acetate; if necessary repeat in 12 hours. If 
there are any swellings caused by the fric- 
tion of the bellyband or martingale give daily 
for a week 2 drams each of rosin and nitre 
made into a ball with linseed-meal and soft 
soap. 



3559. 

Open Joints. — These are openings through 
the tissues which allow the escape of the 
joint oil or synovia. Treatment: The mo- 
tion of the joint must be limited for a time 
by splints or otherwise. The escaping sy- 
novia must be coagulated so as to form a plug 
and stop the opening For this purpose the 
best applications are (1) silver nitrate applied 
in the solid form, and (2) corrosive sublimate 
in solution (1 dram in 1 ounce spirits of wine) 
applied with a feather. Care must be taken 
not to introduce them into the joiut, but 
merely to touch the escaping synovia. Never 
remove the plug of coagulated synovia from 
the opening when dressing a case. The fol- 



lowing form for open-joint powder is not so 
good as the two remedies mentioned, as albu- 
men is re-dissolved by alum in excess. 

Alum -\ 

Ferri sulph I Equal parts. 

Myrrh J 

Finely powder and sprinkle on the part. 



3560. 

Ophthalmia begins suddenly, with an extra 
flow of tears, partial closure of the eyelids, 
and intolerance of light; the eyelids may be- 
come swollen, and the watery discharge as- 
sume a purulent form. In examining the eye- 
ball the horse's head must not be exposed to 
a bright light, as he then resists any separa- 
tion of the lids. In a moderate light the lids 
are voluntarily separated a short distance if 
the case be mild and the head left free. 
When necessary to open the lids with the 
finger and thumb, the globe of the eye must, 
not be pressed, as this forces forward the 
haw and spoils the view. On exposing the 
eyeball, the white part is seen to be blood- 
shot, the iris may be dim or quite cloudy, 
the inside of the eyelids is bright red. 

Treatment: First make sure that no oat- 
husk or hay-seed is concealed under the lid. 
It will generally be found at the upper and 
outer corner of the top lid, and must be 
speedily removed. The following is an effect- 
ual though rough method, which is better 
than the unskillful use of forceps. Cover the 
forefinger with a fold of a silk handkerchief, 
place it under the upper lid at its inner part. 
then pass it with a circular motion, outwards, 
downwards, and back to the inner corner by 
the lower surface of the globe. 

When once the eye is bloodshot, warm 
fomentation should be persevered in for at 
least an hour, and repeated for half an hour 
three or four times a day. An anodyne of 
1 part of laudanum to 16 parts of water may 
be applied with a camel's-hair brush. When 
the redness and pain are abated, use collyria 
of alum, nitrate of silver, or zinc sulphate 
(5 grains to 1 ounce of distilled water). Ap- 
ply with a camel's-hair brush three or four 
times a day, and remit for a day if too irri- 
tating. 

Sometimes the lash of a whip causes an 
abrasion of the eye; olive oil is the best ap- 
plication. 

The eye must be cleansed of all discharge 
before applying collyria. If a syringe is 
used the injection should always be at the 
outer corner of the upper lid, as the fluid then 
follows the natural course of the tears. The 
horse must not be turned out to grass, as feed- 
ing from the ground causes a rush of blood 
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be covered with green blinds. Treatment: A 
good-sized dose of purging medicine will have 
more effect in lessening the symptoms and re- 
ducing the local inflammation than anything 
else. 

3561. 

Pleurisy is a common and severe disease, 
but not necessarily fatal if promptly treated. 
It generally follows a chill taken while warm 
from exercise. It is inflammation of the 
lining membrane of the chest. 

Symptoms: First, a shivering fit and fever- 
ishness: the pulse is accelerated; inspiration 
becomes quicker and shorter than expiration: 
there is generally a short, painful cough, pain 
on pressure between the ribs, and great dis- 
inclination to move the fore limbs. There is 
no heaving of the flanks as in pneumonia, but 
the abdominal muscles are contracted to fix 
the chest, giving the flank a peculiar tucked- 
up appearance. This stage is followed by 
the development of "water in the chest," 
which has a tendency to increase so as to 
compress the lungs fatally. The disease 
terminates in six or seven days. 

Treatment: Never bleed nor apply local 
stimulants' or blisters, nor give aloes, calomel, 
antimony, or the like. Put the animal in an 
airy loose-box; clothe it well, and administer 
6 ounces of linseed oil and 1 of spirits of 
nitre, or 4 or 5 ounces of Epsom salts. To 
allay the pain, dip a rug into boiling water, 
wring it out, and quickly apply it to the chest; 
keep it in position by another rug and roller, 
and as soon as cool replace it by another. 
When the acute symptoms have passed give 
the following twice a day: 

Amnion, carb 1 dram. 

Zingib. pulv 2 drams. 

Resinae pulv 1 dram. 

Made into a ball with linseed meal and 
treacle. Should the pulse remain at 50 or 
55 per minute, and the breathing be labored, 
considerable effusion in the chest is probably 
the cause; auscultation will detect it. If 
present, administer a mixture of equal parts 
of sp. aeth. nit. and liq. amnion, acet., in 
%-ounce doses, three or four times daily. 
Apply blisters to the sides, and, as a last 
resource, try tapping. Give the animal good 
food — turnips, carrots, grass, with boiled lin- 
seed and barley, and a constant supply of 
clean cold water. 



3562. 

Pneumonia has much likeness to pleurisy. 
and frequently follows it. The cough is not 
so dry. the pain more deeply seated, inspira- 
tion prolonged, expiration short and painful, 
pulse full, accelerated, and sometimes soft 



and irregular. The animal complains when 
an attempt is made to lift the head, keeps the 
fore legs apart, refuses to lie down and to 
move. The treatment recommended for 
pleurisy must be actively employed. The 
malady terminates, favorably or no, in 12 or 
15 days. 



3563. 

Pole Evil. — A fistulous wound at the back 
of the head, behind the ear. Rub together 
equal parts of ungoentum populeum and mer- 
cury: rub the swelling well with this for 
three days. If it does not disappear, but 
breaks, open the wound thoroughly, and 
cleanse it with a mixture of equal parts of 
tinctures of myrrh and aloes twice daily till 
it is healed. If the pus is putrified, explore 
the wound with a sound and press out all 
matter; then fill the wound with tow steeped 
in the above tincture. If the wound heals 
before the discharge of matter has ceased it 
must be reopened. 



3564. 

Pulmonary Catarrh is indicated by difficulty 
of breathing, abundant discharge of mucus 
from the eyes, nose, and mouth, and cough, 
with or without fever. Give warm, sweetened 
mashes, with 2 or 4 drams of nitre and 4 
ounces of oxymel of squills to a bucketful. 
Give two or three doses of the following 
cough balls: 

Marshmallow 4 ounces. 

Licorice 4 ounces. 

Elecampane 2 ounces. 

Kernies mineral 2 ounces. 

Make into 12 balls with honey 

In every case stimulating and irritating 
medicines must be carefully avoided. 



3565. 

Purgatives: The best is Barbadoes aloes, 
the next Cape aloes in doses 1 dram larger. 
The following form is from Gamgce's ''Veter- 
inarians' Yade Mecum:" 

Aloes 8 parts. 

Rectified spirit 1 part. 

Treacle 3 parts. 

Melt the aloes and treacle in a water-bath, 
and then add the spirit. The dose of aloes 
for a carriage-hcrse is 5 drams, for a heavy 
cart-horse 6 drams. For every dram of 
aloes take one and a half of the abo^e mass. 
The addition of gentian increases the action 
of aloes, as does a previous course of irou. 
Ginger seems a useless adjunct. 



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3566. 

Pursiness attacks animals which have too 
little work and a heating diet. The 
symptoms are difficulty of respiration, irreg- 
ular heaving of the flanks (especially after 
trotting), a dry cough, and sometimes an 
emission of whitish mucus from the nose. 
The most characteristic symptom is the kind 
of expiration, best seen after exercise while 
the animal is eating oats. The expiration 
has hardly commenced when the movement of 
the flanks is suddenly arrested, then recom- 
mences, and is completed quietly. Confirmed 
pursiness is incurable, and young animals 
should be treated by giving no hay and feed- 
ing principally on oats and chopped straw. 



3567. 

Quinsey is acute inflammation of the throat, 
which soon causes suffocation if not treated 
in time. Sometimes an abscess forms in the 
vicinity of the throat at the back of the 
tongue. Do not bleed on any account. Lin- 
seed poultices should be placed on the throat; 
barley-water, sweetened or acidulated, should 
be given as a drink or a gargle. Mild diet 
should be provided without delay. Gangren- 
ous quinsey is very fatal; it requires similar 
treatment, acidulated drinks being specially 
indicated. 

The following is another method of treat- 
ment: Make an electuary of 1 part each of 
nitre and sal-ammoniac, and 2 of Glauber's salt 
with water and meal. Smear on the tongue 
five or six times daily a quantity twice the size 
of an egg. Rub the swollen parts three or 
four times daily with a mixture of 2 parts 
each of mercury and marsh-mallow ointment 
with 1 part of camphor liniment. Protect 
from chills, and give only warm water to 
drink. 



3568. 

Quittor. — This is 1 an opening (properly 
speaking a sinus) in the coronet of a horse, 
discharging matter and accompanied by pain 
and swelling. It is the result of an injury — 
commonly a wound by a nail — setting up in- 
flammation and suppuration inside the hoof. 
The matter, unable to escape through the 
horn, finds its way to the coronet, and is dis- 
charged through the skin. If the suppura- 
tion continues long either some dead tissue is 
lodged in the part or the wall of the sinus is 
thickened. Blisters, firing, and even inci- 
sion have been tried. The older farriers 
filled a small paper cylinder with corrosive 
sublimate and placed it in the sinus, but the 
best remedy is the following solution injected 
by a syringe: 



Corrosive sublimate 1 dram. 

Hydrochloric acid 10 minims. 

Rectified spirit 1 ounce. 

To be used once a day for 2 days, then 
diluted to half its strength or used only once 
in three days. If there is much pain after 
a fortnight apply a smart blister. Give a 
purgative occasionally, and at the beginning 
of the treatment a dose or two of opium to 
allay the pain. Solutions of the sulphate of 
zinc, iron, or copper are of little use. 

Ringworm. — See under Cattle. 



3569. 

Sandcrack. — This name is applied to all fis- 
sures in the wall of the hoof, extending from 
the coronet downwards. The fissure, at first 
very small, runs in the direction of the fibres, 
and never reunites. The cause must be re- 
moved, and the fissure prevented from open- 
ing wider. In about nine months the growth 
of the wall will remove the fissure. After 
the shoe has been carefully fitted the hoof 
should be bound like the handle of a cricket 
bat with waxed string not thicker than a 
crowquill. If the cracks are wide they may 
be previously filled with the following, com- 
position: 

Composition for Repairing Horses' Hoofs: 
Melt 1 part of ammoniacum in an iron ladle; 
add 2 parts of gutta-percha previously soft- 
ened in hot water and cut in small pieces. Stir 
till thoroughly mixed and make into rolls. 
When wanted it must be melted, and a few 
touches with a hot knife will leave it smooth 
and not distinguishable from the hoof. 



3570. 

Seedy Toe is a condition of the horse's foot 
in which the wall is separated from the sole 
and sometimes from the structures attaching 
it to the coffin-bone. The space cannot be 
seen without removing the shoe, but the hoof 
gives a distinctly hollow sound when tapped 
with some hard substance. • 

By good shoeing a horse may be kept toler- 
ably sound and at work, but if valuable it 
can be radically cured in about three months. 
Remove every portion of detached horn, arti- 
ficially protect the foot, and by stimulating 
the coronet promote the reproduction of the 
horn. 



3571. 

Sore Shoulders. — If the skin is tender but 
not broken smear with a mixture of glycerine, 
1 ounce; fuller's earth, 2 drams, boi'ed to- 
gether and used cold. A simple skin wound 
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is increased in money value by coloring with 
tinct. lavand. co. When neglected a deep 
circular sore results, the margins become cal- 
lous, and the centre is covered by a hard scab, 
or sit-fast, under which is always matter. 
The scab must be removed, and the whole 
sore dressed with lunar caustic or solution ot 
corrosive sublimate in spirit of wine (1 dram 
to 1 ounce). In very bad cases make an in- 
cision right through the sore to change it 
from a circular to an elliptical wound and 
start healthy granulations. Chamois-leather 
pads, stuffed with horsehair, should be 
stitched on the harness above and below the 
sore to relieve pressure. The following is 
also recommended: 

Wash the place with fresh water and at 
times moisten it witb brandy and water. 
If there is a water-blister puncture it in sev- 
eral places with the fleam or bleeding instru- 
ment and rub it three or four times daily with 
a mixture of 3 parts of mercurial ointment, 1 
part of potashes. The sit-fast should be 
washed daily with decoction of camomiles 
mixed with Goulard's water till it separates 
at the margins; cut it off little by little as the 
wound heals. If there is matter beneath the 
head, cut off the hard skin and strew alum 
or blue vitriol on the wound and keep it clean. 
The sit-fast may be softened with grease, 
cut off, and treated as* above. If matter is 
found, the sore must be promptly opened, as 
it quickly spreads. The incision must be 
made to the bottom of the wound and all its 
cavities. After the bleeding has stopped 
wash the wound, lay tow in it, repeat this 
next day, placing rosin ointment on the tow, 
and continue this till cured. 

Chaulmoogra oil has been introduced into 
the medicine-chest of the British cavalry regi- 
ments, on account of its' remarkable effect 
upon horses that have been "wrung" with 
the collar or have sore backs. 



3572. 

Sores in the Mouth. — Take 1 part of vinegar. 
2 parts of water, dissolve in it a little alum 
and honey. Tie a cloth on the end of a stick, 
and mop out the mouth with this solution. 
Avoid hard foods, and give bran mixed with 
Glauber's salt. 



3573. 

Sprain. — Chronic or old standing must not 
be treated like acute or recent sprains. Even 
the slightest demand careful treatment. 

In the first stage of recent sprains inflam- 
mation must be kept down. Foment con- 
tinuously with cold water, with one of the 
additions subjoined, until the intense pain and 



heat and all violent symptoms have passed 
off. Spirits of wine or tincture of arnica, 
or a mixture of equal parts of common salt, 
sal-ammoniac, and nitre (dissolved to satura- 
tion), may be added to the fomentation. 

If much swelling or congestion exists fo- 
ment with hot water, mixed with belladonna 
or opium. 

In either case the reaction which follows 
I if the fomentation is intermitted, is decidedly 
injurious. 

When the violent symptoms have disap- 
peared apply a dry bandage, with occasional 
mild hand-rubbing, for a day or two. Follow 
this by a mild stimulating application, such 
as" liniment of ammonia or iodine, or tincture 
of cantharides, or the following: 

Castor oil, rape oil, and 
turpentine, of each 2 ounces. 

Shake and add 

Strong ammonia and water, 

of each 3 ounces. 

Only after the failure of this treatment 
j should blisters be applied, once or twice, and 
i as a last resource firing and a run at grass. 
I Rest for a considerable time is absolutely es- 
sential. Keep the bowels open. 



3574. 

Stomach Staggers', or Grass Staggers, is an 
affection of the brain caused by impaction of 
the stomach. It is commonest among young 
animals at grass in the autumn. 

Symptoms: Dulness, disinclination to 
move, fulness of the abdomen, perhaps dis- 
tension and constipation; breathing slow and 
heavy, pulse slower than usual, 30 to 35 a 
minute instead of 40. It comes on suddenly 
and soon ends in death or recovery. 



3575. 

Sleepy Staggers, a similar disease, comes on 
gradually, runs a slower course, and is not 
attended by the marked fulness and consti- 
pation of stomach staggers. 

Treatment: As the stomach is packed with 
food, balls and powders can hardly be as- 
similated. Strong solutions should therefore 
be given. The horse cannot vomit, so that 
relief must be obtained through the bowels. 
Give aloes in six or eight dram doses in as 
little water as possible, and in bad cases acid 
10 to 15 drops of croton oil. To arouse the 
stomach to action give y 2 ounce of ether and 
1 ounce of tincture of ginger every three or 
fotir hours, or a wineglassful of any spirit 
with 2 drams of carbonate of ammonia at sim- 
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take place stop all medicines for a time, and 
allow no food for at least 12 hours. Should 
the symptoms remain urgent, and the head 
symptoms increase to blindness, give larger 
doses of ammonium carbonate and repeat the 
croton oil. Enemas are useful as adjuncts. 



3576. 

Strangles. — Inflammation t of the mucous 
membrane of the nose and back of the mouth, 
with swelling of the glands of the jaw, which 
attacks sooner or later almost all young 
horses, especially when they are suddenly 
brought from grass to dry forage. The age 
of the horse, the cough, the distress of the 
animal, the nature of the discharge distin- 
guish this from glanders. The first symp- 
toms', generally, are loss of appetite, slight 
fever, the head hangs, the cellular tissue and 
glands of the jaw are swollen, there is a pro- 
fuse white discharge from the nostrils. Soon 
the animal begins to recover its appetite, and 
the disease terminates in about 20 days. 
Sometimes the discharge from the nostrils' 
forms under the jaw a large tumor, which 
breaks and discharges much pus. Light diet, 
gentle exercise, regular grooming, demulcent 
drinks, such as barley-water or water mixed 
with honey and powdered marshmallow or 
licorice, make up the best treatment, and 
the animal soon recovers vigorous health. 

The following is another treatment: Keep 
the animal in a warm place, and cover it with 
a cloth. Give no drink cold, but mix it 
with barley-meal and honey; for food, give 
clover mixed with barley-meal and moistened 
with water. Mix equal parts' of gentian, 
juniper berries, galangal, and honey into an 
electuary, and smear a piece the size of a 
walnut on the tongue night and morning. If 
the swellings are large, poultice them with 
bread-crumb and milk, open them, and press 
out the matter. 

Other forms of the disease occur less fre- 
quently, but must be treated alike. 

3577. 

Tetanus, or Lockjaw, can generally be 
traced to some injury, as nail-wounds in the 
foot, injuries to the joints or eyes', docking 
or castration, though it does not occur in more 
than 1 per cent of these injuries. Other 
cases may be traced to cold. 

The symptoms once seen can never be mis- 
taken. The rigidity of the muscular system 
gives the animal a stiff, jointless appearance; 
the muscles of the limbs stand out in relief, 
the belly is "tucked up," and the tail elevated. 
The slightest excitement, as the opening 
of a door or approach of an attendant, ag- 
gravates this condition. The tail is thrown 



out horizontally, the head spasmodically 
raised, and the haw of the eye protruded (a 
very marked symptom). The mouth, if a 
finger be quietly inserted, will be found firmly 
fixed, or just able to open, perhaps y 2 inch. 
There is an almost constant attempt on the 
part of the animal to open the mouth, which 
is accompanied by a profuse flow of saliva. 
The cause of death is exhaustion from the ac- 
tive state of the muscles, and from the ina- 
bility of the animal to take sufficient food. 
A fatal termination may be accelerated by the 
animal falling down; it cannot then rise 
without help, but lies constantly plunging; 
congestion of the lung sets in, and death 
speedily follows. 

Treatment: Injuries should be looked for, 
and, if found, placed in the most favorable 
position. In the early stages division of the 
nerve which leads from the injury often gives 
immediate relief, but after a time the spinal- 
cord itself becomes so affected that this en- 
tirely fails. Wounds should be fomented 
with warm water. All excitement should be 
avoided. The stable should be darken ed f 
other horses removed, no visitors allowed, 
and only one attendant. Never raise the 
head nor attempt to administer draughts' or 
balls. Give food that requires no mastica- 
tion, as boiled barley and linseed, oatmeal 
gruel, milk, etc., but never bran mashes, 
which are starvation in disguise. 

The best medicine is prussic acid, in y 2 - 
dram doses, twice daily, combined with per- 
fect quiet. An ordinary india-rubber enema 
syringe is fastened to about 12 Indies of 
small guttapercha-tubing; it is filled so full 
of water as just to admit the acid, which can 
then be thrown to the back of the mouth 
with the smallest amount of water. 

A very bad case should have slings placed 
under it to prevent falling. About three 
weeks is the duration of a favorable case end- 
ing in recovery; it may be protracted to 
three months. A fatal case terminates in 
from three to four days to a fortnight. The 
French recommend opium in large doses (2 
drams to 4 drams), fomentation of the injured 
part, enemas, friction with camphorated oil, 
nitre in the drink. If the medicines cannot 
be administered by the mouth they should 
be injected into the bowels, the dose- being 
increased one-half. 



3578. 

Thrush is inflammation of the lower surface 
of the sensitive frog, and where there is a 
large space of the frog raw, the horse should 
be shod with leather soles to prevent injury 
from newly-laid granite or flint stones. Dirt 
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First, cleanse the foot thoroughly with 
warm water, removing loose portions of horn. 
Then apply some mild astringent and stimu- 
lant. If the discharge is dried up suddenly 
by a strong dressing, a swollen leg is" a com- 
mon sequel. The following is a good appli- 
cation: 

Alum and common salt, of 

each 1 part. 

Stockholm tar 4 parts. 

In obstinate cases substitute zinc sulphate 
for the salt. 



3579. 

Tonics. — Iron, copper, and zinc are the most 
reliable mineral tonics. For horses or cattle 
use the following: 

Ferri sulph 

Gentianae pulv 

Carui seed 

Coriander seed 

Zingiberis pulv aa 1 ounce. 

Make into balls with treacle, or give in 
powder with the food. The dose of iron or 
copper sulphates is 2 drams. In cases of 
chronic nasal discharge the dose should be 
doubled, and the copper salt is preferable to 
the iron. 

In broken wind, chronic cougn, and non- 
parasitic skin diseases, arsenic is a valuable 
tonic. 

Arsenic alb 5 grains. 

Cantharidis pulv 5 grains. 

Ferri sulph. pulv 2 drams. 

Once a day with food. 

For a mild tonic for horse or ox give a mix- 
ture of equal parts of common salt and gen- 
tian — a tablespoonful twice daily. 

A more powerful tonic is: 

Cinchona bark 4 drams. 

Quassia or gentian 2 drams. 

Aniseed 2 drams. 

As a powder, or made into a ball with tre- 
acle. 

Quinine may be given in pills; dose 1 to 
S grains. 

3580. 

Vives, or Strangulous Abscess, are swellings 
of the parotid glands situated at the top of 
the jawbone, at the junction or the head and 
neck. They result from blows or from 
badly-treated strangles. They should be 
treated like an ordinary abscess or tumor — 
with poultices', enemas and light diet. Re- 
move the hair, rub daily with a mixture of 



2 parts quicksilver and 3 parts ung. populeum, 
and cover it with wool. If it softens, it 
should be opened, and kept open till the daily 
application of this salve completely heals it. 
This must be done by an experienced person, 
as a case of discharge of saliva from the par- 
otid gland or duct is extremely difficult to 
heal. If clear water flows from the horse's 
mouth, mix equal parts of tinctures of aloes 
and cinchona, and fill the wound with tow 
moistened in this. It should be changed 
twice daily. The animal must be kept warm 
and allowed no cold drinks. 



3581. 

Weed, Shot or Grease, Humor, Monday 
Morning Disease, or Lymphangitis, is almost 
peculiar to cart-horses, most frequently at- 
tacks hard-working animals, and appears after 
a day or two's rest. 

Symptoms: Lameness, with heat, pain, and 
swelling in the leg — generally a hind one — 
first appearing high up inside the thigh, rap- 
idly spreading downwards even below the 
hock. The swelling pits like dough under 
pressure, the impression remaining for some 
time. The pain is very acute, slight violence 
causing the limb to be raised so as nearly to 
overthrow the animal. Favorable cases re- 
cover in a few days under treatment, but 
severe or improperly-treated cases may leave 
permanent thick-leg or sloughing indolent 
sores. 

Treatment: First give a dose of physic. 
Foment the swelling with warm water con- 
tinuously for a long time: to apply it for a few 
minutes and then allow the limb to cool is 
worse than useless. Exercise as soon as the 
animal is able to walk tolerably well. Give 
diuretics. The food must not be very nutri- 
tious; bran is best. If the swelling remains 
after the acute symptoms have subsided, ap- 
ply hartshorn and oil as a gentle rubefacient. 
Should the skin slough and leave sores, dress 
them with a lotion of zinc sulphate (2 drams 
with 20 minims of carbolic acid in 1 ounce 
water). Nearly all cases can be prevented 
by occasional diuretics, with bran on Sundays 
and other rest days. 



3582. 

Worms. — Ascarides, or round-worms, are 
the commonest; tapeworms are exceedingly 
rare. 

Symptoms: The presence of worms in the 
dung is an unmistakable symptom. Poor 
condition, with absence of any assignable 
cause for it, may indicate the presence of 
worms when they are not found in the dung. 



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Treatment: To kill the worms give a good 
dose of aloes on an empty stomach, and fol- 
low up with the following tonic, labeled 
simply "The Powders." Stablemen have an 
idea that powders are the only form in which 
worm medicine can be given. 

Canthar. pulv 1 dram. 

Arsenic 1 dram. 

Ferri sulph 12 drams. 

Make into 12 powders. Give one daily in 
the corn. 



3583. 

Wounds generally. — Broken Knees, Sore 
Backs, Etc. : If a wound will heal by. first 
intention the less done to it the better. Dirt 
and foreign matter must be removed and the 
wound cleansed, preferably by wiping with 
a dry cloth. If suppuration is inevitable the 
best application is carbolic acid, combined 
with glycerine and linseed oil (1 in 20), applied 
night and morning with a feather. In Ger- 
many slight wounds would be washed with 
camphorated spirit or Goulard's water, and 
covered with bibulous paper soaked in the 
same liquid, or anointed with the drying oint- 
ment mentioned under bruises. 

CATTLE. 
3584. 

Balls pass directly into the first stomach, 
and there remain undigested and unabsorbed. 
As the mildest illness is generally accompa- 
nied by suspended rumination balls' are there- 
fore almost useless. 



3585. 

Draughts are the most convenient form of 
medicine. They should be abundant in quan- 
tity. Twelve ounces of Epsom salts in i 
quarts of water are more efficacious than L6 
ounces in 2 quarts 



3586. 

Cold. — The animal eats little, and the ears 
and legs are cold. From old animals let 1 
quart of blood from the jugular vein, from 
young ones' 1 pint; to calves give daily % 
ounce of saltpetre dissolved in water. If 
the animal is benumbed, standing with its 
legs close together, boil four handfuls of 
arnica herb in beer for a quarter of an hour, 
strain, give half of it with % dram of cam- 
phor in powder; cover the animal warmly for 
three hours, then rub down the whole body 
with a wisp of straw. Next day give the 
other half as before, and repeat the treat- 
ment on the third day. If the stiffness per- 



sists, place an issue in the breast. If purg- 
ing ensues discontinue the drink and give % 
ounce of nitre dissolved in water. A little 
meal and honey may be mixed with the drink. 



3587. 

Cough results from cold or from dusty hay. 
Good clean food must be chosen and 
sprinkled with salt water. Make an elec- 
tuary of black antimony, 2 ounces; elecam- 
pane, 3 ounces 1 ; fennel seed, 2 ounces; a little 
oil of juniper and enough honey. Rub a 
piece the size of a hen's egg on the tongue 
morning and evening. When cold is the 
cause dissolve 1 part of elderberry jam and 2 
parts of honey in 18 parts of water, and give 
1 pint of this night and morning. 



3588. 

Cowpox (Variola Vaccina). — An eruption on 
the udder. There is fever, trembling, loss of 
appetite, rough hair, little milk, kidneys and 
bowels irregular. When the eruption appears 
the fever goes, the milk is le^s in quantity, 
watery, with little lumps in it, and curdles 
easily. The udder soon swells, is tender, 
reddens, spots like flea-bites appear, with 
greyish-yellow pustules which indicate the re- 
ceptacles of the lymph. The pustule is ripe 
on the ninth day, when it dries' and falls 
away. It is therefore, not advisable to do 
anything. 



3589. 

Diarrhoea (Scouring) results from cold or 
from decomposed food such as is found on 
sour marshy soils. Sound dry food is the 
best cure. Mix 2y 2 ounces tormentilla root, 
4 ounces chalk, and 2% ounces juniper berries, 
and give % ounce in water thrice daily. 



3590. 

Eye Diseases. — If the eye runs and is 
swollen and closed take 2 pounds of blood 
from the jugular vein on the affected side. 
Mix white-lead ointment and camphor, and 
make a streak the thickness of a straw daily 
on the upper eyelid. Lesser complaints may 
be cured by fomenting the eye with cold 
water, and keeping the animal in the stall 
If they are caused by blows bleeding is un- 
necessary, the application of the ointment 
suffices. If the cause is a particle of the 
food raise the lid, remove the source of irri- 
tation, and wash the eye with fresh water. 
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3591. 

Fardel-bound, or Impaction of the Third 
Stomach in Cattle and Sheep. — The most 
characteristic symptoms are the grnnt at each 
expiration, accompanied by most obstinate 
constipation. There is no pain on pressure 
of the ribs as in pleuro-pneumonia. Give an 
aperient of Epsom salts or calomel, with aro- 
matics and diluents. 



3592. 

Foot Disease. — The horn becomes mattery 
in the middle of the slit. Sand or dust gets 
in and the animal goes lame. Examine the 
foot and cleanse it carefully. Take y 2 ounce 
of green vitriol. V-2 ounce of alum, powder and 
dissolve in water; wash the place with this, 
lay tow on it, and bind it up. Cut away the 
horn where it is diseased and mattery. Mix 
2 parts of loam and 1 part of cow-dung, make 
it into a paste with vinegar, spread it all over 
the foot finger thick, bind it up, moisten it 
often with vinegar, and leave it for 24 hours. 
Repeat the treatment from the washing on- 
wards till the hoof is well. If the hoof sepa- 
rates from the coronet, cut it away to pre- 
vent an accumulation of grit and other matter, 
and treat as above. If water is near, drive 
the animal into it several times daily and let 
it stand therein: this makes the binding-up 
superfluous. Good dry straw and standing 
for a time in water are the best remedies for 
this disease. 



3593. 

Foot-and-mouth Disease, vide Contagious 

Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878, under Farcy 

("Horses"). — It is a contagious eruptive fever, 

rarely attacking the same animal the second 

-ometimes affecting man. 

Symptoms: At first loss of appetite and 
feverishness; if at grass separation from the 
rest of the herd. There is an eruption of 
little bladders or vesicles on the lining mem- 
brane of the mouth, on the udder, and be- 
tween the digits. The eruption on the 
mouth, produces a profuse discharge of 
frothy saliva, and interferes with or some- 
times arrests mastication. Should the erup- 
tion spread backward to the pharynx and 
gullet swallowing is interfered with. The 
eruption on the udder, if mild, merely renders 
milking difficult and painful, but it may be 
so severe as to cause inflammation of the 
gland. The eruption between the digits is 
the most dangerous symptom. The vesicles 
may be followed by pustules, then by sup- 
puration round the coronet, even to the ex- 
tent of detaching the hoof. The pain aggra- 
vates the fever, and sometimes' leads to death. 
Thi< virulent form is now uncommon. 



Treatment: (a) General, for the fever. 
Give for an adult — 

Magnes. sulph 16 ounces. 

Sulph. subl 2 ounces. 

Zingib. pulv 1 ounce. 

in about 1 quarts of thin gruel. 

(b) Local: Wash the mouth with a simple 
solution of alum. Wash the feet clean and 
dress with a weak solution of zinc sulphate. 
Milk very gently, and if this causes much 
pain insert teat syphons. Hard food, such 
as turnips, may be boiled; bran mashes and 
the like may be given while the mouth is sore. 
After the removal of the local symptoms, 
give as a tonic, 2 drams each of gentian and 
iron sulphate in 1 pint of linseed tea once a 
day. 



3594. 

Hoven. — When too much green food is eaten 
it ferments and causes distension of the first 
stomach. Mix 3 teaspoonfuls of petroleum 
with y 2 pound of brandy, or % ounce of sal- 
ammoniac with 2 pints of water; with this 
cleanse the excrement from the rectum, and 
give every half-hour an enema made by boil- 
ing in 4 pints of water 3 handfuls each of 
camomiles and mallow leaves; add two hand- 
fuls of salt and 1% ounces of linseed oil, 
and inject a pint luke-warm. If this gives 
no relief the trocar must be used. The needle 
and tube should be inserted in the left flank 
a hand's'-breadt^ below the hip, behind the 
stomach, just deep enough for the ring of the 
tube to rest on the skin. The needle must 
then be drawn out. If the tube gets stopped 
it must be cleansed with a twig. It must be 
left in place some hours, or as long as more 
gas is formed in the stomach. If the animal 
is uneasy under the pricking, raise one of the 
fore feet to make it stand still. If it wants 
to lie down tie the hind legs together. The 
wound must be washed often. 



3595. 

Inflammation of the Brain. — The eyes are 
bright and staring, tongue slimy, mouth hot, 
pulse quick and strong, ears and horns, hot, 
appetite none, the patient stares fixedly be- 
fore it, is convulsed, wild, and delirious. 
Generally the heat of the sun is the cause. 
Let 3 pounds of blood from the jugular vein 
promptly. Dissolve 2 pounds of nitre in 
water and give every four hours. Place an 
issue in the breast. Make an enema of 
eamomile flowers and mallow leaves, of each 
3 handfuls boiled in 4 quarts of water, strain. 
add 2 handfuls of salt, and inject a quart of 
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hours. Wrap the head in linen, and keep it 
moist with cold water. If there is no im- 
provement in two days let another quart, of 
blood, and repeat this next day if needful. 
Bind the animal, or it will not stand for the 
administration of the clyster. 



3596. 

Inflammation of the Kidneys. — Symptoms: 
Loss of appetite, quick full pulse, very 
scanty urine, back bent, hind legs brought 
forward under the belly, pain in the neighbor- 
hood of the kidneys, suppression of milk. 
Let a quart of blood from the jugular vein; 
give every six hours % ounce of nitre dis- 
solved in water; administer twice daily the 
clyster recommended for red water. On the 
back, where the kidneys are situated, place 
folded cloths and keep them wet with cold 
water. 



3597. 

Inflammation of the Udder, Mammitis, or 
Garget, may result from external injury, ex- 
posure to cold, or irregular and bad milking. 
It is usually confined to one of the four lobes' 
of the udder. Symptoms: The milk de- 
creases in quantity, becomes watery and 
curdy, then yellowish from the presence of 
pus, and may be arrested. The gland swells, 
feels hard and hot, is very painful, the veins 
running from it being much distended. There 
is also general fever. The caste generally 
ends well, but may result in abscess or morti- 
fication of a quarter of the udder. 

Treatment: Lessen the food and give po- 
tassium bicarbonate in 2-dram doses twice 
daily till the acute symptoms have passed. 
Apply warm fomentations to the udder, and 
support it by a carefully-arranged bandage, 
through which the teats must be allowed to 
protrude. Draw off the milk frequently, but 
quietly. After the acute pain has passed use 
first gentle friction and later a stimulating 
liniment or a mild iodine ointment. As soon 
as pus is present make an incision without 
waiting for it to point. Germans advise rub- 
bing the udder daily with a mixture of oil 
of bays and marshmallow ointment. If the 
teats swell rub them twice daily and milk 
dry. If wounds or cracks appear anoint them 
daily, after milking, with white-lead oint- 
ment. If scurf appears apply a lotion twice 
daily of Goulard's water, and milk dry. even 
if this causes pain. 

3598. 

Jaundice (the Yellows).— The symptoms are 
loss of appetite, cessation of rumination, yel- 
lowness of the mucous membrane of the 



mouth and nose and the whites' of the eyes, 
of the urine and excrement. Feed the patient 
with boiled potatoes, bruised cabbage, tur- 
nips, clover, crushed or ground barley, and 
give every third morning, fasting, y 2 ounce of 
aloes, 2 drams jalap, 2 ounces Glauber's salt 
with 1 quart of water. Great thirst, heat, 
dryness of the mouth, and rapid pulse indi- 
cate inflammation of the liver. Take 1 quart 
of blood from the jugular vein and insert an 
issue in the breast. Give an enema twice a 
day, and every six hours 1 ounce of Glauber's 
salt, % ounce of nitre, and 1 dram of pow- 
dered rhubarb in 1 quart of water. If the 
appetite returns give daily only one clyster 
and two doses of the drink. 

3599. 

Lice. — If these appear great care is neces- 
sary. Mercurial ointment, 2 ounces should 
be mixed with oil of turpentine 1 ounce, and 
rubbed in twice daily. Every other day the 
ointment should be washed off with warm 
water. 

3600. 

Milk — Blue.— This is indicated by blue spots 
in the cream. Give a dessertspoonful of pow- 
dered caraway in water daily till the blueness 
disappears. The milk-pails must be kept very 
clean and bright or a fungus will appear on 
them. 

3601. 

Milk — Bloody. — Bloody milk is caused 
either by congestion or by injury to the blood- 
vessels of the teats through stretching them 
too much while milking. In the first case let 
2 pounds of blood. The latter is often trou- 
blesome. Avoid dragging, but draw the milk 
by pressure. Keep only the milk from the 
sound teats, and let the milk from the others 
fall to the ground. Blood-letting is useful 
here also. If the teats swell milk them dry, 
even if matter should come with the milk. 



3603. 

Milk Fever, Dropping after Calving, or Par- 
turient Apoplexy is commonest among the 
best-conditioned animals and the heaviest 
milkers, occurring generally three days, or 
more or less, after calving. It is not contag- 
ious, but once attacked a cow is liable to it 
at each calving. 

Symptoms: The premonitory symptoms are 
few, and may be overlooked. Any unusual 
change after calving is suspicious none more 
so than suppression of milk. With this there 
is arrested rumination and appetite, a glassy 
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Ties. The animal often shakes its head, 
and if made to walk does - so unwillingly 
pulse full and strong, bowels constipated. 
Second stage: Eye insensible to light, the 
animal falls, and either lies in a dull sleepy 
way with the head thrown on the shoulder, 
or keeps wildly dashing it from side to side; 
pulse quicker and weaker; breathing slow, 
heavy, stertorous. As the insensibility in- 
creases we hare paralysis of the muscles used 
in swallowing, with hoven, or distension of 
the large stomach by gas 1 . 

Treatment: Before the animal falls it may 
be bled. Apply cold water or ice to the head 
and neck; wrap the body and legs in rugs; 
draw the udder gently every four hours, and 
gently hand-rub it to facilitate return of its 
proper blood supply. To relieve the constipa- 
tion give 16 ounces Epsom salts and 2 ounces 
each of sulphur, aloes, and ginger in at least 
4 quarts of thin gruel. Should this not act 
within six or eight hours repeat half the dose 
or give 1Y 2 pint of linseed oil with 30 or 40 
drops of croton oil. Give 2-drarn doses of am- 
monium carbonate every three or four hours. 
Inject warm water into the rectum, and if the 
bladder is not naturally emptied a catheter 
should be passed once a day. Medicines 
should be administered through a tube or pro- 
bang passed into the gullet, as the muscles of 
deglutition are more or less paralyzed. The 
animal should be placed in a loose-box, and if 
very violent the head should be fixed. Occa- 
sionally the position of the animal should be 
changed to avoid congestion of the lungs, but 
it must never be turned on its back at the risk 
of instantaneous suffocation. Double up the 
legs before turning it over. The insensibility, 
or the prior wild, stupid expression distin- 
guishes milk fever from paralysis or severe 
cold. It can nearly always be prevented by 
lessening the food a week before calving, and 
giving an aperient a day after. 

The Germans recommend taking 1 quart of 
blood from the jugular vein, placing an issue 
in the breast for 14 days, and giving daily 6 
ounces of cream of tartar dissolved in water. 
If the symptoms look dangerous give daily in 
addition to the above, % ounce of nitre and as 
much cream of tartar mixed with a spoonful 
of honey; thrice daily administer enemas of 
soap and water and vinegar, and sprinkle the 
animal afterwards with cold water. If in 24 
hours the pulse is not improved repeat the 
bleeding and the enema; otherwise give only 
a drink and an enema. 



3603. 

Over-eating. — The animal lies on the 
ground, breathes deeply, groans, and does not 
ruminate. Give a dose of purging medicine 



and chilled water 
ing exercise. 



let the animal have walk- 



3604. 

Pleuro-pneumonia, Epizootic, or Contagious 

i Lung Disease. — The period of incubation is 

generally two or three weeks, sometimes ex- 

I tending to eight or nine. The fatality is 

about 12 per cent in cases properly treated. 

Vide Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 

1878, as under Farcy, ("Horses"). This dis- 

; ease is highly contagious and infectious, and 

I cannot be treated without special cousent of 

the Privy Council, and, as in glanders and 

I farcy, all animals must be slaughtered when 

I affected. 

Symptoms. — If the animals are out at grass 
! the sick ones separate themselves from the 
j others. In the stall, dulness and loss of ap- 
i petite are first noticed; next comes' increased 
i rapidity of the pulse and breathing: later 
I there is a painful grunt at each expiration; 
I pain is evinced on pressing the spaces be- 
! tween the ribs or on pulling the dewlap. The 
animal is almost always lying on the side of 
the diseased lung, to give freer play to the 
healthy one, or on its breast when both lungs 
i are affected. In Fardel-bound, or impaction 
of the third stomach, there is a grunt, but it 
is accompanied by most obstinate constipa- 
tion, and there is no pain on pressure of the 
ribs. Ordinary or non-contagious pleuro- 
pneumonia cannot be certainly distinguished 
from the more- dangerous disease, so that the 
strictest precautions' should always be used. 

3605. 

Quinsey. — Dulness, loss of appetite, difficult 
breathing, rattling in the throat, dry, hot 
mouth, painful swellings under the throat, in- 
ability to swallow, the water returning by the 
nose, pulse rapid, are among the symptoms. 

Take 2 pounds of blood from the jugular 
vein. Mix 

Marshmallow powder 3 ounces. 

Glauber salt 5 ounces. 

Nitre 4 ounces. 

Cream of tartar 4 ounces. 

Rubbed with 1 pound of juniper berries. 
Every four hours put a spoonful of this on the 
tongue, and hold the head up till the animal 
has swallowed. 
Mix 

Turpentine oil iy 2 ounces. 

Oil of bays 1% ounces. 

Camphor spirit 1 ounce 

and rub the swelling therewith thrice daily. 
Should the rattling in the throat increase, re- 
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the effect of barley-rneal mixed with the 
drink. Should the glands and windpipe swell 
so that the breathing is obstructed, dissolve 
14 ounce camphor in 2 ounces linseed oil, mix 
with it 2 ounces liquid ammonia, and rub the 
windpipe therewith daily. 



3606. 

Red- water.— The coloring-matter of the 
blood passes through the kidneys with the 
ordinary watery matters. There is a steady 
and rapid falling-off in condition. There are 
no blood-clots in the urine, as in cases of 
haematuria, but the color of the secretion 
varies from pale sherry to nearly black. 
Other symptoms are: Suppression of milk, 
cold ears, anxious look, loss of appetite, 
steady increase in the rapidity and volume 
of the pulse, and the characteristic urine. If 
aid be not soon forthcoming the disease is 
fatal. 

Treatment: Never give diuretics or astrin- 
gents nor apply stimulants to the loins. Give 
first: 

Epsom salts 1 pound. 

Powdered aloes 1 ounce. 

Ginger 1 ounce 

in not less than 3 quarts of oatmeal gruel. 

Then give once or twice a day in linseed 
tea V<i ounce each of ether, tincture of gentian, 
and tincture of ginger. After the disappear- 
ance of the symptoms, continue to give a 
tonic. Fresh air, even temperature, and fre- 
quent changes of food should be attended to. 
In loss of appetite give linseed and oatmeal as 
gruel. 

The German directions are to let promptly 
1 quart of blood from the jugular vein. Give 
1 ounce of nitre dissolved in water morning 
and evening until cured. Feed with fresh 
green food, and administer daily 1 pint of the 
following enema. Boil three handfuls of 
groats in 2 quarts of water. To each pint add 
' on administration % ounce nitre and 1% 
ounces linseed oil. 



3607. 

Ringworm shows itself as one or more 
circular spots, almost denuded of hair, and 
varying in size up to that of a crown-piece. 
Unguentum hydrargyri biniodidi rubbed into 
and around the spot is a specific. One appli- 
cation is generally enough. 

A successful application is a solution of 
carbolic acid in 18 times its bulk of a mixture 
of equal parts of spirit, glycerine, and water. 
Apply it daily for three days with a small 
brush. 



3608. 

Rheumatism should be treated by rubbing 
on the painful joints once a day a dram of 
the following liniment: 

Tincture of aconite (Flem- 
ing) 1 part. 

Chloroform 1 part. 

Spirit of wine 3 parts. 



Scab generally comes from bad or insuffi- 
cient feeding. Give better nourishment. Mix 
2 ounces of antimony, 4 ounces gentian, 8 
ounces juniper berries, 2 pounds of salt; give 
daily a spoonful. Dissolve iy 2 ounces in a 
gill of water and wash the affected parts. If 
no progress is made insert an issue in each 
haunch for 14 days. Keep the animal from 
the others. Calves should be treated as fol- 
lows: Mix iy 2 ounce nitre with 1 ounce 
flowers of sulphur; give the animal V/ 2 ounces, 
and make an ointment of the rest, which 
should be rubbed into the affected place, and 
washed off on the third day with soap and 
water. If bad food is the cause, mix y 2 ounce 
gentian, y 2 ounce juniper berries, 3% ounces 
flowers of sulphur, and as much liver of anti- 
mony, powder and mix, and give % ounce 
daily. As food give crushed barley. 



3610. 

Stoppages, or Constipation. — The animal 
loses appetite, stamps with the hind legs, lies 
down and rises uneasily, groans heavily, at 
the same time heaving up the body. Anoint 
the hand with oil, insert it carefully in the 
rectum and remove the excrement accumu- 
lated. Make an enema by boiling three hand- 
fuls each of camomiles and mallow leaves in 
4 quarts of water, adding two handfuls of 
salt. Administer 1 quart with iy 2 ounces of 
linseed oil, rather more than lukewarm, and 
repeat this every half-hour uutil the disease 
is relieved. If there is no relief take 1 pint 
of the decoction, % pound of linseed oil, % 
ounce of potassium sulphate Administer 
this every half-hour. If the disease persists 
more than half an hour let 2 pounds of blood 
from the jugular vein. A quarter of an ounce 
of asafoetida may be rubbed up with boiling- 
water, and administered as a drench. 



3611. 

Suppression of milk often accompanies in- 
digestion. Three mornings running give fast- 
ing 4 ounces Glauber's salt dissolved in water. 
Mix 8 ounces powdered gentian and 6 ounces 
powdered caraway; divide into 24 doses, and 
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3613. 

Tail-worm. — If the tail remains too long in 
excrement, gangrene sets' in, which eats down 
to the bone, and the tail falls off. When this 
is discovered the hair should be cut off, the 
place cleansed and strewed with blue vitriol. 
If the hair is already gone, touch with a hot 
iron and wash with salt water. 



3613. 

Tapeworm. — The animal falls away iu con- 
dition, the hair is rough and bristly, the head 
is turned often to look at the body, the animal 
strikes its body with the hind legs, and lashes 
its tail. Take valerian root, fern root, worm 
seed, garlic, of each 2 ounces, powder and 
give daily for 12 days % ounce to an ox, y 2 
ounce to a cow, and 1 i ounce to a calf. 



3614. 

Thrush in Calves shows itself in whitish 
sores on the tongue or gums of sucking calves, 
and the patient refuses to suckle. Take % 
pint of vinegar, a spoonful of honey, and a 
little alum: mix them together, and wash out 
the mouth with this thrice daily. If this 
fails, take % dram of rhubarb. 1 dram of 
magnesia; give this in water twice daily, and 
continue the mouth wash. 



3615. 

Tonic. — During convalescence from pleuro- 
pneumonia, or during the later stages' of red- 
water, use 

Ether sulph 2 ounces. 

Tr. zingib 2 ounces. 

Tr. gentianae 2 ounces. 

Give a fourth part every six hours in a pint 
of gruel. 



3616. 

"White Scour is diarrhoea in calves brought 
up by hand on milk. It is caused by feeding 
them too seldom, and then giving too much 
milk at once; the result is that the stomach 
after curdling the milk is unable to digest the 
curds, which set up diarrhoea. A little chalk 
mixture may be given at first, but the cause 
should be removed by giving the food at regu- 
lar and short intervals. 

The Germans recommend for animals under 
14 days old 1 dram of rhubarb and 1 dram of 
magnesia twice daily in water. Older calves 
may have twice as much. It is well to mix- 
some wheat-meal with the milk. 



SHEEP. 

Sheep may be treated like cattle, reducing 
the dose to one-fourth. 

Red eyelids' are always a sign of health; 
when they are white or blackish the animal is 
ill. 

3617. 

Consumption. — It may result from rot or 
from bad food or water. The symptoms re- 
semble those of rot — cough, falling of the 
wool, and paleness, swelling of the eyes, etc. 
Mix juniper berries, roasted acorns, and gen- 
tian, of each y 2 ounce, add % ounce common 
salt, and give an eighth part till the animal 
recovers. 

3618. 

Cough results from cold. Mix fennel-flow- 
ers, elecampane root, flowers of sulphur, of 
each 2 ounces, and give two spoonfuls several 
times a day. If the cough results from dusty 
food, see that the cause is removed. 

3619. 

Diarrhoea lasts at most only three days. 
Mix % ounce juniper berries and as much 
chalk, and give a teaspoonful several times a 
clay. If blood is present in the excreta give 
often 1 dram each of rhubarb and magnesia 
and y 2 ounce of honey. For sucking lambs 
put a piece of chalk in the stall for them to 
lick, and give in ewe's milk 1 dram of mag- 
nesia twice daily. For bad cases boil 1 ounce 
I gentian root in 1 pint of water, strain, and 
dissolve in the decoction 1 dram of opium. 
! Give a teaspoonful every two hours. Cala- 
mus root does good service. 

Treatment: Mix barley-meal and water. 
I add y 2 ounce of nitre to each quart, and for 
| three days give the sheep as much of this 
! to drink as they will take. Boil quicksilver 
in water and give a full pint morning and 
j evening. At midday give % ounce of soot 
mixed with honey. Take powdered oyster- 
shell, y 2 ounce, camphor. 20 grains, make into 
a paste with almonds, and give y 2 dram every 
two hours during the first three days. Then 
mix conium extract, % ounce; castile soap. 
y 2 ounce; squills, 2 drams. Make into a paste 
with water, and give 12 grains twice or thrice 
daily. Give every other morning, fasting. 14 
ounce, hepatic aloes for a week. Then mix 
milfoil, blessed thistle, wormwood, gentian 
ioot, juniper berries, bayberries. les-ser cen- 
taury, iron filings, of each. 2 ounces. Give 
morning and evening, an hour before food, 
three spoonfuls of this with two spoonfuls of 
common salt, a handful of oats made into an 
electuary with honey. Continue this till the 
animal recovers. 



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3630. 

Foot-rot is a very common disease amongst 
sheep, especially on some soils, as it is never 
absent from some flocks in the wet seasons. 
The symptoms are lameness and local inflam- 
mation; the hoof separates from the coronet, 
and large ulcerating sores appear; when very 
frequently much harm is done by the un- 
sparing use of the shepherd's knife. Moisten 
loami with vinegar, put it in a bag, stick the 
foot into the mass and tie it up. Repeat this 
several times daily, cleaning out the matter 
from the edge of the cleft in the hoof, and 
cutting away all diseased horn. Make a solu- 
tion of alum y 2 ounce, green vitriol, % ounce, 
in y 2 pint of water; dip tow in this and place 
it in the wound, and cover it with dry tow. 



3631. 

Giddiness is said to be caused generally by 
worms in the brain; it is rarely curable, and 
as the flesh is harmless it is best to kill the 
animal at once. Diaphoretics may be tried, 
as juniper berries, 4 ounces; castile soap, % 
ounce; squill, % ounce; give % ounce thrice 
daily. If the disease is 1 caused by the pre- 
sence of worms, snuff may be blown through 
a tube as far up the nostrils as possible. 



3633. 

Hog Pock. — Symptoms. — Head and face 
swollen, abscesses' form round the nostrils, 
also in the legs and joints and other parts of 
the body. It is contagious and very trouble- 
some to deal with. Push up the nostrils a 
twig covered with wool until the animal 
sneezes, or blow snuff up them. Take cara- 
way 1 ounce, camphor 1 dram, olive oil % 
ounce, rub together in a mortar, and anoint 
the nostrils therewith. Mix elecampane, 
pimpinella root, hyssop, and elder, of each 1 
pound, add salt, and give 1% ounces thrice 
daily. 



3623. 

Hoven, or Tympanitis, is generation of gas 
in the stomach, caused through over-feeding 
early in the morning, when the dew is on the 
clover. 

The safest treatment is* to puncture the re- 
umen and give a strong dose of purging medi- 
cine, with brisk exercise and change of food. 
The animal is completely prostrated, and 
needs speedy help. Give at once % ounce 
petroleum mixed with 1 ounce brandy. If 
there is no relief in two hours the trocar must 
be used. 



3634. 

Inflammation of the Brain. — Great heat is 
commonly the cause. The head hangs, skull 
and ears are hot, eyes are closed and water- 
ing, mouth dry, tongue white and slimy, body 
trembling or shivering. Let blood immedi- 
ately. Dissolve 1 dram of nitre in water, and 
give this thrice daily. Put cloths on the head 
and keep them wet with cold water until the 
animal recovers. 



3635. 

Jaundice is caused by a diseased condition 
of the liver, and is sometimes the sequel or 
associate of other diseases. Treatment: 
Aperients, combined with vegetable and min- 
eral tonics. Give pure water, and change the 
diet occasionally. 



3636. 

Lice. — Mercury, 1 pound; Venice turpentine, 
y 2 pound; turpentine oil, % ounce; rocksalt, 1 
ounce; rub in a mortar till the mercury is 
extinguished and no lumps are visible. Part 
the wool on the back, sides, and legs, and 
rub the salve in; the lice will die. 

Milk Fever. — See under Cattle. 



3637. 

Red-water. — Powdered caraway mixed with 
salt must be put where the animal can lick 
it. The seeds of the oxtongue are useful. 



3638. 

"Rot" is a disease of the liver, very fatal; 
in some seasons actually decimating whole 
flocks. It is caused by a parasite called "liver- 
fluke," distoma hepaticum, which infects in 
large numbers the biliary ducts of the liver. 
This disease wastes the system, the animal 
becomes pot-bellied, the abdomen dropsical, 
the wool easily separated from the skin, the 
mucous membranes colorless. The eyeballs 
have a peculiar appearance not easily des- 
cribed, but well understood by sheepdealers 
and farmers. The animals become emaciated 
and weak in the latter stages, and death soon 
follows. Mr. A. P. Thomas, of the University 
Museum, Oxford, has just succeeded in prov- 
ing that the intermediate host of the liver- 
fluke (the cause of sheep-rot), is a small water 
snail, limnaeus truncatulus. The snail, al- 
though a water snail, lives much out of water. 
It may be left in immense quantities on lands 
by floods; and, according to Mr. Thomas' ob- 
servations, will continue to live there as long 
as the ground is moist. The parasitic larva 
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encyst itself on surrounding objects, such as 
the roots of grass, whence it is apparently 
taken up by the sheep, probably in the 
encysted condition, to be ultimately developed 
into the adult form in the liver. The epi- 
demic was previously known to be mani- 
fested amongst sheep allowed to feed on wet 
pastures, and particularly on flooded ground. 



3639. 

Scab is due to the presence of parasitic in- 
sects, called acari. Scab is on the list of the 
contagious diseases. 

Symptoms: Minute red spots first appear 
when the insects burrow into the skin. These 
develop into little pimples, and then into 
pustules, which burst about 10 days after 
the first appearance of the red spots, when 
the brood of young is ready to emerge. In- 
tolerable itching accompanies all this, and 
the rubbing and scratching aggravate the 
pustules, destroy the wool, and make sores, 
while the wool left on the hurdles and trees 
may weeks later carry the disease to healthy 
animals which touch it. The insect may be 
discovered by gently scraping a little scurf 
from the affected spot, and examining it j 
under the microscope with a ^o-ineh objec- 
tive. 

Treatment is directed to destroying the 
acari on the surface of the skin, with subse- 
quent applications for the benefit of those 
which escaped the first, with removal of all 
sources of contagion. Mercurial and arsenical 
preparations are poisonous, and are not more 
efficacious than non-poisonous dips. Sulphur 
ointment is a good application. The follow- 
ing dip will not disappoint: 



Size 

Sulphur 

Tobacco 

Water 5 gallons. 



}■ 



Of each, 
pound. 



Infuse the tobacco in the cold water, add the 
size and the sulphur, stir frequently during 
application, and repeat at least once in about 
10 days. The size makes the dip slightly 
sticky, and makes the fleece retain the sulphur 
better. 



3630. 

Small-pox, or Sheep-pox, is frequently met 
with on the Continent, but has been rarely 
discovered in Great Britain. It is one of the 
diseases included in the contagious diseases. 
The symptoms are heaviness, loss of appe- 
tite, arrest of rumination, dull weeping 
swollen eyes, and the formation of blisters 
on part of the foot. The sick sheep should 
be separated from the sound. Give morning 



and evening % pound bruised bayberries, and 
as much clover when the disease first ap- 
pears. Wash the eyes carefully with milk. 



3631. 

Swollen "Udder, or Garget. — Rub together 
the white of an egg, some saffron, and olive 
oil, and rub the udder with this thrice daily. 
Milk the animal so long as the disease lasts, 
and give internally twice daily, to remove the 
hardened milk, 1 dram of a mixture of 
potassium sulphate 4 parts and nitre 1 part. 
Give once 1 dram of nitre and 2 drams of 
common salt dissolved in water. 



3632. 

Wens, or Tumours, often occur in wet years 
and accompany rot, and must be treated like 
that disease. The wen should be opened and 
emptied of its fluid contents. 



3633. 

Wild-fire, or Sore Lips, is more common 
amongst lambs than adults; it is caused 
through an impure condition of the blood. 
Sometimes it is produced by eating large 
quantities of vetches, or feeding off pasture 
mixed largely with poisonous weeds and 
thistles. Pimples or blisters appear on the 
mouth and lips, etc. Bruise together in equal 
parts hyssop and salt, and rub therewith the 
affected places. 



3634. 

Worms and Obstructions of the Bowels. — 
When troubled with worms the animal feeds 
greedily but does not thrive, rubs its nose 
in the earth, is soon very thirsty; at times 
the belly is puffed. Cold ears, scraping with 
the foot, great uneasiness, sweating in all 
parts of the body, wallowing and springing 
up again, with gathering up the limbs, are 
symptoms common to worms and obstructions. 
A speedy cure is % ounce of ""glanzruss,* % 
ounce wormwood, % ounce broken egg-shells, 
mixed and given in one dose; % ounce of 
theriaca does good service. Administer enemas 
of wormseed mixed with sweet milk, though 
quicksilver boiled in milk answers better. 
When improvement is visible give % ounce 
hepatic aloes or 2 ounces Glauber's salt as 
a purgative. Lye of wood ashes is good 
against worms. 



♦Glanzrnss is a kind of reddish pitch ob- 
tained during the burning of charcoal. 



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GOATS. 

3635. 

Constipation, Colic, are caused by lumpy 
food of bran or groats. Symptoms: Loss of 
appetite, cold ears, uneasily rising and lying 
down, anxious glances at the flanks, and 
sweating on the throat, flanks, and on the 
hind legs. Give every three hours 1 ounce 
Glauber's salt in water, and every half-hour 
% ounce linseed-oil till the colic is relieved. 
If the disease results from cold, boil 3 hand- 
fuls of camomiles in 1 quart of water, let it 
clear and cool, and give % pint every half- 
hour. Two drams of asafoetida may be dis- 
solved in this or given in an enema, when it 
must be mixed with a little linseed oil. Colic 
also results from eating too much clover. In 
that case add 1 ounce Glauber's salt to the 
camomile decoction; give it every half-hour 
by the mouth, and every half-hour as an 
enema. 

3636. 

Cough. — Take valerian root and arnica herb, 
each V/ 2 ounces, liver of antimony % ounce, 
and 2 ounces grated horseradish, make into 
an electuary with elder rob or honey, and 
rub % ounce twice daily on the tongue. 

3637. 

Dropsy generally results from pasturing on 
marshy soil, but sometimes from internal 
causes. The swollen belly and the emaciated 
body are symptoms; swellings frequently ac- 
company these. Take water-fennel seed (sem. 
phellandrii), gentian root, and juniper berries, 
of each V/2 ounces; make into an electuary 
with honey, add % ounce Venice turpentine, 
and give twice daily % ounce rubbed on the 
tongue. 

3638. 

Exhaustion. — There is little appetite, and 
the best food never fattens. Take angelica 
root, gentian, and valerian, of each 2 ounces, 
powder it, make it into an electiiary with 
honey, and give % ounce twice daily. 

3639. 

Eye Diseases often result from bad food or 
from too much corn as food. The eye swells 
and is kept closed without external hurt. 
First seek the cause and remove it; give the 
animal morning and evening, \y 2 ounces of 
Glauber's salt dissolved in water, till purg- 
ing ensues. Cool the eye often with water, 
or anoint it with camphor and white-lead 
ointment. Continue for eight days if the in- 
flammation is not reduced. If the hurt is 1 ex- 
ternal, use only the external applications. 



3640. 

Giddiness occurs more commonly among 
male goats. Ears and horns are hot, eyes 
shining and watery, head hanging; there are 
loss of appetite, and senseless turnings-round. 
Let % pound of blood, and give every two 
hours % ounce nitre dissolved in water. 
Wrap the head in linen cloths and drench it 
often with cold water, and give an enema 
every hour as in inflammation. 

3641. 

Internal Inflammation results generally 
through chill. The symptoms are loss of ap- 
petite, ears alternately hot and cold, breath- 
ing difficult, heaving sides, strong, rapid 
pulse, to be observed by placing the hand 
on the left side behind the shoulder-blade 
or the ribs. Let % pound of blood; take 3 
ounces Glauber's salt, 2 ounces cream of 
tartar, 1 ounce nitre, powder it, make into 
an electuary with honey, and give some of it 
every two hours. Boil two handfuls of camo- 
miles in 4 pints of water, mix in % ounce lin- 
seed oil, and give an enema of this thrice 
daily. In inflammation of the lungs the ani- 
mal does not lie down, but the treatment is 
the same. 

3643. 

Red-water affects goats kept on marshy 
pasture and fed on marsh-grasses. If the 
urine is red, let % pound of blood from the 
jugular vein, take 1 dram of nitre, dissolve 
in water, and give to the animal twice daily. 

3643. 

Scab or Itch. — Is caused by uncleanliness, 
bad or decomposed food, or by contagion. 
Small sores, becoming covered with scabs, 
at last overrun the whole skin. They also 
appear as dry scabs when the hair falls off. 
The latter is "dry," the former is "moist," 
scab. The animal must be separated from 
his fellows.; search for the cause and remove 
it. Take gentian and juniper berries, of each 
V/ 2 ounces, and sulphur 1 ounce; make it 
into an electuary with honey, and give twice 
daily, % ounce, or rather more, to strong 
animals. Now give good nourishing food of 
crushed potatoes and carrots with barley, 
groats or meal, wheat or rye bran, with a 
handful of oats, care being taken to break 
up all lumps, which might otherwise cause 
fatal obstructions. After about five days take 
beef tallow, 3 ounces, melt and stir in 1% 
ounces turpentine oil. Rub the affected places 
with this. In winter use hogs' lard instead 
of beef tallow. After a few days wash the 
ointment off with warm water and soft soap; 
repeat the anointing and washing till cured, 
continuing the nutritious food. 



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DOGS. 
3644. 

Medicines for dogs may be either pills or 
draughts. Sugar-coated pills are now used 
by some veterinarians. To administer them, 
open the dog's mouth, place the pill as far 
back as possible, shut the mouth, and rub 
or tap the place where the under-jaw meets 
the throat. The pill will be swallowed with- 
out difficulty. If the dog returns it after 
swallowing, give it again, and follow it by a 
piece of meat. The mouth may be safely 
opened by taking care to fold the upper lip 
over the teeth. Nearly tasteless substances 
may be sprinkled on the food when the appe- 
tite is good. 



3645. 

Chorea — St. Vitus' Dance. — Involuntary 
movements of the muscles, best seen when 
the animal is quiet, sometimes affecting the 
whole body; at others implicating merely a 
group of muscles, as of the face, neck, or 
a limb. It may be caused by irritation from 
worms, or diseased teeth, or, it is said, by 
injury to the head, but most commonly it is 
a sequel to debilitating disease, especially 
distemper. Ether, ammonia, valerian, asa- 
foetida, quinine, strychnine, iron, copper, zinc, 
silver, and arsenic have all been strongly 
recommended. The following have some- 
times been successful: 

A 

Liq. arsenicalis 1 dram. 

Tr. ferri perchlor 2 drams. 

Inf. gent 13 drams. 

A teaspoonful twice daily. 

B 

Zinci sulph. seu valerianat. 6 grains. 

Quiniae 1 scruple. 

Conf, rosae, enough to 

make 12 pills. 

Two every day. 



3646. 

Distemper is contagious, affecting princi- 
pally young dogs, and rarely occurring twice 
in the same animal; very many escape it al- 
together. It is a simple fever with local 
complications affecting the nose and throat, 
and, in bad cases, the lungs also. The stom- 
ach, kidneys, intestines, and even the brain 
are disordered as in other fevers. Its closest 
analogue in human diseases is influenza. 

Symptoms. — In ordinary cases the symp- 
toms are dulness, sneezing, dryness of nose, 
loss of appetite, disordered stomach, with 
watery discharge from the eyes and nose. As 



the disease advances the discharge becomes 
purulent, the sneeze becomes a cough, some- 
times of a peculiar choky kind, as if some 
foreign body were in the throat. From the 
first there is a marked debility, which rapidly 
increases. Frequently there are complica- 
tions, such as inflammation of the lungs, vio- 
lent diarrhoea, disordered liver causing jaun- 
dice and various nervous affections, paralysis 
or convulsions; these must be treated apart. 

Treatment should be chiefly good nursing. 
Keep the patient in a well-ventilated dry 
room at an even temperature (hot warm). 
Allow fresh air, clean water, and easily di- 
gested food, but no exercise till strength re- 
turns. Sponge the nose and eyes frequently. 
and force down soups or broth if food is re- 
fused. 

Give at first 2 to 4 grains of tartar emetic 
in butter or on a small piece of meat. Keep 
the bowels regular by mild aperients, as a 
mixture of equal parts of castor oil and syrup 
of buckthorn; dose, 2 drams to 8 drams. 

When the acute symptoms have subsided 
give stimulants and tonics: 

Quinine , 20 grains. 

Ginger 60 grains. 

Iron sulphate 60 grains. 

Extr. gentian, enough to 

:nake 12 pills. 

Give two or three every day. 

Quinine , . . 20 grains. 

Ammon. carb 120 grains. 

Extr. gentian, enough to 

make 12 pills. 

Give two or three every day. 

For debility, with diarrhoea, give — 

Ferri carbonatis 1 dram. 

Catechu pulvis 2 drams. 

Opii pulvis 10 grains. 

Cretae prep 2 drams. 

Make 12 pills with confection of roses. 
Two or three every day. 



3647. 

Fits or Convulsions are commonest in youmr 
dogs, and may often be traced to changes in 
the teeth, the presence of intestinal worms 
or distemper. While the fit is on keep the 
animal in a quiet place, and prevent injury to 
it. Only when the fits are violent and fre- 
quent may a warm bath be tried, as it is 
difficult to dry the animal without exciting it. 
After the fits are well over search for loose 
teeth or worms, and remove them. After re- 
moving the cause, give the following tonic 
to prevent the return of the fits: 



28 



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Arsenic 1 grain. 

Iron sulphate 20 grains. 

Extr. gentian, enough to 
make 15 pills. 

One to be given daily. Order exercise, good 
food, and a dry house. 



3648. 

Fractures are called "simple" when the 
bone is only snapped in two, "commimuedf* 
when it is 1 splintered, and "compound" if the 
skin is wounded. The bones most fre- 
quently broken are the long bones of the 
limbs. Fractures of ribs or skull are danger- 
ous from the chance of injury to organs 
within, and should be only treated by an ex- 
pert. 

Where the bone is well covered with flesh, 
detection of fractures requires care. Besides 
pain and lameness 1 , the symptoms are some- 
times swelling and displacement, twitching of 
the muscles, and crepitus, or grating, heard 
on moving the bone so as to bring the broken 
ends into contact. The twitching of the 
muscles is due to irritation caused by the 
broken ends - . Ordinary extension will re- 
duce a fracture to its proper position, while 
considerable force is required to reduce a dis- 
location, and when reduced it remains fixed. 

Treatment: Special care must be taken to 
replace the fractured ends in their natural 
position, as it will be repaired by natural 
processes in any position in which it is fixed. 
Next, the limb must be kept fixed in this po- 
sition. "We may use either splints of thin 
wood, cardboard, or guttapercha, or a long 
bandage saturated with glue or starch to give 
it requisite firmness. The starched bandage 
is a useful form. First roll a dry bandage 
carefully round the limb, beginning at toes, 
no matter where the fracture is, and apply- 
ing it as high on the limb as possible. The 
joint above and below a fracture should al- 
ways be fixed, if possible, as this reduces 
movement to a minimum. If the bandage is 
not applied first at the toes, the compression 
above is sure to cause swelling and perhaps 
gangrene below. Over the dry bandage apply 
another well-soaked in strong starch, and se- 
cure the ends. Put the dog in a small cage 
to limit his movements. The bandage should 
remain on 14 days, examined daily to see if 
it is too tight or too loose. Compound frac- 
tures should be treated with splints, and a 
simple bandage so arranged that the wound 
can be inspected without removing the whole 
apparatus. Comminuted fractures should be 
treated like simple ones, unless they are also 
compound, when splints must be applied, and 
any splinters of bone quite detached should be 
removed. 



In fractures of such bones as the thigh, 
which cannot be bandaged, the joints below 
should be fixed, the hair over the fracture cut 
short, and a plaster applied. Except for 
pets, these injuries are not worth treatment. 

3649. 

Pleurisy. — During convalescence give the 
following tonic: 

Syr. ferri iodidi 1 ounce. 

Inf. gent, co 3 ounces. 

Tr. zingib iy 2 ounces. 

A dessertspoonful thrice daily. Tr. ferri 
perchlor. may be given in doses of from 10 to 
30 drops in infusion of quassia. 



3650. 

Poisoning. — According to an Australian cor- 
respondent of The Chemist and Druggist, dogs 
poisoned by strychnine may be completely 
and rapidly relieved, even when as stiff as 
an iceberg, by pouring about a tablespoonfui 
of strong watery solution of tobacco into the 
mouth. We have relieved a poisoned dog by 
administering chloroform by inhalation, until 
the symptoms of poisoning disappeared. It 
is very difficult to get the dog to inhale the 
drug. Pull an old woolen stocking over its 
head, and drop the chloroform a little at a 
time near the nose. Or cut away a little hair 
from the side, drop a little chloroform on it, 
and cover with the hand or a wineglass. Re- 
peat until relief is obtained. 

3651. 

Rabies. — Symptoms: First, restlessness 
and disregard of familiar things, capricious 
appetite, with a partialty for tearing up and 
swallowing all sorts of things, as sticks or 
filth. The animal takes to howling, and 
snaps at anything approaching him; there is 
a peculiar wild look, the eyes' steadily fol- 
lowing anything moving in front, and also 
moving as if fixed on imaginary things; the 
nose and mouth are dry; there is intolerance 
of light and difficulty of swallowing, which 
ends in paralysis and convulsions, and death 
in three or four days. Dumb Rabies is more 
rapidly fatal, and is accompanied by a paral- 
ysis of the lower jaw and a considerable dis- 
charge of saliva. 

The barking, running, and foaming at the 
mouth often seen in dogs subject to convul- 
sions must not be mistaken for rabies. 

Bites by doubtful dogs should be cauterized, 
and the animal locked up for a time, to make 
sure whether it was or was not affected. 
Solid caustic soda or caustic potash, nitric 
acid, or solid silver nitrate are the best caus- 
tics. Care should be taken to reach the 
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3652. 

Tonics. — In skin diseases, chorea, or other 
nervous affections following distemper, use 
the following: 

Fowler's solution 1 dram. 

Syrup of ginger 3 drams. 

Water 5 ounces. 

A tablespoonful thrice daily. 
As a strong, general tonic use 

Pulv. cinchonae 4 drams. 

Est. gentianae 2 drams'. 

Make into 40 pills, and give two twice daily. 

Xux vomica (dose, % to 1 grain) and strych- 
nine (dose, 1 20 to 1/12 grain) are rather dis- 
appointing as nervous tonics. 

The best are tr. ferri perchlor. and syr. ferri 
iodidi. 

3653. 

Worms. — (a) Round-worms, or ascarides, in 
the faeces. 

Treatment: For ordinary-sized dogs', 1 
dram powdered areca nut, made into pills, 
to be given at night, one after another, and 
to be followed by 1 ounce of castor oil in the I 
morning. Repeat the treatment a week later. 
Or 6 grains santonica, made into a pill, and ■ 
administered as the areca. 

(b) Tapeworms, detected by the miserable j 
condition of the dog and the presence of , 
joints of the worm in the faeces. 

Treatment: For a medium-sized dog, y 2 
dram of oil of male fern in linseed tea, or 
tied up in a small piece of sausage-skin. Re- 
peat in a week, and follow up with tonic 
medicines. 

Or give a mixture of ol. filicis maris and 
turpentine. This should be tied up in a 
small sausage-skin, when the dog will bolt 
it whole, otherwise it is sure to be rejected 
by vomiting. 

PIGS. 
3654. 

General. — If the nature of the disease is 
doubtful, bleeding at the ear and tail may al- 
ways be tried, and an ounce of powdpred sul- 
phur may be given every morning in rhin bran 
wash. 



removed the blood will cease to flow. The 
palate veins which run on either side of the 
roof of the mouth are also easily opened by 
making two incisions, one on each side of 
the palate, about half way between the centre 
of the roof of the mouth and the teeth. 



3656. 

Medicine for Pigs should be mixed with the 
food. Where this fails, as in total loss of 
appetite, the draught is used. Great care 
must be taken not to give fluids to these ani- 
mals while they are squealing, as they are 
very easily choked. The following method 
of administration has been recommended: Tie 
the pig by the neck with a long rope to a post 
in an open space. It will run round squeal- 
ing till it gets tired, and then stop to think. 
Meanwhile, cut off the toe of an old boot, 
and, when the pig stops, thrust the end into 
its mouth. It will begin to chew it, and 
the draught may be safely poured through 
this impromptu funnel. Another plan is as 
follows: Let a man get the head of the ani- 
mal firmly between his knees, without, how- 
ever, pinching it, while another secures the 
hinder parts. Then let the first take hold 
of the pig's head from below, raise it a little 
and incline it slightly towards the right, at 
the same time separating the lips on the left 
side so as to form a hole into which the fluid 
may be gradually poured, not more being in- 
troduced into the mouth at a time than can 
be swallowed at once. 



3657. 

Apoplexy, when it occurs, is generally rap- 
idly fatal. There are dullness, disinclination 
to move, heaviness of the head, uncertain stag- 
gering gait, wildness, and inflammation of the 
eyes, with apparent loss of sight, loss of appe- 
tite, and general numbness. Bleed promptly 
from the palate, give magnesia sulphate and 
sulphur as purgatives, or tartar emetic in 
water. For some time afterwards heating 
diet must be avoided, and a little nitre added 
to the water. 



3655. 

Bleeding. — The easiest plan is to turn the 
ear back on the poll, and press the fingers on 
the base of the ear; this will make one or 
more veins prominent which can be easily 
opened. When the pressure of the finger is 



3658. 

Cold results from insufficient food, or from 
taking in too much air while being driven 
against the wind. The appetite is small, 
the animal gets stiff, readily lies down, the 
ears are cold. Bleed at ear and tail; ad- 
minister y 2 ounce juniper berries mixed with 
V- 2 ounce gentian and 1 dram camphor once a 
day in water till the disease vanishes. 



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3659. 

Constipation frequently follows farrowing, 
and as the mass of excrement presses on the 
urethra and prevents the escape of the urine, 
inflammation of the bladder is apt to result, 
often causing the death of the animal. An 
enema of soap and warm water, or oatmeal 
and water, should be given daily, with a little 
compulsory exercise three or four times a 
day until relieved. The food should be 
scalded beans for a few days, then oatmeal or 
toppings. 



3660. 

Cough.- — Slight coughs are cured by feed- 
ing with sour milk. For cough resulting 
from chill, make an electuary of aniseed, 1% 
ounces; licorice, 1% ounces; honey, 4 ounces; 
and twice a day rub on the tongue a piece 
the size of a walnut. These coughs' must 
not be neglected, or they may result in con- 
sumption or intestinal diseases. Where this 
has already taken place, make an electuary 
of equal parts of gentian, licorice, and flow- 
ers of sulphur with sufficient honey, and 
twice a day rub on the tongue a piece the 
size of a walnut. 



3661. 

Diarrhoea results from cold. Give a hand- 
ful of juniper berries once, or 14 ounce tor- 
mentilla root twice a day. Allow no milk. 
Diarrhoea, or scouring, in sucking pigs, may 
be treated by giving the sow a few old beans 
or a little bole in the food. Young pigs bred 
on stone floors are almost sure to have diar- 
rhoea. 



3663. 

Dropsy of the Belly follows wet weather. 
The animal is dull and off its feed, and the 
belly swells. It is generally relieved by 
keeping it in the house. If the swelling of the 
belly does not diminish, give, morning and 
evening, for eight days, % ounce of the follow- 
ing powder in the food: Juniper berries', gen- 
tian root, and calamus root, of each equal 
parts. After eight days dissolve % pound 
Burgundy pitch in 1 pound linseed oil, add 1 
ounce balsam of sulphur, 4 ounces herb 
prunella, and enough parsley seed to make an 
electuary. Give daily for four days a piece 
the size of a walnut rubbed on the tongue; 
then give the powders for eight days, then the 
electuary for four days, and so on till the 
cure is complete. 



3663. 

Epilepsy. — Symptoms: Repeated grunting, 
restlessness, rapid breathing, pallor of the 
skin, staggering gait. The pig falls suddenly, 
lies motionless for a time; convulsions then 
come on and increase rapidly, the animal re- 
maining unconscious till the fit is 1 over. It 
then gets up, and seems terrified, trying to 
hide. 

Treatment is rarely successful and the dis- 
ease frequently spreads to all the first pa- 
tient's companions. Bleeding, strong purges, 
and cold affusion of the head are indicated. 
Wrap the head in a cloth and keep this wet 
with a mixture of 1 quart of water, 1 pint of 
vinegar, and 1 ounce of salammoniac. — 
Youatt. 



3664. 

Eye Diseases. — Accumulations of gluey pus 
round the eyes, especially in porkers. Cleanse 
the eyes carefully with milk, and anoint daily 
with camphorated white-lead ointment 



3665. 

Gripes, or Colic. — The animals do not eat, 
and bend themselves up. Give a decoction 
of camomiles with olive oil. If not relieved 
in half an hour give another dose. Caraway 
is' also useful. A dose of caster oil propor- 
tioned to the strength of the patient should 
be given with a little ginger. 



3666. 

Hipshot. — The animal is lame in the back, 
or "hipshot." The hind legs will not bear its 
weight, and there are generally small blad- 
ders on the tongue. Cleanse the mouth with 
salt-water or lye. Rub the loins with a mix- 
ture of 4 parts of cantharides ointment and 
2 parts of turpentine oil. Mix 1 ounce cream 
of tartar, 3 drams camphor, and 1 ounce nitre; 
divide into 12 parts, and give one thrice 
daily in water. 



3667. 

Inflammation of the Brain. — Symptoms: At 
first dulness, redness of the eyes, then wild, 
ill-directed movements; the pig runs against 
obstacles, the pulse is small and quick. 
Bleed from the ears and wash them with 
warm water to hasten the flow. Give Ep- 
som salts with ginger. Administer enemas 
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3668. 

Inflammation of the Lungs, or Rising of the 
Lights. — The prominent symptoms are loss 
of appetite, incessant and distressing cough, 
and heaving at the flanks. At the very first 
the animal must be bled, preferably from the 
palate. Give 2 to 4 drams each of sulphur 
and Epsom salts, according to the strength 
of the animal. Follow with a powder of 
digitalis, 2 grains; antimonial powder, 6 
grains; nitre, 30 grains; twice daily. Keep 
the animals clean, warm, and well fed. 



3669. 

Loss of Tail. — High-bred pigs are very apt 
to lose their tails when young. The disease 
shows itself when a day and a half old. A 
red spot shows itself, which gradually spreads 
all around the root of the tail, destroying the 
cuticle. If once round there is little chance 
of saving the tail; but if at the first all the 
red place be well scraped with the nail or a 
penknife until it bleeds, and afterwards 
greased, a scab will form and new skin will 
grow and the tail will be saved. — G. Mangles. 
It would be worth while to try the effect of 
silver nitrate. 



3670. 

Madness. — When it results from the bite of 
a rabid dog the wound must be cut out with 
a sharp knife, and the place often washed 
with salt-water. When inflammation of the 
brain is the cause the animal is dull, does not 
eat. the eyes are staring and glassy, the ears 
warm, mouth hot and dry, it stamps its feet, 
scratches itself under the ear, roots in the 
earth, bites at everything near, and runs 
against the wall. Immediately cut a piece 
off the tail, and make an incision in the lower 
surface of the ear. Give thrice daily a dram 
of nitre in water, wrap the head in cloths, 
and keep it moistened with cold water. Mix 
2 drams cantharides ointment with 2 ounces 
lard, and rub therewith a hand's-breadth on 
both sides of the throat near the shoulder. 
Repeat this till recovery is made. Sour milk 
is the best food. 



3671. 



3672. 

Measles. — Hydatids, which affect the whole 
body. Symptoms: Under the tongue are 
found small swellings. Mix tormentilla, 2 
ounces; alum, 1 ounce; gentian, 4 ounces; and 
give 2 spoonfuls twice daily with the food. 



3673. 

Pocks'. — Small sores form, which break, 
leave a scab, and disappear. The eye is 
specially attacked and ulcerated. Wash the 
places often with lukewarm milk, and cleanse 
them from matter, otherwise the animal will 
be blinded. The disease is rapidly conta- 
gious. Feed with whey, and add to the food 
% ounce of a mixture of 2 ounces of sulphur 
and 4 ounces of juniper berries. 



3674. 

Quinsey, or Strangles. — One of the most ma- 
lignant of the diseases of swine. Chill seems 
the chief cause, and the disease is commonest 
in spring and autumn. There is a loss of ap- 
petite, the ears hang, the nostrils secrete mu- 
cus, the head is shaken, the mouth is dry and 
hot, the ears cold, the eyes watery, ultimately 
the throat swells, the tongue becomes red 
and then brown, the voice lower. Immedi- 
ately let blood at the ear and tail. Give 
daily in whey 1 dram saltpetre and ^£ ounce 
Glauber's salt. If the symptoms are already 
threatening, make an incision two fingers 
broad on the under surface of the ear where 
the veins lie thickest, and cut off a piece of 
the tail. Give whey medicated as above, as 
much as the animal will take. If it will not. 
or cannot, swallow, mix 4 ounces Glauber's 
salt and 2 ounces nitre with enough honey to 
make an electuary, and rub % ounce on the 
tongue every four hours. Youatt thus de- 
scribes the disease and treatment: The 
glands under the throat begin to swell, respi- 
ration and swallowing are impeded, hoarse- 
ness and debility supervene; the neck swells 
and rapidly goes on to gangrene, the tongue 
hangs from the mouth and is covered with 
saliva. Bleeding and purgatives are indi- 
cated, with setons and punctures of the 
swollen glands. 



3675. 

Running Fire should be treated like foot 
disease of sheep. 



Maggots in the Ear. — Symptoms: Head- 
shaking, rubbing the ears, and scratching 
them with the hind legs. It results from the 3676. 

deposit of flies' eggs in the ear. Remove the j Scab. — A scurf appears on the skin which 
maggots, and apply turpentine till complete causes itching, so that the pig rubs itself 
relief is obtained. against anything handy. Mix 1% ounces black 



438 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



antimony and 1 ounce golden sulphide of an- 
timony, and give a little with the food thrice 
daily. Wash the affected places with de- 
coction of beech leaves. If this gives no re- 
lief make an ointment of nitre, sulphur, and 
linseed oil; rub the affected places with this, 
and wash the animal often. 



3677. 

Snuffles, Sniffles, Nasal Catarrh.— There is 
first a slight discharge of mucus from the 
nostrils, gradually increasing till it causes 
cough, sneezing, and difficulty of breathing. 
The membrane of the nose becomes thickened 
and the nostril swollen and deformed. Blood 
is often discharged from the nostril, which 
gives temporary relief, but the hemorrhage is 
apt to recur, and so undermine the animal's 
strength. The best treatment is the admin- 
istration of copper sulphate night and morn- 
ing, in doses' of 3 to 5 grains, with good food 
and cleanliness. The disease is often fatal, 
as it is generally well established before it is 
noticed. 



3678. 

Splenitis. — The pig avoids companions, and 
buries itself in the straw; it has no appetite, 
but excessive thirst; the respiration is short, 
there is cough, vomiting, grinding of the 
teeth, and foaming at the mouth. The groin 
is wrinkled, pale brown; the skin of the 
throat, chest, and belly (which latter is hard 
and tucked up) is tinged with black. Let 
blood copiously, purge gently, and give cool- 
ing medicines. Give a cold shower-bath in 
the neighborhood of the spleen by means of 
a watering-pot. 



3679. 

Spleen. — The breathing is short, cough dry, 
the animal' runs in circles. Immediately let 
blood, drench plentifully with water, and give 
cream of tartar in whey. Mix fennel powder, 
V/ 2 ounces; rhubarb, % ounce; sal-ammoniac, 
2 ounces; divide into 12 powders, and give 
one at a time mixed with the food. 



3680. 

Sprains, Sores, and Bruises. — Collections of 
pus 1 must be opened, washed, and anointed 
with turpentine oil till healed. Bad bruises, 
resulting from blows, rub with a mixture of 
2 ounces soap and 1 dram powdered camphor. 
Sprains treat likewise. 



3681. 

Stye. — A white blister the size of a pea on 
the tongue, which indicates a violent and very 
dangerous fever. There are also loss* of appe- 
tite, dull eyes, rooting with the snout, trem- 
bling, uneasy grunting. Relief is sometimes 
obtained by opening the blister, and rubbing 
the wound with salt and vinegar. 

368«. 

Swine Fever, Cholera, Typhoid Fever, the 
Purple or Soldier Disease is on the list of the 
Contagious Diseases. As in glanders and 
farcy, notice of disease must be given to the 
nearest police constable, or to the veterinary 
inspector. 

As 1 soon as the animal is pronounced affected 
with the disease it is slaughtered and buried 
by the local authority, who pays one-half of 
the value of all animals slaughtered. 

The disease is highly contagious", and, as 
the owners receive compensation — which is 
not the case in glanders or farcy — the safest 
way for all parties concerned is to stamp out 
the disease at once. 

3683. 

Vomiting. — Prevent the pig from eating its 
vomit. Dissolve the white of 'two eggs in two 
gallons of water, and allow the animal to 
drink of this every two hours, or give thrice 
daily y 2 pint of camomile tea. 

3684. 

Worms. — The animal never thrives, al- 
though the appetite is voracious; there is 
cough, restlessness, squeaks of pain, savage 
snapping at other animals; dull, sunken eyes, 
hard, high-colored excrement. Turpentine 
may be given with safety, but other vermi- 
fuges' do not seem to have been tried. 

POULTRY. 
3685. 

Apoplexy. — Birds, apparently in robust 
health, fall suddenly, and are found either 
dead or insensible. The only hope of cure 
is immediate bleeding by opening one of the 
largest veins on the inner side of the wings 
by a longitudinal incision. So long as the 
thumb is pressed on the vein at any point be- 
tween the body and the cut, blood will flow. 
The disease may be prevented by carefully 
avoiding over-feeding. 

3686. 

Baldness and White Comb. — White comb is 
a hard scurfy condition of the organ. Give 
good food and exercise, and a 5-grain Plum- 
| mer's pill every night for a week. 



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3687. 

Catarrh and Roup. — Catarrh shows itself 
by a watery or adhesive discharge from the 
nostrils with swelling of the eye-lids. When 
the discharge becomes purulent and offensive, 
and the other symptoms are aggravated, the 
disease is called Roup. A dry, warm situ- 
ation and stimulating food relieve slight cases. 
In roup the eyes and nose should be fre- 
quently washed with warm water. Balsam 
of copaiba in membranous capsules is the 
best remedy. Composition powder has been 
used with good effect. As the disease is 
contagious, the affected bird, unless it is of 
great value, should be killed and carefully 
buried. 



TURKEYS AND HENS. 
3692. 

Consumption. — Sores over the tail. When 
ripe, open them with a penknife, and sprinkle 
the wound with tobacco ashes. 



3693. 

Diarrhoea is caused by too much green food. 
Give warm food, chick-peas, and powdered 
tormentilla. Or give 5 grains each of pow- 
dered chalk and rhubarb and 3 grains of cay- 
enne pepper. If the flux is not checked give 
1 grain of opium and 1 grain of ipecacuanha 
every four hours. 



3694. 



3688. 

Crop-bound. — This name is given to disten- 
sion of the crop, either by over-feeding and 
subsequent swelling of the grain, or by the 
presence of some single object too large to 
pass into the stomach. Cut into the upper 
part of the crop with a sharp penknife, loosen 
the mass with some blunt instrument and re- 
move it; if very offensive, wash the crop out 
with warm water. Feed for a few days on 
soft food. If the incision is small it may be 
left, if large a stitch or two should be in- 
serted. 



3689. 

"Douglass Mixture" for Moulting Birds. — 
Dissolve 1 ounce of iron sulphate in 1 quart 
of water, add 1 dram of dilute sulphuric acid, 
and put 1 teaspconful of this mixture in each 
quart of drinking-water. When chickens 
droop and seem to suffer as the feathers on 
the head grow, give them once a day meat 
minced fine and canary-seed. 



3690. 

Leg-weakness should be treated by tonics 
and good food. Give 3 to 8 grains of ferri 
et ammon. citr. once a clay. 

Paralysis affecting either of the limbs is 
incurable. 



3691. 

Vertigo. — The birds run in circles or flutter 
about without control of their movements. 
Hold the head under a stream of cold water 
for a time. Give 3 grains of calomel and 10 
of jalap. Keep on low diet. 



Epilepsy. — Give wine, and anoint the head 



: with olive-oil. 
! given. 



Much green food must not be 



3695. 

Lice result from uncleanliness. The birds 
should be washed daily with cows' urine or 
wormwood boiled in water, and the animal 
and stall often sprinkled therewith. Or. 
better, dust into the feathers flowers of sul- 
phur or sawdust moistened with benzoline or 
carbolic acid; and lime- wash the hen-house, 
adding a little carbolic acid to the wasn. 



3696. 

Mortality. — Occurs in summer. Dig up a 
red ant's nest, and put it in the run. The 
hens fall on it greedily; diarrhoea is produced, 
and the greater disease almost always dis- 
appears. 



3697. 

Pip. — This is commonest among the young 
ones. To prevent it, add to the drinking 
water thyme or pepperwort or nigella-seed. 
and let them often run among green food. 
The pip — a white, horny skin — should be cut 
from beneath the tongue with a sharp pen- 
knife, and taken out. Moisten the part with 
salt dissolved in wine vinegar, and give noth- 
ing to eat. Bread cut in cubes and soaked 
in vinegar is good later on. 



Worms on the Head. — Hang the birds up 
and search the head thoroughly. If small 
brown worms are found, which quickly be- 
come larger and feed on the head, drench 
with fish-oil, and thereafter rub with this oc- 
casionally. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



GEESE. 
3699. 

Diarrhoea. — Place the twigs and buds' of 
a young pine tree bruised in the drinking 
water. Mix bruised thistles with groats as 
food, and once a week add some tobacco 
ashes. 



3700. 

Gnats and Flies creep into the little cavi- 
ties in the ears and nostrils of young geese 
and kill them. Anoint the ears in June and 
July, with linseed or olive oil. If the dis- 
ease is severe, put barley at the bottom of 
a deep trough filled with water. The birds 
in reaching for the food put their heads deep 
into the water and wash the vermin out. 
Fresh fern leaves often strewed in the run 
drive away the insects. 



3701. 

Lice generally affect the young in summer. 
Rub the affected places with tobacco ashes, 
or with a mixture of fish oil and rape oil; 
anoint the head and the sides under the wings. 
If they show themselves on the tliroats of 
young geese, which is often fatal, rub the 
throat with mercurial ointment. 

3703. 

Mortality. — As a preventive, give every 
other morning half a spoonful of salt. Boil 
bearwort (Meum athamanticum) and give the 
decoction as drink. Feed with grains, bar- 
ley, and bruised thistles, and once a week 
sprinkle tobacco ashes on the food when the 
birds come from pasture. 



3703. 

Pip. — Greater pimpernel plant should be 
steeped in water, the herb given as food and 
the infusion as drink. The sore should be 
cut off, and the wound anointed with unsalted 
butter. 



3704. 

Swelling of the Crop results from eating too 
much fresh corn. Pay attention to the feed- 
ing, and if the crop swells, soak bread in 
brandy and give as food. 

PIGEONS. 

Pigeons should always be supplied with old 
mortar or chalk in a box, where they can peck 
at it; and with a lump of common salt in 
another vessel. It is a good plan to put 
some lavender-stalks' about the pigeon-house 
occasionally, and before stocking it. 



3705. 

The Parasites that infest pigeons are fleas, 
lice, feather lice, mites, and ticks. Persian 
insect-powder is efficacious in all cases. Fleas 
may be killed by sprinkling a little snuff over 
the birds and into their nests. 



3706. 

Lice usually attack weak birds. A little 
powdered sulphur should be dusted among 
the feathers, and the birds should be kept 
clean and in good condition. 



3707. 

Mites are very small insects which inhabit 
the cracks and nooks in the walls of the pig- 
eon-house, issuing at night to feed on the 
blood of the birds. They sometimes enter 
the ears of young birds and cause intense an- 
noyance. A drop of oil on the ears, under the 
wings, or wherever mites are seen, will de- 
stroy them. The walls should be smoothed 
and all cracks stopped. Birch twigs and 
heath should be given for the nests instead of 
hay. The house may be white-washed. 



3708. 

Ticks are larger parasites, infesting gen- 
erally the head and back. Cleanliness and 
sulphur are the only remedies. 



3709. 

Feather lice are long, flat, tough insects 
which cling very tightly between the fibres of 
the feathers. Their food is the down on the 
quill end of the feathers. 



3710. 

Canker is a cheesy stinking growth on the 
mucous membrane of the mouth and throat. 
It is very fatal to young birds and is thought 
to be contagious. Dissect away the cheesy 
growth with a bit of wood cut like a spatula. 
Touch the spot with lunar caustic. Give 
scanty diet and much exercise. If the flesh 
round the eyes is wounded by fighting bathe 
with salt water for several days, and if this 
does not succeed try alum and water. 



3711. 

Moulting.— If there are any broken stumps 
of feathers which the bird cannot remove, 
considerable suffering results. The stumps 
must be withdrawn one by one with a pair of 
pincers. Give plenty of good but not oily 
food. 



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441 



3713. 

Pouters sometimes overgorge themselves 
with dry food, which swells in the crop, and 
is apt to cause death. The crop should be 
opened with a sharp penknife, the mass re- 
moved, and the wound sewn up. If skillfully 
performed, the operation is very harmless. 



3713. 

Roup affects the mucous membranes of the 
mouth, nostrils, and air-passages. Warmth 
will cure slight attacks. A copaiba capsule 
is almost a specific. When the discharge 
from the nostrils is offensive and purulent, 
apply to the eye a lotion of nitrate of silver, 
5 grains to 1 ounce. The birds must be Kept 
warm and well nourished; hempseed should 
be given. Dry roup is known by the dry, 
husky cough. Give 3 or 4 cloves of garlic 
every day. 



3714. 

Scouring, or Diarrhoea, is caused in weak 
birds by want of exercise. Add a pinch of 
sulphate of iron to the drinking water. 



3715. 

Scrofula shows itself in various forms. As 
Wing disease it forms deposits of cheesy and 
scrofulous matter in and around the joints, 
especially of the elbow. In early stages 
tincture of iodine applied externally may cure; 
but in advanced cases the bird should be 
killed. When it attacks the lirer scrofula 
causes the formation of white tubercles. The 
birds lose flesh and are said to "go light." 
They must be destroyed. 



3T16. 

Sore Eyes are common among carriers and 
barbs. A lotion or ointment of silver nitrate 
should be applied. Among old birds there is 
a tendency to form spouts by the turning out 
of the lower eye-lid. These may be removed 
by being cut from below upwards with a very 
sharp pair of scissors. 



3717. 

Vertigo occurs in highly fed birds. Starve 
for two or three days, and reduce the food 
afterwards. 



3718. 

Wasting is said to be cured by green food, 
especially watercress. 



CANARIES. 
3719. 

Asthma. — When this occurs leave off henip- 
seed, give only rape-seed and bread soaked in 
water and pressed, with lettuce or watercress 
twice a week, and occasionally bread boiled 
in milk till reduced to a paste. This last 
must always be made fresh and must be quite 
cold before giving it to the birds. It is a 
gentle purge and sensibly relieves them. 



3730. 

Diarrhoea frequently results from chill. 
Drop a little tincture of camphor in the drink- 
ing-water or on a lump of sugar. 



3731. 

Egg-bound. — When the bird is egg-bound a 
small camel's-hair pencil should be dipped in 
castor oil, worked to a point, and gently in- 
serted in the vent of the bird, applying a 
little round the part affected, and putting a 
drop or two in the beak. 



3733. 

Red Lice are minute, almost microscopic 
parasites, which infest the wings and cause 
gradual roughening and then shedding of the 
feathers, so that the pinions gradually be- 
come quite bare and red. They have been 
removed by washing each bird thoroughly 
with a lotion of white precipitate and water 
(a pennyworth to half a teacupful), then 
washing with warm soap and water, wrap- 
ping in flannel, and placing before a fire till 
dry. Insect powder and water would prob- 
ably be more efficacious. 



3733. 

Sore Feet, as a rule, result from dirt and 
want of attention. The greatest cleanliness 
should be observed, and water should fee sup- 
plied for a bath. If the feet become sore 
even with this treatment, bathe the feet for 
five or ten minutes in warm water three or 
four times a day. 



RABBITS. 
3734. 

Liver Complaint shows itself by hard, short 
breathing. It does little injury to the ani- 
mal's general health, and none to the flesh. 
It is best to fatten them and kill them for 
the table. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



3725. 

Pot-belly Dropsy is caused by wet vegetable 
diet, and is incurable, though it may be re- 
lieved for a month or two. 



3726. 

Red-water is occasioned by sour food, and 
must be treated by mild mucilaginous food 
like dandelion. 

Animals that are diseased should be kept 
apart till the bright skin, clear eye, and dry, 
well-pelleted dung show that health is re- 
stored. 



3727. 

Rot results from feeding on decaying green 
stuff. The animals lose flesh, and sores ap- 
pear on the nose and ears. Feed on dry ab- 
sorbent food, as ground malt, biscuit, dry 
bread, crushed beans, oak leaves, split-peas, 
oatmeal, herbs like thyme and sage. Give, 
morning and evening, % gill of water. If 
the sores on the ears and nose be allowed to 
get fast hold the disease becomes contagious; 
the animals affected must be destroyed, and 
the hutch cleansed most vigilantly. 



3728. 

Snuffles closely resembles cold in the head, 
and should be treated by keeping the animal 
warm and comfortable. 



VETERINARY FORMULAE. 



3729. Alterative Powder. 

Iron oxide 6 ounces. 

Black sulphide of antimony 3 ounces. 

Flowers of sulphur 4 ounces. 

Nitre .... 4 ounces. 

Caraway oil 1 dram. 

Anise oil 1 dram. 

Dose, a tablesponful. 



3730. Blister. 

Spirit of turpentine 2 ounces. 

Sulphuric acid 3 drams. 

Lard 6 ounces. 

Venice turpentine 3 ounces'. 

Origanum oil 2 drams. 

Resin (black) 4 drams. 

Yellow wax 4 drams. 

Cantharides powder 1% ounces. 

Euphorbium powder 1 ounce. 



3731. Blister. B 

Venice turpentine 4 ounces. 

Powdered cantharides V/ 2 ounces. 

Powdered euphorbium y 2 ounce. 

Turpentine q. s. 

3732. Blister. C 

Powdered cantharides 3 ounces. 

Euphorbium 1 ounce. 

Laurel oil (oil of bay) 2 ounces. 

Resin ointment 2 ounces. 

Turpentine q. s. 

3733. Liq. Blister. 

Powdered cantharides 4 ounces. 

Euphorbium 1 ounce. 

Turpentine 1 pint. 

Digest. Methylated spirit may be substi- 
tuted for the turpentine. 

3734. Calves' Cordial. 

Also the best medicine for diarrhoea in 
pigs. 

Chalk 1 ounce. 

Catechu % ounce. 

G inger- 2 drams. 

Opium y 2 dram. 

Mix and dissolve in y 2 pint of peppermint- 
water. 

For a pig give y 2 ounce to 1 ounce twice a 
day; a teaspoonful will be enough for suck- 
ing-pigs, 

3735. Cleansing Drench. 

Nitre 1 ounce. 

Flowers of sulphur 1 ounce. 

Iron oxide y 2 ounce. 

Diapente 2 ounces. 

Sodium sulphate 4 ounces. 

Magnesium sulphate 4 ounces. 

Mix. Divide into two doses, and adminis- 
ter each in a quantity of gruel. 

3736. Condition Powder. A 

Sublimed sulphur \ 

Nitrate of potash. I eq ™T. 

Black antimony J quantities. 

Dose, y 2 ounce. Or — 

3737. Condition Powder. B 

Sulphate of iron 2 parts. 

Powdered gentian 2 parts. 

Nitrate of potash 1 part. 

Dose, y 2 ounce. 

Cordial Drinks are generally composed ot 
some warm aromatic, such as ginger or cara- 
way, with 1 pint of strong ale. 



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443 



3738. Cough Balls. 

Powdered ipecacuanha .... 1 dram. 

Powdered squills 1 dram. 

Honey and licorice powder, 

of each enough to make a 

ball. 



3739. Cough Balls. 

Powdered gum ammoniac. . % ounce. 

Powdered ginger V/ 2 drams. 

Powdered squills 1 dram. 

Honey and licorice powder, q. s. 



3740. Diapente. 

Gentian 4 ounces. 

Turmeric 4 ounces. 

Fenugreek * 4 ounces. 

Ginger 4 ounces. 

Anise oil 1% drams. 

Clove oil 1% drams. 

Caraway oil 1% drams. 

3741. Diuretic Mass. 

White resin 30 ounces. 

Nitrate of potass 15 ounces. 

Lard 6 ounces. 

Linseed oil 6 ounces. 

Oil of juniper 1 ounce. 

Melt the resin and add the oils and lard. 
Next add the nitre and stir until nearly cold, 
when the mass should be transferred to a slab 
and worked with glycerine. 



3742. Elliman's Embrocation. 

Hager gives the subjoined formula: 

"Whites of two eggs 50 grammes. 

"Water 50 grammes. 

Crude pyroligneous acid. ... 50 grammes. 

Spirit 60 grammes. 

Turpentine oil 3 grammes. 

3743. Eye Lotion. 

Zinc acetate 2 drams. 

Henbane extract 2 drams. 

Rectified spirit 3 ounces. 

Camphor spirit 1 scruple. 

Water to make 36 ounces. 

3744. Fever Balls. i 

Nitrate of potash 2 drams'. 

Camphor 1 dram. 

Tartar emetic 10 grains. 

Honey q. s. 



3745. Fever Balls. B 

Omit the tartar emetic and substitute: 

Calomel , 15 grains. 

Opium 15 grains. 

3746. Gripe Drench. 

Chloroform 4 ounces. 

Pimento oil y 2 ounce. 

Camphor y 2 ounce. 

Opium powder y 2 ounce. 

Rectified spirit 1 pint. 

Chillies 1 ounce. 

Macerate the opium and chillies in the 
spirit for seven days, filter and mix the other 
ingredients. Dose, V/ 2 ounces, with 1 ounce 
of spirits of nitre, in a pint of warm gruel. 



3747. Lotion for Cracked Hoofs, &c. 

Commonly known in Scotland as the White 
Bottle: 
This consists of 

Sulphate of zinc 1 ounce. 

Sugar of lead 1 ounce. 

Water 1 quart. 



3748. Mange Liniment. 

Mange Liniment. — Mange in horses, cattle, 
and dogs results from the attack of minute 
acari, which causes much itching and heat, 
accompanied with scurfiness and baldness of 
the skin. The treatment consists first in 
destroying the acari, and second in absolute 
cleanliness of the parts affected. No better 
preparation for horses and cattle v. ill be 
found than the following, which may be ap- 
plied twice a day for a short time and after- 
wards once a day: 

Sulphur vivum 4 ounces. 

Powdered white hellebore. . 1 ounce. 

Turpentine 1 to 4 ounces. 

Linseed oil, add to 24 ounces. 

When a milder treatment is required, par- 
ticularly for dogs, mercurial ointment, or sul- 
phur ointment, or a mixture of sulphur, tar, 
and linseed oil may be tried. 



3749. Bran Mash. 

Mashes. — Bran Mash: Put half a peck of 
bran into a pail and saturate thoroughly with 
boiling water. Stir well and cover it, and 
let stand till of the temperature of new milk. 
Various ingredients, such as treacle, honey, 
sweet ale, &c, are occasionally added. 

Malt Mash is made in the same way. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



3750. Oatmeal Gruel. 

Oatmeal Gruel. — Put 1 pound of good oat- 
meal iuto a basin and add about 1 pint of cold 
water. Mix this thoroughly, and then boil 
it with water to form 1 gallon of gruel. 



3751. Ointment for Grease. 

Citrine ointment 2 ounces. 

Lard 2 ounces. 

Turpentine % ounce. 

Sat. sol. nitrate of copper. . 2 drams. 



3752. Ointment for Horses' Knees. 

Mercurial ointment V/ 2 ounces. 

Honey 1 ounce. 

Camphor 2 drams. 

Burned cork, powdered.... jounce. 



3753. Physic Mass. 

Physic Mass. — Probably no veterinary medi- 
cines are more in demand than physic and 
diuretic mass. To have these, therefore, al- 
ways" in good condition, whether divided into 
balls or in bulk, is clearly a matter of the 
greatest importance. Should the mass or 
ball get to be too hard from age or other 
cause it will certainly be erratic in its ac- 
tion, while if it be not uniform in consistence 
and composition it will be apt to cause more 
or less irritation. The physic mass should 
in every case be made with the finest aloes, 
and no excipient will be found to equal glycer- 
ine. The aloes should be melted by the aid 
of steam, and the glycerine added in the pro- 
portion of one to six in the winter season and 
one to eight in the summer. A smaller pro- 
portion of glycerine will answer the purpose 
if the the aloes is first melted, then poured 
on a slab and the glycerine worked into it 
while hot; but this entails more labor and 
attention. A good apparatus for melting the 
aloes may be made (of any size) on the prin- 
ciple of a joiner's gluepot — the outer pot for 
boiling the water into which the smaller pot 
containing the aloes and glycerine is inserted. 
The pots may be made of any size sufficient 
to melt from 1 pound to 5 pounds of aloes. 
For larger quantities special apparatus must 
be devised. The mass thus made requires" no 
special care in keeping; it will keep uniform 
in softness for any length of time, and will 
prove more easily soluble than that prepared 
by any other method. 



Messrs. Blliman & Co. have published the 
following formula for a physic mass, which is 
plastic, ductile, and soluble: 

Best Barbados aloes 10 pounds. 

Glycerine 1 pound. 

Castor oil 1 pound. 

Powd. unbleached ginger. .. y 2 pound. 

Dissolve the aloes in the glycerine by means 
of a water-bath, then add the castor oil, and 
lastly stir in the ginger previously sifted 
through a coarse sieve. The balls thus made 
will not retain their shape, but may be 
wrapped in waxed paper and put up in boxes 
like marking-ink cases. 

3754. 

Treatment of Distemper. — Distemper is a 
typhoid inflammation of the air-passages of 
young dogs, and is accompanied by low fever 
and debility. It may be recognized by the 
watery inflammatory state of the eyes, the 
dryness and heat of the nose, accompanied by 
frequent sneezing and general debility. An 
emetic of 2 grains each of tartar emetic and 
ipecacuanha powder for an ordinary-sized dog 
ought to be given on the symptoms being first 
observed. This should be followed by a fever 
treatment of % to % grain extract belladonna 
with 5 grains nitrate of potash three times a 
day. On the abatement of all the more 
acute symptoms the tonic treatment may be 
adapted. This may consist of 1 grain each 
quinine and iron, with extract of gentian to 
form a ball — this three times a day. 



3755. White Oils. 

The following is an approved formula. The 
oils are an excellent stock liniment for man 
and beast: 

Eggs 12 

Soft-soap 5 ounces. 

Turpentine 12 ounces. 

Strong solution of ammonia 6 ounces. 

Camphor 5 ounces. 

Methylated spirit 10 ounces. 

Eucalyptus oil 2 ounces. 

Water to make , 5 pints. 

3756. Wound Stone. 

Iron sulphate 2 pounds. 

Alum 2 pounds. 

Zinc sulphate 4 ounces. 

Copper sulphate 4 ounces. 

Armenian bole enough to color it. 
Put up in 2 ounce packets. 



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PART II. 

PERFUMERY, COLOGNES, TOILET ARTICLES, &c, &c. 



To Prepare Handkerchief Extracts. 

In the selection of materials for the prepa- 
ration of fine perfumes, always buy the best 
pomades, essential oils, and other necessary 
materials. The spirits used should always 
be free from the odor of fusel oil or any other 
contaminating ingredient. Always tell your 
spirit merchant to give you clean cologne 
spirits of a strength of 188 or 190 per cent 
proof government standard (94 to 95 per cent 
actual). The pomades should be of the 
highest strength made, and should be pur- 
chased from some reliable agent, handling 
goods of a superior quality and making his 
importations direct from Grasse. The pom- 
ades- principally used are cassie, jasmin, 
orange flowers, rose, tuberose and violet. 
There are on the market a few other pomades, 
such as Lily of the Valley, reseda (mig- 
nonette), heliotrope, etc., but they are not 
much in demand, and the first named pom- 
ades will be ample for every purpose. The 
essential oils needed are allspice, almond, 
bitter; angelica root, German; bay, bergamot, 
cananga (or kananga), cassia, cinnamon, cit- 
ronella, cloves, coriander, dill, fennel seed, 
geraniol hyacinth, geraniol reseda, lavender, 
lemon, lemon grass, lilac, linaloe, neroli petale, 
neroli bigarade, nutmeg, orange, orris root, 
patchouli, rose, rose geranium, sandalwood, 
vetivert and ylang ylang. These will be 
enough for ordinary wants. 

The other requirements for handkerchief ex- 
tracts, sachets, etc., will be ambergris, am- 
brette seed, angelica root, powdered; carda- 
mom seed, carmine, chlorophyll, civet, cloves, 
ground; coriander seed, ground; coumarin, 
floral waters (orange flower and rose) gum 
benzoin, heliotropine, ionone, muse baur 
musk, in grain; orris root, patchouly leaves, 
sandalwood, ground; styrax, liquid; vanillin, 
vetivert root, besides such items as coloring, 
ribbons, etc, etc. 

In making perfumery, as with many other 
lines of business, the amount of money you 
can afford to put into the cost of the goods 
will mainly determine the quality of your pro- 
duct. Find out the amount you can obtain 
for your goods; calculate the cost of selling, 
store expenses, etc.; add the profit required, 
and the amount left will be an important 
factor in determining the expense of your 
formula. This article on perfumery is 



written for men of small means who wish to 
engage in a pleasant, profitable business, and 
who do not desire to invest much money in 
the venture until assured of success. 

The formulas of the first quality extracts 
are based on goods ordinarily sold at $3.50 to 
$4.00 per pound. Should better goods be de- 
sired, reduce the amount of spirits used in 
washing the pomades; for cheaper goods use 
more spirits. The formulas for making hand- 
kerchief extracts from oils and tinctures 
alone are published to enable anyone to com- 
pete with the low grade goods offered for 
ten cents an ounce, at retail. I do not recom- 
mend their use, excepting where keen com- 
petition compels the offering of something 
very cheap, yet dear at any price. 

To Wash the Pomades. 

Take any pomade, say 

rose 6 pounds. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 14 pints. 

Place eight pints of the cologne spirits in 
an ice cream freezer; melt the pomade gently 
by the heat of a water bath; pour into the 
spirits contained in the freezer, turning the 
handle of the freezer slowly, and continue 
turning for an hour. Let the pomade stay 
in the spirits for three days, agitating occa- 
sionally, the oftener the better. Pour off the 
tincture and set aside. Pour into the freezer 
(containing the pomade) the remaining six 
pints of cologne spirits and let it remain, 
with occasional agitation, for three days; care- 
fully drain off the second washing and add to 
the first. Label this Tincture of Rose. This 
tincture will have to be filtered at a low tem- 
perature, in order to remove the grease held 
in solution by the strong spirit. The grease 
may not be visible, but it is there neverthe- 
less. If you are churning your pomade in 
the winter time (the proper season for work 
of this kind) set your tincture out of doors 
until the grease in solution is frozen hard, 
and filter through filtering paper to remove 
the grease; your tincture is then bright and fit 
for use. Should you have to wash your 
pomade, in summer time, after you have fin- 
ished washing your pomade, place the tinc- 
ture in your freezer, with some ice and salt, 
and turn the handle until the fat is hard- 
ened. You should also have an ice chest and 



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plenty of ice in it. Stand your receiving 
bottle with funnel and paper in the ice 
chest, and filter your tincture at a tem- 
perature of about 40° F. to ensure the 
removal of the grease. Ice cream freezers 
are very convenient for the washing of 
pomades, and can be obtained of any size 
for hand power up to 40 quarts, and 
larger if required with power attachment. 
But if your trade is such as to require a 
churn larger than a 40 quart freezer, you can 
afford to have a perfumery churn manufac- 
tured to order. 

The terms, extract of rose, extract of musk, 
extract of civet, etc., are confusing. I have 
preferred to call them tinctures, and when 
they are compounded they may be then known 
as extracts (see also tinctures for perfumery, 
directions for making). Remember to keep 
your spirits, oils and tinctures bright, and 
save time, expense and waste in filtering 
your compounds. 



3757. Ardeola Bouquet. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of sandalwood 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Tincture of rose 12 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces'. 

Tincture of ambergris % ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces'. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Mix and filter, if necessary. 

3758. Bergamot Extract. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Tincture of civet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of ambergris.... 1 ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur. ... 1 ounce. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 32 ounces. 

Mix. Color with chlorophyll and filter if 
necessary. 

3759. Bouquet Caroline. 

Tincture of cassie 16 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 16 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 16 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 16 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 12 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 4 ounces. 

Tincture of verbena 8 ounces. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of neroli Portugal % ounce. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 
To make Oil of Neroli Portugal mix equal 
parts of oil of neroli petale and oil of neroli 
bigarade. 



3760. Bouquet Essence. 

Ess. Bouquet. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers . 16 ounces. 

Tincture of ambergris 3 ounces. 

Tincture of civet iy 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris root 16 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of lemon 14 ounce. 

Oil of lavender 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3761. Bouquet Tip Top. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of benzoin 1 ounce. 

Tincture of civet , 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of lemon jounce. 

Oil of orange sweet % ounce. 

Orange flower water 4 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



3763. Bridal Bouquet. 

Tincture of tuberose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 8 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 1% ounces. 

Tincture of geranium 16 ounces. 

Tincture of ambergris 4 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of neroli Portugal 1 dram. 

Oil of orange sweet 1 dram. 

Orange flower water 4 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 6 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



3763. Bridal Bouquet. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of neroli petale 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of coriander 10 drops. 

Oil of pimento 5 drops. 

Oil of lavender 5 drops. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 4 ounces. 

Tincture of benzoin 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 10 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



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3764. Bouquet D'Amour. 


3769. Cremorne Valley. 


Tincture of muse baur 


4 ounces. 


Tincture of jasmin 


10 ounces. 






Tincture of orange flowers. 
Tincture of rose 




Tincture of vanillin 


2 ounces. 


20 ounces. 


Tincture of cassie 


16 ounces. 


Tincture of violet 


10 ounces. 


Tincture of jasmin 


8 ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 


1 ounce. 


Tincture of violet 


10 ounces. 


Tincture of ambergris.... 


1 ounce. 


Tincture of orange flowers 


4 ounces. 


Oil of bergamot 


V 2 ounce. 
1 dram. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 




Oil of hyacinth geraniol. . 






Mix and filter if necessary. 




3765. Carthage Bouquet. 






Tincture of rose 


32 ounces. 


3770. Enchantment Bouquet. 


Tincture of tuberose 


24 ounces. 


Oil of bergamot 


7 drams. 


Tincture of orris 


12 ounces. 
4 ounces. 




20 drops. 
40 drops. 


Tincture of ambergris .... 


Oil of rose geranium 


Tincture of muse baur 


2 ounces. 


Oil of neroli petale 


1 dram. 


Oil of bergamot 






y 2 dram. 


Oil of lemon 


14 ounce. 




Mix and filter if necessary. 


Tincture of orris 






Tincture of vanillin 


1 ounce. 


3766. Clove Pink. 


A 


Tincture of nutmegs 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 


y 2 ounce. 


Tincture of jasmin 


16 ounces. 


cent 


14 ounces. 






Orange flower water 

Mix and filter. 


iy 2 ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 


8 ounces. 


Tincture of benzoin 


1 dram. 






Oil of rose geranium 


1 dram. 








y 2 dram. 
1 dram. 


3771. Framlingharn Bouquet. 

Tincture of violet 20 ounces. 


Oil of neroli Portugal 




10 drops. 
10 drops. 
1 dram. 


Tincture of orange flowers. 
Tincture of tuberose 


20 ounces. 
10 ounces. 


Oil of patchouli 


Oil of sandalwood 


Cologne spirits, 188 per 


Tincture of rose geranium. 


16 ounces. 


cent 


10 ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 


4 ounces. 


Orange flower water 


2 ounces. 


Tincture of ambergris 


4 ounces. 


Mix and filter. 




Tincture of neroli Portugal. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 


2 ounces. 


3767. Citronelle Rose— Cheap. 






Cologne spirits, 188 per 




3772. Frangipanni— Single Strength. 


cent 


1 quart. 


Tincture of orris 


8 ounces. 


Oil of orange sweet 


2 ounces. 


Tincture of tuberose 


4 ounces. 


Oil of rose geranium 


3 drams. 




8 ounces. 












Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of styrax 




Tincture of civet 


2 ounces. 


1 ounce. 


Water 








Mix and filter. 




Oil of rose geranium 


14 ounce. 






Oil of sandalwood 


2 drams. 


3768. Crah Apple. 


30 drops. 
10 drops. 

2 drops. 
20 drops. 
20 drops. 

5 drops. 


Oil of cinnamon 


y 2 dram. 


Oil of ylang ylang 


Oil of lavender 




Oil of mace liquid 

Oil of wintergreen 


Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 

Orange flower water 

Mix and filter. Color with 
saunders or aniline brown, q. f 


32 ounces. 

4 ounces. 

tincture of red 


Oil of coriander 


Oil of hyacinth geraniol . . . 


3. 


Tincture of cassie 


2 ounces. 






Tincture of violet 


4 ounces. 


3773. Frangipanni— Double 


Strength. 


Tincture of muse baur 


Vi ounce. 


Tincture of orange flowers 


16 ounces. 


Tincture of styrax 


% dram. 


Tincture of vanillin 


32 ounces. 


Mix and filter if necessarv. 




Tincture of musk 


20 ounces'. 



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Tincture of coumarin 20 ounces'. 

Tincture of civet i 16 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 32 ounces. 

Oil of rose 1 ounce. 

Oil of sandalwood % ounce. 

Oil of neroli Portugal 1 dram. 

Oil of coriander y 2 dram. 

Oil of hyacinth geraniol... % dram. 

Oil of reseda geraniol % dram. 

Oil of vetivert */£ dram. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 7 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the seven ounces of 

spirits; add the tinctures and filter. Color 
with red saunders or aniline brown, q. s. 

3774. Hedyosmia. 

Tincture of rose 1G ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 8 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 8 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 4 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of ambergris 1 2 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax Va ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 3 drams. 

Oil of lemon 1 ounce. 

Oil of orange sweet % ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 1 pint. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits, add the tinc- 
tures and filter if necessary. 



3775. Heliotrope. 

Tincture of heliotrope (1 to 

16) 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 16 ounces. 

Tincture or rose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax 2 drams. 

Tincture of vetivert 2 drams. 

Tincture of coumarin 8 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of bitter almonds 8 drops. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3776. Honeysuckle. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 16 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 16 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin 3 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood % dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of angelica 5 drops. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 10 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits, add the tinc- 
tures and filter if necessary. 



3777. Imperial Bouquet. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces'. 

Tincture of violet 8 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 5 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax 1 dram. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

Oil of bergamot. y 2 ounce. 

Cologne spirits 7 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits, add the 
tinctures and filter if necessary. 

3778. Jasmin. 

Tincture of jasmin 24 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 6 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 3 ounces'. 

Tincture of civet : 1 ounce. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3779. Jess. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 4 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of tolu 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 8 ounces. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3780. Jockey Club. 

Tincture of cassie 17 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 20 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 17 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 8% ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 10 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 5 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 3 drams. 

Oil of lemon 3 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3781. Jockey Club. 

Tincture of jasmin 10 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 8 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 8 ounces. 

Tincture of coumarin 4 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 4 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 






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3782. Johnny. Jump-Up. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. 12 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2% ounces'. 

Tincture of ambergris % ounce. 

Tincture of musk 4 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of sandalwood % ounce. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 


3788. Mary Stuart. 

Tincture of rose 


16 
6 
4 
8 
1 
4 
% 

y 2 




Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of musk 

Tincture of orris 1 

Tincture of ambergris. . . . 

Tincture of vanillin 

Oil of orange, sweet 

Oil of bergamot 

Mix and filter if necessary. 


ounces. 

ounces. 

ounces. 

ounce. 

ounces. 

ounce. 

ounce. 


3783. Kensington Bouqi 

Tincture of tuberose 

Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of rose 

Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of orris 

Tincture of ambergris 

Tincture of muse baur 


let. 

6 ounces. 
32 ounces. 
16 ounces. 

6 ounces. 
16 ounces. 

1 ounce. 

1 ounce. 

1 dram. 


3789. May Blossom. 

Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of musk 

Tincture of rose geranium. 
Oil of bergamot 


25 
5 
5 

y 2 
m 

4 
ogne 
nec( 


ounces, 
ounces, 
ounces. 


Oil of linaloe 




Cologne spirits 188 per ct. . . 
Dissolve the oils in the col 
add the tinctures, and filter if 


ounces', 
spirits. — 


Mix and filter if necessary. 


jssary. 


3784. L,ilac, White or Pui 

Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of orange flowers'. 


rple. 

16 ounces. 

1 ounce. 

1 ounce. 

4 ounces. 
10 minims. 
60 minims. 

purple lilac is 


3790. Mignonette. 

Tincture of violet 


16 
8 
8 
8 
2 
1 
1 

M 


ounces. 


Tincture of civet 

Tincture of vanillin 

Oil of reseda geraniol 

Oil of muguet (lilac) 

Mix and filter if necessary. 
Color with purple aniline if 


Tincture of orange flowers. 

Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of ambergris 

Oil of reseda geraniol 

Oil of bergamot 


ounces. 

ounces. 

ounces. 

dram. 

dram. 


desired. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 




3785. Lily of the Vall« 

Tincture of tuberose 

Tincture of jasmin 


6 ounces. 
8 ounces. 

1 ounce. 

2 ounces. 
2 drops. 

10 drops. 

16 ounces'. 
2 ounces. 
2 ounces. 

4 drams. 
2 drams. 

10 ounces. 
10 ounces. 
10 ounces. 

5 ounces. 
15 minims. 

5 minims. 
10 minims. 


3791. Millefleurs. 

Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of rose 


8 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
2 
2 

l 
l 
5 

18 
3 
4 
3 

m 
i 

% 

3 
irits 
ry. 


ounces, 
ounces'. 


Tincture of vanillin 

Oil of sandalwood 

Oil of lily of the valley (D. 

& 0.) 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3786 Linden Bloom 


Tincture of tuberose 

Tincture of orange flowers.. 

Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of orris 


ounces', 
ounces', 
ounces'. 


Tincture of vanillin 

Tincture of muse baur. . . . 


ounces, 
ounces. 


Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of musk 






Oil of rose geranium 

Oil of neroli petale 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3792. Moss Rose. 

Tincture of rose 

Tincture of orris 


dram. 


Tincture of vanillin 

Oil of bergamot 

Oil of linaloe 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3787. Lucca Bouquet 


minims. 

ounces, 
ounces'. 


Tincture of rose 


Tincture of orange flowers. 

Tincture of musk 

Tincture of civet 


Tincture of jasmin 

Tincture of violet 


ounces. 


Tincture of civet 


Oil of rose 




Oil of rose 


Oil of rose geranium 

Cologne spirits 188 per ct. 
Dissolve the oils in the sp 
tinctures, and filter if necessa 


dram. 

ounces. 
, add the 


Oil of svringa 


Oil of lavender 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



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3793. Musk (from Grain Musk). 


3798. Night-Blooming Cereus 






16 ounces. 




10 


ounces, 
ounces. 


(1 ounce to gallon.) 




Tincture of rose 


6 


Tincture of civet 


1 ounce. 




3 
3 


ounces', 
ounces. 


Tincture of ambergris 


1 ounce. 


Tincture of violet 


. Tincture of styrax 


V 2 dram. 


Tincture of vanillin 


V/ 2 ounces. 






Tincture of coumarin 

Tincture of muse baur 




Tincture of ambrette seed. . 


3% ounces. 


1 


ounce. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 




Oil of neroli Portugal 

Mix and filter if necessary. 


30 


minims. 


3794. Musk (from Muse Baur). 








Tincture of muse baur 


16 ounces. 


3799. Opopanax. 






(1 ounce to gallon.) 


~- 


Tincture of violet 


8 


ounces. 


Tincture of civet 


1 ounce. 
1 ounce. 


Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 


4 

4 


ounces. 


Tincture of ambergris 


ounces. 


Tincture of orris 

Orange flower water 

Mix and filter. Color with 


1 ounce. 
5 ounces, 
aniline brown 




8 




Tincture of orris 


16 




Tincture of coumarin 

Tincture of musk 


y 2 ounce. 
2 ounces. 


q. s. 




Oil of rose 


1 


dram. 








1 




3795. Musk Rose. 




Oil of rose geraniol. ...... 


1 


dram. 


Tincture of rose 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 


8 ounces. • 
7 ounces. 


Oil of patchouli 


3 




Mix and filter if necessary. 






Tincture of musk. 


2 ounces. 








Oil of sandalwood 


2 drops'. 
10 drops. 


3800. Orange Flowers 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 
Tincture of civet 


16 

1 




Mix and filter if necessary. 


ounces, 
ounce. 






Tincture of ambergris " 


% 


ounce. 




A 

8 ounces. 
16 ounces. 
24 ounces. 




1 
15 




3796. New Mown Hay 

Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of orris 


Tincture of orris" 

Oil of neroli Portugal. ...... 

Mix and filter if necessary. 


ounce, 
minims. 


Tincture of coumarin 





Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 8 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Oil of sandalwood 5 drops. 

Oil of cloves 5 drops. 

Oil of neroli. big 10 drops'. 

Oil of rose geranium 20 drops. 

Mix and.filter if necessary. 



3797. New Mown Hay. 

Tincture of tonka 25 ounces. 

Tincture of musk 6 ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla 2 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax % ounce. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot. . . .'. 1 ounce. 

Oil of lemon y 2 ounce. 

Oil of neroli. bis 15 drops. 

Oil of cloves 15 drops. 

Oil of patchouly 10 drops. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3801. Our Own. 

Tincture of rose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 4 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 2 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur % ounce. 

Tincture of ambergris. ... % ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin 1 ounce. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . y 2 ounce. 

Oil of patchouli 1 drop. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3802. Patchouli. 

Tincture of musk 4 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Tincture of vanilla 2 ounces. 

Oil of rose y 2 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 20 minims. 

Oil of patchouli 40 minims. 

Cologne spirits 188 per ct. . 6 ounces. 

Rose water 2 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



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451 



3803. Pearl of Pekin. 




3808. Prairie Blossom 








10 * ounces. 
6 ounces. 




8 

8 


ounces. 


Tincture of jasmine 


Tincture of violet 


ounces. 


Tincture of cassie 


2 ounces. 


Tincture of tuberose 


12 


ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 


1 ounce. 


Tincture of orange flowers. . 


2 


ounces. 




1 dram. 


Tincture of musk 


3 


ounces. 


Oil of neroli Portugal 


y 2 dram. 


Tincture of civet u 


2 


ounces. 








1 
2 


dram. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 


Oil of bergamot 


drams. 






Oil of orange, sweet 


1 


dram. 


3804. Perfection. 




Mix and filter if necessary. 






Tincture of rose 


8 ounces. 








Tincture of orange flowers.. 


8 ounces. 








Tincture of orris 


4 ounces. 


3809. Rondeletia. 






Tincture of vanillin 


1 ounce. 


Tincture of orris 


10 


ounces. 


Tincture of civet 


y a ounce. 


Tincture of jasmine 


10 


ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 


1 ounce. 
5 drops. 




4 

1 


ounces. 


Oil of reseda geraniol 


Oil of lavender 


dram. 


Oil of hyacinth geraniol. . . . 


5 drops. 


Oil of bergamot 


15 


minims. 








5 

40 


minims. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 


Oil of rose 


minims. 


3805. Persian Pink. 




Mix and filter if necessary. 






Tincture of orange flowers. . 


4 ounces. 








Tincture of rose 


8 ounces. 

4 ounces. 
2 ounces. 
2 ounces. 

10 drops. 

5 drops. 


3810. Rose. 


16 

I 1 
l 




Tincture of cassie 


ounces. 


Tincture of vanillin 




4 ounces. 


Tincture of muse baur 

Oil of cloves 


Tincture of ambergris 


4 ounce. 




f o dram. 


Oil of sandalwood 






Mix and filter if necessary. 




Mix and filter if necessary. 






3806. Pink. 




3811. Rose of Cashmere. 




Tincture of rose 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 


10 ounces. 
6 ounces. 

4 ounces. 
2 ounces. 
1 dram. 

5 drops. 


Tincture of coumarin. .... 


1 

4 
4 

6 
8 
2 


ounce, 
ounces. 


Tincture of cassie 

Tincture of vanillin 

Tincture of ambergris 


Tincture of vanillin 

Tincture of jasmine 


ounces, 
ounces, 
ounces. 


Oil of cloves 


Oil of rose 


drams. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 




Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 


10 


ounces. 






Rose water. : 


2 


ounces. 


Pink (Clove). 




Dissolve the oil in the spirits. 


Add the 




tinctures and then the rose water — add the 


See Clove Pink. 




latter very slowly, and filter. 






3807. Pond Lily. 










Tincture of coumarin 


16 ounces. 


3812. Rose Geranium. 






Tincture of orange flowers. . 


8 ounces. 


Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 


16 


ounces. 




2 ounces. 
iy 2 ounces. 
2 ounces. 
1 dram. 




1 
1 
1 

6 


ounce. 






ounce. 




Oil of rose 


dram. 


Oil of rose 


Oil of rose geranium .... 


drams. 


Oil of lily of the valley (D 
& 0) 






fl 




y 2 dram. 


Dissolve the oils in the spirits 


, a< 






Id the tine- 


Mix and filter if necessary. 




tures, and filter if necessary. 







452 NON 


-SECRET EORMULAS. 






3813. Sandalwood. 






3818. Sweetheart's Garland. 




Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 


12 


ounces. 


Tincture of jasmine 


14 


ounces. 


Oil of sandalwood 


2 


drams. 


Tincture of tuberose 


8 








Tincture of orange flowers. . 
Tincture of rose 


2 
2 

m 
2 


ounces. 


Oil of melissa (lemon balm) 


15 

15 


drops, 
drops, 
ounce, 
ounces. 


Oil of l'ose 




j ounces. 


Tincture of civet ; 


1 


Tincture of civet 


Tincture of muse baur. .... 


Oil of bergamot 




Tincture of orris 


3 


ounces. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 










Mix and filter if necessary. 












3814. Spring Flowers 


8 ounces. 

8 ounces. 

2 ounces. 

y 2 ounce. 

% ounce. 

% ounce. 

30 minims. 


3819. Sweet Pea. 

Tincture of rose 


4 

8 
6 
4 

V 
10 
1 




Tincture of rose 


Tincture of orange flowers. . 

Tincture of tuberose 

Tincture of vanilla 

Tincture of civet .. .• 




Tincture of violet 

Tincture of orange 

Tincture of ambergris 

Tincture of civet 


ounces. 

ounces. 

ounces. 

2 ounce. 








Oil of bitter almonds 




Oil of rose 


drop. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 






Mix and filter if necessary. 






3815. Spring Posey. 






3820. Sweet Pink. 






Tincture of tuberose 


10 


Dunces. 


Tincture of rose 


16 


ounces. 


Tincture of orris 


10 


ounces. 


Tincture of orange flowers 


8 


ounces. 


Tincture of cassie 


5 


Dunces. 


Tincture of cassie 


8 


ounces. 




5 ounces. 
5 ounces. 


Tincture of vanillin 

Tincture of civet 


2 
1/ 




Tincture of coumarin 


2 ounce. 








10 


drops.. 




1 


dram. 


Mix and filter if necessary. 








Mix and filter if necessary. 






3831. Sweet Shrub. 






3816. Sweet Brier. 






Tincture of vanillin 


4 


ounces. 


Tincture of rose 


16 


ounces. 


Tincture of coumarin 


4 


ounces. 


Tincture of cassie 


3 


ounces. 


Tincture of rose 


8 


ounces. 


Tincture of orange flowers. . 


3 


ounces. 


Tincture of tuberose 


16 


ounces. 






Tincture of orange flowers. . 
Tincture of tolu 


16 


ounces, 
ounces. 


Oil of rose 


30 


minims. 


2 


Oil of neroli Portugal 


15 


minims. 


Tincture of civet 


iy 2 ounces. 


Oil of lemon grass 


1 


drop. 


Oil of rose 


1 




Mix and filter if necessary. 


Oil of rose geranium 

Oil of bergamot 


£ dram. 
2 dram. 








Oil of neroli petale 


10 


drops. 


3817. Sweet Clover. 






Mix and filter if necessary. 






Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 


16 


ounces. 








Tincture of vanillin 


4 


ounces. 










3 
4 


ounces, 
ounces. 


3823. Tea Rose, 
Tincture of rose 


12 




Tincture of tuberose 


ounces. 


Tincture of sty rax 


% ounce. 


Tincture of rose geranium. 


8 


ounces. 


Tincture of civet j 


1 


ounce. 


Tincture of neroli Portugal 


2 


ounces. 


Tincture of orris 1 


1 


ounce. 


Tincture of orris 


2 


ounces. 




1 
1 


dram, 
dram. 


Tincture of civet 

Tincture of sandalwood. . . 


1 
1 


ounce. 


Oil of bergamot 


ounce. 


Oil of neroli bigarade 


1 


dram. 


Tincture of styrax 


1 


dram. 




5 


drops. 


Oil of rose geraniol 

Mix and filter if necessary. 




Mix and filter if necessary. 









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453 



3823. Tuberose. 

Tincture of tuberose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 4 ounces. 

Tincture of civet % ounce. 

Tincture of musk % ounce. 

Oil of neroli Portugal 20 drops. 

Oil of rose 40 drops. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3824. Tuberose. 

Tincture of tuberose 14 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin % ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds 1 drop. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

382o. Union Bouquet. 

Tincture of rose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers'. . 6 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 2 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 4 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 1 ounce. 

Tincture of civet % ounce. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geraniol y 2 dram. 

Oil of hyacinth geraniol. . . % dram. 
Mix and filter if necessarv. 



3826. Upper 10. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Tincture of violet n 4 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmin 4 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 4 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 6 ounces. 

Tincture of civet V. 2 ounce. 

Tincture of ambergris % ounce. 

Tincture muse baur 1 ounce. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3827. Vandeventer Bouqoet. 

Tincture of orris 12 ounces. 

Tincture of coumarin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 16 ounces 

Tincture of musk 2 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 10 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 10 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 5 ounces. 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of hyacinth geraniol. . . 1 dram. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



3828. Venetian Lily. 

Tincture of vanillin 4 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 8 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 4 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 4 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 2 ounces. 
Oil of lily of the valley (D 

& O) , . 30 minims. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3829. Tiolet. 

Tincture of violet 18 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 4 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 4 ounces. 

Tincture of ionone ,1 ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. Color with 
chlorophyll. 



3830. West End. 

Tincture of rose 6 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 3 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 3 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 2% ounces. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 dram. 

Oil of cloves 5 drops. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3831. White Lily. 

Tincture of coumarin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 4 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 1 ounce. 

Tincture of civet iy 2 ounces. 

Tincture of musk 1 ounce. 

Oil of rose 30 minims. 

Oil of bitter almonds 2 drops. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 4 ounces. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



3832. White Rose. 

Tincture of rose 24 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 12 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie 6 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 12 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 16 ounces. 

Tincture of musk 4 ounces. 

Tincture of ambergris 1 dram. 

Oil of rose 1% drams. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Oil of patchouli 10 drops. 

Mix and filter if necessary. Color light 
green with chlorophyll. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



3833. • Woodbine. 

Tincture of jasmine 10 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 4 ounces. 

Tincture of tuberose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of tolu 1 ounce . 

Tincture of civet 1 ounce . 

Oil of neroli Portugal 30 minims. 

Oil of lemon 30 minims'. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3834. Wood Violet. 

Tincture of violet 12 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 1 ounce. 

Tincture of civet % ounce. 

Tincture of ambergris % dram. 

Tincture of orris root 2 ounces. 

Oil of bitter almonds 1 drop. 

Oil of patchouli 2 drops. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3835. Ylang Ylang. 

Tincture of cassie 8 ounces. 

Tincture of jasmine 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Tincture of orange flowers. . 2 ounces. 

Tincture of coumarin V/ 2 ounce. 

Oil of ylang ylang 1 dram. 

Oil of orange, sweet % dram. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



FROZEN OR SOLID PER- 
FUMES. 



The solid perfume is merely perfumed hard 
paraffin. The hard paraffin is melted and per- 
fumed at as low a temperature as possible, 
and for a mould use the lids of 2 drm. chip 
boxes. 



3836. White Rose Solid Perfume. 

Oil of geranium , y 2 dram. 

Oil of bergamot y 2 dram. 

Oil of patchouli 5 minims. 

From 1 to 5 drops to each block may be 
used, according to the moderation or extrava- 
gance of the manufacturer. 



3837. L.avender Solid Perfume. 

Oil of lavender 2 ounces. 

Essence of bergamot " 1 ounce. 

Oil of cassia 5 minims. 

Oil of geranium * 40 minims. 

Oil of orange 5 minims. 

Mix and perfume the wax as before. 

3838. Bouquet Solid Perfume. 

Oil of coriander 18 minims. 

Oil of cloves 2 drams. 

Oil of nutmeg 1 dram. 

Oil of lavender 3 drams. 

Oil of sandal 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Otto of rose y 2 dram. 

Oil of geranium y 2 dram. 

Oil of orange 10 minims. 

Mix. 

3839. Cologne Solid Perfume. 

Zieliz, in Brit, and Col. Druggist. 

Essence of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Essence of lemon 1 ounce. 

'Oil of citronella y 2 ounce. 

Oil of neroli ' y 2 ounce. 

Oil of rosemary 80 minims. 

Oil of geranium 10 minims. 

Mix. 



CHEAP HANDKERCHIEF 
EXTRACTS. 



Cheap handkerchief extracts, made from 
oils and tinctures, all of them should be fil- 
tered at a low temperature to prevent after 
precipitation and cloudiness. 

3840. Alpine Bouquet. 

Oil of bergamot 3 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of cinnamon y 2 dram. 

Tincture of vanillin 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 20 ounces. 

Rose water q. s. or 14 ounces. 

Magnesia carbonate 1 ounce. 

Mix the oils and tincture with 4 ounces of 
the cologne spirits; place the magnesia in a 
mortar, pour on the solution of oils, and trit- 
urate well; take the remaining 16 ounces of 
cologne spirits, mix with the 14 ounces of 
rose water, and slowly add to the contents of 



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455 



the mortar, stirring constantly and uniformly 
for 10 minutes. Filter through filtering paper, 
and at as low a temperature as possible. If 
weather is warm, filter in an ice chest at a 
temperature of about 40° F. The product 
should measure 2 pints. 



3841. Bordentown Bouquet. . 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of pimento 5 drops. 

Oil of lemon grass 3 drops. 

Tincture of orris root 2 ounces. 

Cologne^pirits, 18S per ct. 20 ounces. 

Orange flower water 14 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3842. Bouquet Essence. 

(Ess. Bouquet.) 

Oil of lavender 30 drops. 

Oil of neroli 10 drops. 

Oil of bergamot 30 drops. 

Oil of rose 10 drops. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 20 ounces. 

Orange flower water 15 ounces'. 

Magnesia carb 1 ounce. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3843. Bouquet D'Amour. 

Oil of lavender 2 drams. 

Oil of cloves 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 5 minims. 

Tincture of coumarin 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 20 ounces. 

Water, q. s. or 14 ounces. 

Magnesia carbonate 1 ounce. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3844. Brighton Nosegay. 

Oil of bergamot 30 drops. 

Oil of lavender 10 drops. 

Oil of neroli petale 5 drops. 

Oil of patchouli 1 drop. 

Oil of rose geranium 30 drops. 

Oil of lemon grass 2 drops. 

Oil of cassia 2 drops. 

Oil of pimento 2 drops. 

Extract of jasmine y 2 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 20 ounces. 

Water, q. s.. or 14 ounces. 

Magnesia carb 1 ounce. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3845. Clove Pink. 

Oil of cloves 10 drops. 

Tincture of orris. 10 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of ambrette 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 6 ounces. 

Orange flower water 5 ounces'. 

Rose water 9 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the tinctures' and cologne 
spirits; add the waters slowly, and filter 
through talcum at a low temperature. 



3846. Everlasting Bouquet. 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of coumarin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 14 ounces. 

Rose water 15 ounces. 

Mix the tinctures; add the rose water slow- 
ly, and filter through powdered French chalk 
(talcum). 

3847. Erangipanni. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Oil of neroli 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirts, 188 per ct. . 8 ounces. 

Cinnamon water 7 ounces. 

Orange flower water 7 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3848. Heliotrope. 

Tincture of heliotropin. ... 4 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Tincture of coumarin 1 ounce. 

Tincture of ambrette 5 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Mix the tinctures, and slowly add the rose 
water; filter at a low temperature. 

3849. Jockey Club. 

Oil of bergamot iy 2 drams. 

Oil of lavender y 2 dram. 

Oil of rose 15 minims. 

Tincture of muse baur 1 ounce. 

Tincture of orris root 8 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 3 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 8 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



3850. Lilac, White or Purple. 

Oil of muguet (lilac)... 1 dram. 

Oil of kananga 1 dram. 

Tincture of muse baur 1 ounce. 

Tincture of orris 7 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 12 ounces. 

Orange flower water 7 ounces. 

Rose water 7 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 
If a purple lilac is needed, color with purple 
aniline, q. s. 

3851. Mary Stuart. 

Otto of rose y 2 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 10 drops. 

Oil of bergamot l dram. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces 

Tincture of civet 2 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 6 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 

3852. Moss Rose. 

Otto of rose y 2 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 10 minims. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 6 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 12 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3853. Musk Rose. 

Oil of rose i/ 2 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 10 minims. 

Tincture of muse baur 1 ounce. 

Tincture of ambrette 3 ' ounces. 

Tincture of orris 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 14 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



3854. Musk. Cheap. 

Tincture of ambrette 8 ounces. 

Oil of angelica root 10 drops. 

Tincture of civet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 9 ounces. 
Rose water ~14 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil of angelica root in the co- 
logne spirits; add the tinctures and shake 
well. Then add the water slowly and filter. 
Color with caramel. 



3855. Tea Rose. 

Oil of rose 15 minims. 

Oil of rose geranium 15 minims. 

Oil of sandalwood 10 minims. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 20 ounces. 

Rose water 7 ounces. 

Orange flower water 7 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the cologne spirits; add 
the rose water and filter. 

3856. White Rose. 

Oil of rose 15 minims. 

Oil of rose geranium 10 minims. 

Oil of patchouli 2* minims. 

Tincture of ambrette 2 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 4 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. "12 ounces. 

Rose water 16 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the cologne spirits; add 
the tinctures; shake well, then slowly add the 
rose water and filter. Color a pale green with 
aniline green or prepared chlorophyll. 



3857. Ylang Ylang. 

Oil of kananga 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 10 minims. 

Oil of neroli petale 5 minims. 

Tincture of muse baur 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits 18 ounces. 

Orange flower water 7 ounces. 

Rose water 8 ounces. 

Proceed as directed for Alpine bouquet. 



TINCTURES for PERFUMERY 



(Directions for Making.) 

3858. Tincture (or Washings) from Pomade. 

Take any flower pomade... 6 pounds. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 14 pints. 

Place eight pints of the cologne spirits in 
a 20 quart ice cream freezer. Melt the po- 
made gently by the heat of a water bath, and 
pour into the spirits contained in the freezer, 
turning the handle of the freezer slowly, and 
continue turning for an hour. Let the pomade 
stay in the spirits for three days, agitating 
occasionally, (the oftener the better); pour 
off the tincture and set aside. Pour into the 
freezer (containing the pomade) the remain- 
ing six pints' of cologne spirits, and let it 
remain on the pomade (with occasional agita- 
tion) for three days: carefully drain off the 
second washing and add to the first washing; 



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457 



label this tincture of rose, orange flowers or 
whatever the name may be; after the second 
washing is carefully drained from the freezer, 
four more pints of spirits can be added to the 
pomade, and after maceration with occasional 
agitation, can be drained off and set aside 
for use in making floral waters, cheap ex- 
tracts or cologne. 

See also directions for washing pomade un- 
der the head of Handkerchief extracts, to 
prepare. 



3859. Tincture of Ambergris. 

Ambergris 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 18S per ct. . 128 ounces. 

Cut the ambergris into small pieces, and 
digest in the spirits (with occasional agita- 
tion), for at least two weeks before using. 
Decant the clear portion as may be needed for 
use: press and filter the residue. 



3860. Tincture of Ambrette Seeds. 

(Musk Seeds.) 

Ambrette seed, ground 1 pound. 

Cologne spirits, 18S per ct. 128 ounces. 

Macerate the seed in the spirits for at least 
two weeks before using; agitate occasionally. 

Decant as needed for use; press and filter 
the residue. 



3861. Tincture of Angelica. 

Oil of angelica (German). . . 2 ounces. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 



Mix and filter if necessary. 



3862. Tincture of Benzoin. 

Gum benzoin, powdered. . . 2 pounds. 
Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Macerate with occasional agitation for two 
weeks before using. 



3863. Tincture of Civet. 

Civet 2 ounces. 

Orris root, powdered 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits : 128 ounces. 

Macerate with occasional agitation for two 
w< ek? before using. 



3864. Tincture of Cloves. 

Oil of cloves 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessarv. 



3865. Tincture of Coumarin. 

Coumarin 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Dissolve the coumarin in the spirit and filter 
if necessary. 

3866. Tincture of Curcuma. 

Curcuma, powdered 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Macerate the curcuma in the spirits for 
three days', and percolate. 

3867. Tincture of Heliotrope. 

Heliotropin 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Dissolve the heliotropin in the spirits and 
filter if necessary. 

3868. Tincture of Ionone. 

Ionone 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 19 ounces. 
Mix. 



3869. Tincture of Muse Baur. 

Muse baur 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 12S ounces 
Dissolve and filter if necessary. 



3870. Tincture of Musk. 

Grain musk 1 ounce. 

Carbonate of potash % ounce. 

Hot water 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 120 ounces. 
Rub the grain musk and carbonate of potash 
in a mortar with the hot water; pour into a 
bottle; adi the cologne spirits. Macerate for 
fourteen days (agitating occasionally), before 
using. The older the tincture, the better the 
quality; therefore do not filter until all the 
bright portion that can be decanted off. is 
gone, then press the residue and filter. The 
marc may be washed with dilute spirit and the 
washing used in cheap goods. A careful per- 
fumer, as well as* a careful druggist, should 
always keep an eye open for economizing his 
by-products. 

3871. Tincture of Neroli Bigarade. 

Oil of neroli bigarade 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



3872. Tincture of Neroli Petale. 

Oil of neroli petale 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



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3873. Tincture of Neroli Portugal. 

Oil of neroli bigarade 1 ounce. 

Oil of neroli petale 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3874. Tincture of Nutmegs. 

Oil of nutmegs 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

3875.' Tincture of Orris (from Oil). 

Oil of orris 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 

3876. Tincture of Orris (from Orris Root). 

Orris root, powdered 2 pounds. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 128 ounces. 

Macerate the orris root for fourteen days 
(agitating occasionally), before using. When 
required for use, decant from the top, the 
bright portion; then press the residue and fil- 
ter. The^marc may be dried and used as a 
filler for sachet powders. 



3877. Tincture of Red Saunders. 

Red saunders in coarse pow- 
der 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Macerate the red saunders in the spirits for 
three days, and percolate. 



3878. Tincture of Rose Geranium. 

Oil of rose geranium 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



clear; decant off the clear portion as needed, 
and filter the residue. 



3881. Tincture of Tolu. 

Balsam of tolu 12 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces'. 

Dissolve the tolu in the spirits by macera- 
tion and agitation; set aside until clear; de- 
cant off the clear portion as needed, and filter 
the residue. 



3879. 



Tincture of Sandalwood. 



Oil of sandalwood, East In- 
dian 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3880. Tincture of Styrax. 

Liquid styrax 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Macerate the styrax in the spirits, with oc- 
casional agitation, for a week; set aside until 



Tincture of Tonka. 

Tonka beans, Angostura... 1 pound. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Cut and bruise the beans with a portion of 
the spirits; add the remainder of the spirits 
and macerate for a month before using; decant 
the clear portion as needed; filter the residue. 



3883. Tincture of Vanilla (from the Bean). 

Fine quality Mexican bean. 16 ounces. 
Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Cut the beans into small pieces (lengthwise 
and across the bean), bruise well in a mortar 
with a small portion of spirits; put them into 
a two-gallon bottle with the remainder of the 
spirits; shake occasionally, and let stand for 
at least a month before using; when clear, de- 
cant from the top as may be needed; press 
and filter the residue. The pressed marc may 
be macerated in dilute alcohol and used for 
cheap vanilla flavoring extract. 



3884. Tincture of Vanillin. 

Vanillin 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Dissolve the vanillin in the spirits, and filter 
if necessary. 



3885. Tincture of Verbena. 

Oil of verbena 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 



3886. 



Tincture of Vetivert. 

2 ounces. 
128 ounces. 



Oil of vetivert 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct 



Mix and filter if necessary. 



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3887. "Windsor Cologne. 

Cologne spirits, 18S per ct. . 64 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of cloves lYi drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 5 drams. 

Oil of lavender, English. ... 5 drams. 

Oil of sandalwood % dram. 

Oil of patchouli % dram. 

Tincture of muse haur 4 ounces. 

Tincture of benzoin 1 ounce. 

Extract of violet 5 ounces. 

p]xtract of white rose 4 ounces. 

Rose water 14 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits; add the 
tinctures and extracts. Mix well and let 
stand for 2 days, then slowly add the water, 
and in 14 days filter, using gray filtering paper 
and carbonate of magnesia. 



3888. Vermont Cologne. 

Oil of lavender 2 drams. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of cloves 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 dram. 

Oil of cinnamon 2 drops. 

Tincture of muse baur 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 18S per ct. 32 ounces. 

Rose Mater 16 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



Lafayette Cologne. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of reseda geraniol % dram. 

Oil of rose geraniol 15 minims. 

Oil of hyacinth geraniol. ... 10 minims. 

Tincture of vanillin 4 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 20 ounces. 

Rose water 8 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



3890. Cologne, Extra Fine. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 128 ounces. 

Oil of lavender flowers. ... % ounce. 

Oil of lemon 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of rosemary % ounce. 

Oil of cloves % dram. 

Oil of neroli Portugal 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 dram. 

Tincture of muse baur 4 ounces. 

Orange flower water 32 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 



3891. 



Cologne Water, Fine. 



Cologne spirits, 1S8 per ct. 128 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of lavender % ounce. 

Oil of orange, sweet 1 ounce. 

Oil of lemon grass % dram. 

Orange flower water 64 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

3892. Coyt's Cologne. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 24 ounces. 

Oil of neroli Portugal 2 drams. 

Oil of English lavender. ... 3 drains. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 dram. 

Oil of vetivert % dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Tincture of muse baur 8 ounces. 

Orange flower water 8 ounces. 

Mix and filter. 

3893. Cologne Mixture. A 

(2 ounces of mixture make 4 pints of cologne 
water, by the addition of 48 ounces of spirits 
and 16 ounces of water.) 

Oil of bergamot 16 



t> 


ounces. 


8 


ounces. 


3 


ounces. 


6 


ounces. 


6 


ounces. 


1 


ounce. 


V- 


ounce. 


8 


ounces. 



Oil of rosemary 

Oil of lavender (Eng.) 

Oil of lemon 

Oil of orange, sweet 

Oil of neroli Portugal 

Oil of cloves 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 
Mix and filter if necessary. 



3894. Cologne Mixture. B 

Oil of bergamot 10 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 20 ounces. 

Oil of orange 10 ounces. 

Oil of rosemary 2 ounces. 

Oil of neroli, big 1 ounce. 

Oil of neroli, petale 4 ounces. 

Oil of cedrat 1 ounce. 

Oil of geraniol hyacinth. . 1 ounce. 

Tincture of jasmine 32 ounces. 

Tincture of muse baur. ... 32 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 8 ounces. 

Tincture civet 8 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 
4 ounces of this mixture added to 96 ounces 
of cologne spirits, 188 per cent, and 32 ounces 



of water, will make a very fine eau de cologne. 



3895. Oil of 3Ielisse. 

Oil of bergamot 4 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 4 ounces. 

Oil of orange, sweet 4 ounces. 

Oil of rose geraniol 1 ounce. 

Oil of lemon grass % ounce. 

Tincture of musk 3*4 ounces. 

: Mix. One-half an ounce of this mixture to 22 
j ounces of cologne spirits, 188 per cent, and 10 
ounces of water, will make Melisse water. 



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EAU DE COLOGNE. 



Ch. & Dr. Diary. 

The fifty Farinas of Cologne are more than 
outnumbered by recipes for the perfumes 
which they compound. Our difficulty is to 
make a choice out of the multitude, to avoid 
repetitions, to keep out the bad, or rather not 
to overlook the best. Let us begin well, how- 
ever, with these two formulae which The 
Chemist and Druggist has immortalized. 



3896. "Sydney Gold Medal." 

Oil of bergamot 14 minims. 

*Oil of citron (Citrus medi- 

ca 25 minims. 

Ojl of neroli petale 20 minims. 

Oil of neroli bigarade 7 minims. 

Oil of rosmarini 14 minims. 

Spts. reetif 12% ounces. 

3897. Paris Exhibition Prize. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams'. 

Oil of limonis 1 dram. 

Oil of neroli 20 drops. 

Oil of origani 7 drops. 

Oil of rosmarini 20 drops. 

Spt. rectificat 20 ounces. 

Aq. flor. aurant 1 ounce. 

Mix in this order. 

These, it will be seen, differ very materially 
from each other, but each has 1 its history, and 
both are honorable. The first was published 
many years ago in The Chemist and Druggist; 
a subscriber in Australia made the product 
a stock article, pushed its sale, exhibited it 
at the Sydney Exhibition, and it was awarded 
a gold medal. The second was one of 219 
sent in competition for a prize consisting of 
a free trip to the Paris Exhibition, which was 
offered by a well-known firm of distillers. An 
equally well-known firm of perfume distillers 
adjudicated, and pronounced the product of 
the formula to closely resemble the genuine 
Farina. 

Neither of these is specially remarkable 
when first prepared; it is only by keeping six 
or eight months that their excellence becomes 
manifest. 

A very good authority states that eau de 
Cologne, to be of first quality, must contain 
oil of lemon and grape spirit. We know also 
that the Farinas distill the perfume and keep 
it for a year in bulk before it is bottled. The 
presence of neroli is essential, that being the 

*Oil of lemon may be used. 



characteristic odor of the water; indeed, the 
fact is noteworthy that most of the constitu- 
ents are derived from the orange family. 
Ros'emary is a necessary accompaniment; but 
all other odors, such as musk, civet, and cloves, 
which some are apt to load it with, are inju- 
rious to the refreshing character of eau de 
Cologne. There is a belief, which we share, 
that none of the imitations of the genuine 
article approach it in delicacy. This is pro- 
bably due to the fact that the imitations are 
generally more charged with essences than 
the original, and unquestionably distilling has 
a subtile influence upon the fragrance of the 
contained essences. 

What this influence may be can only be 
conjectured, but that some molecular recon- 
struction of the essential oils takes place on 
distilling and keeping seems to be most prob- 
able. It becomes important, therefore, that 
the retail manufacturer should hasten this 
change through some other influence than 
time, and there are two simple methods which 
may be adopted. One of these is explained in 
the following formula, which is at least a 
century old: 



3898. 

Oil of neroli 10 minims. 

Oil of lemon 40 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 50 minims. 

Oil of cedrat 15 minims. 

Oil of lavender 18 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 10 minims. 

Melissa-water 4% ounces. 

Rectified spirit 30 ounces. 

Put the oils and the spirit in a strong flask, 
giving the mixture a thorough shaking; then 
close the flask, and keep the contents just 
warm (120° Fahr.) for forty-eight hours, 
whereby perfect blending of the oils with the 
spirit is insured. Then place it for twenty- 
four hours in a cool place, after which, filter 
it through paper until it is obtained perfectly 
clear. With the filtrate mix the melissa- 
water. 



3899. Like "Springbrunn" Brand. 

Oil of aurant. cort 30 minims'. 

Oil of limonis 30 minims'. 

Oil of bergamot 12 minims. 

Oil of neroli bigarade 1 minim. 

Oil of neroli petale 2 minims. 

Oil of rosmarini 4 minims. 

Spt. rectificati 16 ounces. 

M. 



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3900. lake "Jtilichs-platz No. 4." 

Oil of aurant. cort 26 minims. 

Oil of limonis 34 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 14 minims. 

Oil of aurant. nor 14 minims. 

Oil of rosmarini 14 minims. 

Spt. rectificati 16 ounces. 

M. 

"While the use of grape spirit is undoubtedly 
advantageous, 1 part of this to 3 parts of 
treble-distilled grain spirit may be used, the 
product being superior to that in which grain 
spirit alone is employed; but it should be 
noted that grape spirit is an exceedingly rare 
commodity in the United Kingdom, just as it 
is on the Continent, where it is practically all 
absorbed in the manufacture of brandy. 
Doubtless, traces of the higher alcohols in this 
spirit have something to do with the supe- 
riority of Farina "Cologne," and it may be 
asked why the same should not be the case 
with grain spirit, also containing traces of the 
higher alcohols. To that we reply that we 
claim no special merit for the grape spirit, the 
superiority being obtained by the etherifica- 
tion — mutual between the oils and the spirit — 
which takes place during distillation and keep- 
ing. The same thing must take place with 
grain spirit under similar conditions, but these 
conditions seldom exist in pharmacy, "What 
is" wanted is a mixed, not a distilled, eau de 
Cologne, and for that the triple-distilled recti- 
fied spirit is the best. It is almost free from 
higher alcohols. 

3901. 

Oil of bergamot iy 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of Portugal 50 minims. 

Oil of neroli 20 minims. 

Oil of petit-grain 10 minims. 

Oil of lavender (English).. 20 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 10 minims. 

Oil of melissa 5 minims'. 

Spirit 30 ounces. 

Rose water 14 drams. 

Orange flower water 14 drams. 

3902. 

Oil of bergamot ' 100 minims. 

Oil of lemon 50 minims. 

Oil of Portugal y 2 dram. 

Oil of petit-grain 10 minims. 

Oil of lavender 20 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 15 minims. 

Spirit 30 ounces. 

Orange flower water 9 drams. 

Rose water 9 drams. 

Distilled water 9 drams. 



The above formulae are for preparing the 
perfume by the cold method. The proper plan 
is to add the oils to the spirit in the order in 
which they are set down, shake well, and set 
aside for a few days, shaking occasionally 
before adding the waters. After these are 
added, again set aside for a week or two. and, 
if not perfectly clear, filter. 



3903. Formula of 1801. 

Oil of bergamot 6 drams, 15 minims. 

Oil of cedrat 1 dram. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of lavender % dram. 

Oil of Portugal 1 dram. 

Oil of thyme 4 minims. 

Oil of neroli 1 dram 15 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 1 dram 15 minims. 

Spirit 62 ounces. 

Mix and distill, then add to the distillate 2% 
ounces of melissa-water and 5 ounces orange 
flower water, and distill again. 



3904. Formula of 1813. 

Oil of neroli 10 minims. 

Oil of lemon 40 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 50 minims. 

Oil of cedrat 15 minims. 

Oil of lavender 18 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 10 minims. 

Melissa water 4y 2 ounces. 

Spirit 30 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit contained in 
a retort, giving the mixture a thorough shak- 
ing; then close the retort and keep the con- 
tents just warm for forty-eight hours. Then 
place it for twenty-four hours in a cool place, 
after which filter it through paper until it is 
obtained perfectly clear. With the filtrate 
mix the melissa-water. 



3905. 

Oil of bergamottae 3 ounces. 

Oil of limonis 3 ounces. 

Oil of cedrat 3 ounces. 

Oil of lavendulae iy 2 ounces. 

Oil of neroli iy 2 ounces. 

Oil of rosmarini iy 2 ounces. 

Oil of cinnamomi y 2 ounce. 

Spirit, rectificat 355 ounces. 

Eau des carmes 48 ounces. 

Spt. rosmarini 32 ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for eight days, and 
distill 365 ounces of the spirit. 



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No. 11. 
3906. 

Oil of bergamottae iy 2 drams. 

Oil of Portugal. 2y 2 drams. 

Oil of limonis y 2 dram. 

Oil of neroli y 2 dram. 

Oil of rosmarini y 2 dram. 

Spt. rectificat 32 ounces. 

The first of the latter two formulae is that 
of the old French Codex, and a wonderful for- 
mula it is when we contrast it with No. 11, 
the recipe now officialized in Prance. There 
is no justification for cinnamon in eau de 
Cologne. The following are French formulae 
which provide very good perfumes: 

No. 12. 
3907. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of neroli 1 dram. 

Oil of limonis 1 dram. 

Oil of myrist 11 minims. 

Oil of rosmarini 6 minims. 

Spt. vini rect 20 ounces. 

No. 13. 
3908. 

Oil of Portugal y 2 dram. 

Oil of lemon y 2 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 12 minims. 

Oil of neroli 2 minims. 

Oil of petit-grain 3 minims. 

Oil of rosmarini 4 minims. 

Spt. vini. rect 16 ounces. 

M. 

The German Apotheker-Verein has endeav- 
ored to reduce to something like uniformity 
the many standards which are in vogue in the 
Fatherland for this its most famous perfume, 
and we have the result in No. 14. It has its 
peculiarities, and therein is its weakness. 
No. 15, also a German formula, provides a con- 
centrated eau de Cologne, which will bear dilu- 
tion with ten times its volume of fine spirit. 
In this case dissolve the oils in the 10 ounces 
of spirit, and set aside for fourteen days, shak- 
ing four times a day. Then distill the mixture 
twice, when the result will be 10 ounces of an 
exceedingly strong perfume, which improves 
in odor the longer it is 1 kept, and is specially 
suited for exportation. It is of good odor 
when freshly diluted with spirit, and the dilu- 
tion also improves on keeping. 

No. 14. 
3909. 

Oil of bergamottae 5 drams. 

Oil of limonis 5 drams. 

Ess. moschi (1-50). . . 1 dram, 15 minims. 

Oil of neroli % dram. 

Oil of cinnamomi 15 minims. 



Oil of caryoph 15 minims. 

Otto of rose 15 minims. 

Spt. rectificat 56 ounces. 

Aquae 4 ounces. 

Mix, allow to stand for eight days, shaking 
frequently, then filter. 

No. 15. 
3910. 

Oil of Portugal 3 drams. 

Oil of bergamot 3 drams. 

Oil of cedrat 2 drams. 

Oil of lavendul 2 drams. 

Oil of neroli 3 drams. 

Oil of petit-grain 2 drams. 

Oil of rosmarini y> ounce. 

Oil of limonis y, ounce. 

Spt. rectif 10 ounces. 

Compound as directed above. 

No. 16. 
3911. 

Oil of neroli 50 minims. 

Oil of rosmarin 15 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 80 minims. 

S. V. R 16 ounces. 

Aq 5 ounces. 

M. 

No. 17. 
3912. 

Oil of bergamot. . . 10 drams, 40 minims. 

Oil of neroli 80 minims. 

Otto of rose 1 dram. 

Musk 10 grains. 

Tincture of vanilla 2 drams. 

Jasmine extract. . . 10 drams, 40 minims. 

Violet extract. ... 10 drams, 40 minims. 

Spirit 112 ounces. 

Water 10 ounces. 

Mix the oils and extracts with 104 ounces of 
the spirit; digest the musk with the remaining 
8 ounces at a gentle heat, in a closed bottle, 
for twenty-four hours; then add to the other 
liquid, add the water, cool, and filter. If con- 
venient, set aside for some weeks before filter- 
ing. 

No. 16 is "like the genuine," says our note- 
book, and if there be any virtue in repetition, 
we have that simple formula in various degrees 
as to quantities, but all coming to the same 
thing. 

No. 18. 
3913. 

Oil of rosmar. ang 20 minims. 

Oil of bergamot, extra su- 
per 1 ounce. 

Ess. limonis 6 drams. 

Oil of lavand. ang 2 drams. 



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Oil of earyopk 10 minims. 

Oil of neroli. ( Bigarade ) 

petale 20 minims. 

Otto rosae virgin. 2-4 minims. 

Ess. cedrat. sniper 6 drams. 

Sp. vin. rect 64 fl. ounces. 

M. 

No. 19. 
3914. 

Oil of bergamot 3 drams. 

00 of citronell % dram. 

Oil of rosmarin % dram. 

Oil of neroli IS minims. 

Ess. moseli 2 drams. 

Oil. lavand. ang 16 minims. 

Oil verben 12 minims. 

S. Y. R 2S ounces. 

Aq. destil 2 ounces. 

M. 

Reference bas already been made to tbe 
great variety of German formulae. Tbe sub- 
joined table exhibits an instructive selection. 
Tbe quantities are indicated in drams, but 
4, dp." stands - for drops. It is instructive to 
compare with these a recipe (the first follow- 
ing) reputed to give a product exactly re- 
sembling that of Farina. 



of the finest rosemary oil, 20 drops of otto 
of rose, 12 grammes (3 drs.) of acetic ether. 
1,100 grammes (34oz.) of distilled orange- 
flower water, and 200 grammes (6 o^.) of 
rose water. After this mixture has stood for 
six months, dilute it with 5 to 7% kilos. (8 to 
12 pints) of spirit, and distil.*' 

3916. Lily of the Valley Eau de Cologne. 

Oil of bergamot 4 drams. 

Oil of orange flowers 45 minims. 

Oil of lemon 4 drams. 

Oil of lavender 15 minims. 

Oil of rosemary 15 minims. 

Oil of ylang ylang 15 minims. 

Oil of melissa 5 minims. 

Rose water 3 ounces. 

Orange flower water 3 ounces. 

Rectified spirit 46 ounces. 

Maiglockehen 6 ounces. 

Mix. 



3917. Maiglockehen. 

iFor use in the foregoing formula.) 

Oil of linaloe 2U drams. 

Oil of bersramot V--> dram. 





Dieterich 


Buchmeister 





Askinson 


Deite Vomacka 




I. 


H. III. 


IV. 


V. 


VI. 


VII. 


VLL1. 


IX. 


X. 


XI. 


Spirit 


8,250 

1,500 

100 

50 

50 

30 

10 

2 


8,250 

1,500 

100 

50 

50 

10 

10 

1 

10 

1 


900 


875 


900 


2,000 


915 
80 

5 
10 

1 


8,250 

500 

85 

75 

5 


8,100 


S,000 


8,000 


Water 




9 
12 
16 dp. 

1 


25 
15 
48 dp. 

40 dp. 


8 
8 
1 
2 


25 
25 
25 
30 


150 

135 

10 

40 


12 
30 

4 
3 


14 




33 




14 




11 




























1 


4 






1-2 


10 


10 






















28 dp. 
16 dp. 














































4 dp. 
























trace 


trace 










5 






" orange peel 












40 
15 


30 


26 


" petitgram 


















Acetic ether 


10 

10 


10 
10 


















Acetic acid, 30 per cent 

Orange flower water 




















80 


80 








500 
500 


800 
800 







































3915. Gegeuiiber clem Jiiliclis-platz. 

We give this in the fashion that it comes 
to us: — 

•'Mix 350 grammes ill oz.) of lemon oil. 270 
grammes (8Y2 oz.) of bergamot oil. 20 grammes' 
(5 drs.) of the finest French lavender oil, 12 l 
grammes (3 drs.) of Mitcham peppermint oil, 3918. Eau de Cologne. 

120 drops of the best French oil of neroli, 100 J Oil of bergamot 2 drams 

drops of French oil of white thyme. 100 drops [ Oil of lemon 1 dram. 



Oil of rose-geranium 45 

Essence of musk 75 

Jasmine extract 16 

Rectified spirit 48 

Mix. 



minims, 
minims, 
ounces, 
ounces. 



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Oil of neroli 20 drops. 

Oil of origanum 6 drops. 

Oil of rosemary 20 drops. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct 20 ounces. 

Orange flower water 4 ounces. 

Mix. 

3919. Florida Water. A 

Oil of lavender 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of lemon 1 ounce. 

Oil of orange % ounce. 

Oil of cloves 1 dram. 

, Oil of cassia 2 drams. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 1% gallons. 

Rose water % gallon. 

Mix and filter. 



3920. Florida Water. B 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of rosemary % ounce. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

Oil of cassia % ounce. 

Oil of cloves 15 minims. 

Tincture of orris 8 ounces. 

Tincture of styrax y 2 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 1 gallon. 

Rose water % gallon. 

Mix and filter. 



3931. Florida Water Mixture. A 

Oil of lavender (French) . . 16 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 16 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 16 ounces. 

Oil of orange 4 ounces. 

Oil of cloves 1 ounce. 

Oil of cassia 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 73 ounces. 
Mix and filter if necessary. 
4 ounces of this mixture added to 96 ounces 
of cologne spirits, 188 per cent., and 32 ounces 
of water, will make Florida Water. 



3922. Florida Water Mixture. B 

Oil of bergamot 16 ounces. 

Oil of rosemary 4 ounces. 

Oil of lemon. 4 ounces. 

Oil of cassia 2 ounces. 

Oil of cloves 2 drams. 

Tincture of orris 64 ounces'. 

Tincture of styrax 8 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 30 ounces. 

Mix and filter if necessary. 
4 ounces of this mixture added to 96 ounces 
of cologne spirits, 188 per cent,. and 32 ounces 
of water, will make Florida water. 



LAVENDER WATERS. 



3923. Lavender Water.— Glenn's. 

Oil of lavender, Mitcham. 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot y 2 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin. . . . t . . 1 ounce. 

Tincture of coumarin % ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 40 ounces. 

Water „ 10 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits; add the tinc- 
tures, and set aside for 3 days before adding 
the water. Add the latter slowly and let it 
stand 2 weeks before filtering. 



3924. Lavender Water.— English. 

Oil of lavender, Mitcham.. 2 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin 4 ounces. 

Tincture of angelica " 4 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 88 ounces. 

Rose water 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits; add the tinc- 
tures, and set aside for 3 days before adding 
the rose water. Let it stand 2 weeks be- 
fore filtering. 

3925. Lavender Water.— Barclay's. 

Oil of lavender, Mitcham. . . 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of neroli petal e 15 minims. 

Oil of rose geraniol 15 minims. 

Tincture of ambrette seed. 4 ounces. 

Tincture of angelica 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 84 ounces. 

Rose water 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirits; add the tinc- 
tures, and set aside for 3 days before adding 
the rose water. Let it stand 2 weeks be- 
fore filtering. 

3926. Lavender Water.— Amber. 

Oil of lavender 2% ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 5 drams. 

Tincture of coumarin. .... 4 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 2 ounces. 

Tincture of civet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 74 ounces. 

Rose water 32 ounces. 

Color amber with red saunders, if preferred 
colored. Dissolve the oils in the spirits; add 
the tinctures; set aside for 3 days before add- 
ing the rose water. Let it stand for 2 weeks 
before filtering. The four formulas for 
lavender water make very nice goods; the lat- 
ter is the best. 



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3927. Lilac Water. 

Extract of lilac 16 ounces'. 

Cologne spirits, 18S per ct. 70 ounces. 

Water 44 ounces. 

Mix the extract of lilac with the cologne 
spirits, and add the water slowly. Filter. 



3928. Melisse Water. 

Oil of melisse, (see oil of 

melisse) 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits 88 ounces. 

Water 40 ounces. 

Dissolve the oil in the spirit and add the 
water; filter. 

3929. Verbena Water. 

Oil of lemon grass % ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 14 ounce. 

Oil of neroli petale 1 dram. 

Oil of cloves 10 drops. 

Oil of cinnamon 20 drops'. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 06 ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit; add the 
water, and filter. 



3930. Violet Water. A 

(First Quality.) 

Tincture of violet 32 ounces. 

Tincture of cassie. fc 16 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 16 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 32 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 16 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot % ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds 5 drops. 

Cologne spirits, 1S8 per ct. . S8 ounces. 

Rose water 40 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit; add the tinc- 
tures, and set aside for 3 days; then add the 
water slowly, stirring well, and let stand for 
2 weeks before filtering. Color with Chloro- 
phyll to the tint required. 

3931. Violet Water. B 

Second Quality. 

Tincture of cassie 32 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 64 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 16 ounces. 

Tincture of ambrette seed. . 8 ounces. 

Oil of bitter almonds 5 drops. 

Oil of bergamot 14 ounce. 

Cologne spirits 64 ounces. 

Rose water 72 ounces. 

Proceed as' directed for formula A. 
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3932. Violet Water. C 

Third Quality. 

Tincture of orris 64 ounces. 

Tincture of vanillin 16 ounces. 

Oil of sandalwood y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 ounce. 

Cologne spirits/ 1S8 per ct. 80 ounces'. 

Rose water 96 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit; add the tinc- 
tures, and set aside for 3 days; then add the 
water slowly, stirring well, and let stand for 
2 weeks before filtering. Color with chloro- 
phyll or aniline green to the tint required. 



BAY RUMS, ETC. 



Bay Rum Mixture. A 

Oil of bay 1 ounce. 

Oil of white thyme 1 ounce. 

Oil of allspice 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves % ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. % ounce. 
Mix. 

% ounce of this, to one gallon of proof 
spirits for ordinary Bay rum. An improved 
article may be made by doubling the quantity 
of the Bay rum mixture used, and also by 
substituting 8 ounces of New England rum 
for 8 ounces of the proof spirits. Some com- 
pounders use 2 drams of salts of tartar to 
each gallon of Bay rum. Many customers 
prefer it that way. 

3934. Bay Rum 3Iixture. B 

Oil of bay 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves 1 ounce. 

Oil of red thyme 2 ounces. 

Oil of allspice 2 ounces. 

Mix. See directions on formula A. 

3935. Bay Rum Mixture. C 

Oil of bay 2 ounces. 

Oil of allspice 1 ounce. 

Oil of orange, sweet 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves y 2 ounce. 

Oil of geraniol hyacinth. . . y 2 ounce. 
Mix. See directions on formula A. 

3936. Bay Rum Mixture. D 

Oil of bay 2 ounces. 

Oil of cloves % ounce. 

Oil of orange, sweet y 2 ounce. 

Oil of neroli petale 1 dram. 

Oil of allspice 1 dram. 

Oil of cardamom 5 drops. 

Mix. See directions on formula A. 



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393 T. Vinegar Aromatic. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 16 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot y 2 dram. 

Oil of lemon 20 drops. 

Oil of lavender, French. . . 40 drops. 

Oil of cloves 15 drops. 

Oil of rosemary 10 drops. 

Oil of cassia 5 drops. 

Tincture of coumarin 8 ounces. 

Tincture of orris 2 ounces. 

Acetic ether 1% ounces. 

Acetic acid, No. 8 3 ounces. 

Water $y 2 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils in the spirit; add the tinc- 
tures and acetic ether. Mix the acid and 
water and add, stirring constantly for 5 min- 
utes. Filter. 



3938. Vinegar Rouge. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 16 ounces. 

Carmine No. 40 3 drams. 

Aqua ammonia, stronger. . . 2 ounces. 
Water 3 pints. 

Place the carmine in a large mortar and 
powder it; add the ammonia and rub well; 
then add the spirit and lastly the water. Let 
it stand one week before using. 



SACHET POWDERS, ETC. 



3939. Sachet or Solid Perfumes. 

From the London Chemist and Druggist's 
Diary. 

The popularity of sachets is comparatively 
modern, but the pot-pourri jar is very old. 
The form of the perfumes is similar, but their 
uses are essentially different, and the com- 
position also. What is popularly known as 
pot-pourri is a mixture of coarsely powdered 
aromatic drugs and resins, dried odorous 
leaves, especially the rose. The pot-pourri 
plays to the flowers the part which musk and 
civet play to volatile oils' in liquid perfumes — 
it fixes and blends the perfume. 

The sachet is a distinct thing. It is wanted 
for its individuality, to place in some hand- 
kerchief-box, drawer, or dress cupboard, and 
it is essential that it must be elegant in mate- 
rial and get-up. Custom compels us to have 
it in fairly fine powder, the basis' by prefer- 
ence powdered orris, although rice-flour is, 
on the whole, as good and cheaper. 

Solid perfumes are a quite recent variety of 
sachet. They are composed of solid paraffin, 
wherewith the essential oils of any particular 



bouquet have been blended while liquid; not 
a bad style at all, and worthy of attention 
where cheapness is requisite. Another kind 
of solid perfume is made by massing any 
sachet powder with tragacanth mucilage, and 
drying it at a heat not exceeding 80° Fahr. 



3910. Pot-pourri. A 

The whole of the solids are to be coarsely 

powdered, the liquids evenly sprinkled over 
the mixture, and then all well shaken to- 
gether. 

Orris root 16 ounces. 

Benzoin 5 ounces. 

Coriander '. 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Pimento 1 ounce. 

Tonquin bean % ounce. 

Ess. bouquet % ounce. 

3941. Pot-pourri. B 

Vanilla 1 ounce. ' 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon bark 1 ounce. 

Oil of lavender 10 minims. 

Oil of neroli 10 minims. 

3942. Pot-pourri. C 

Coriander 4 ounces. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Calamus 4 ounces. 

Rose-petals 4 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 2 ounces. 

Mace y 2 ounce. 

Cinnamon y 2 ounce. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Essence of musk y 2 dram. 

Common salt. 2 ounces. 

3943. Pot-pourri. J) 

Rose petals 8 ounces. 

Lavender flowers 4 ounces. 

Orris root 2 ounces. 

Vanilla 2 drains. 

Cloves 2 drams. 

Storax y 2 ounce. 

Siam benzoin 1 ounce. 

Ambergris 20 grains. 

Musk 4 grains. 

Common salt 2 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of vetivert % dram. 






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3944. Pot-pourri. E 

Lavender flower? 1 pound. 

Rose petals 1 pound. 

Orris root 1 pound. 

Table salt S ounces. 

Cloves 4 ounces. 

Cinnamon 4 ounces. 

Benzoin 4 ounces. 

Pimento 4 ounces. 

Vanilla 3 ounces. 

Musk pod 1 ounce. 

English oil of lavender. ... 1 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of berganiot 2 drams. 

Oil of lemon 2 drams. 

Essence of ambergris % ounce. 

Otto of rose 10 minims. 

Grind all the solids to coarse powder, and 
with the mixture intimately incorporate the 
oils. 

Nos. C to E are good examples of complete 
pot-pourri; omitting the salt and flowers, we 
have the powder for mixing at home with 
these omitted articles. The plan to adopt is 
such as the following: Take a 2-gallon jar 
and fill it with rose petals, orange-blossoms, 
and lavender flowers, sprinkle them well with 
salt, and then disperse through the contents 
4 oz. of any pot-pourri which does not contain 
the dried flowers. If lavender and orange 
flowers are not obtainable, the powder should 
contain oils of neroli and lavender. Gener- 
ally speaking, rose leaves only are preserved 
in England. 



3945. Pot-pourri. 

Vanilla 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Cinnamon 1 ounce. 

Mix. 



3946. Pot-pourri. 

Violet Odor. 

Black currant leaves 7 ounces. 

Cinnamon 8 ounces. 

Rose leaves 8 ounces. 

Powdered orris root 18 ounces. 

Powdered Benzoin 4 ounces. 

Ess. oil of bitter almonds.. . 3 drams. 

Grain musk 1 dram. 

Mix. 



3947. Pot-pourri. 

Gum benzoin 2 ounces. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Storax y 2 ounce. 

" Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Grind together and add — 

Grain musk % dram. 

Coarse and dry salt 2 ounces. 

Oil of lavender 20 minims. 

Mix. 

3948. Pot-pourri. 

Cinnamon y 2 ounce. 

Cloves y 2 ounce. 

Mace y. 2 ounce. 

Orris root 4 ounces. 

Oil of lavender 40 minims. 

Oil of lemon grass 40 minims. 

Oil of lemon 40 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 40 minims. 

Mix. 



3949. Pot-pourri. 

Pimento 2 ounces. 

Cinnamon 2 drams. 

Essence of musk 12 minims. 

Essence of ambergris 12 minims. 

Oil of lavender 12 minims. 

Mix. 



3950. Lord Plymouth's Pot-pourri. 

Benzoin, siamensis contus.. 8 ounces. 

Pulv. rad. iridis 8 ounces. 

Pulv. storacis 8 ounces. 

Pulv. rad. angelica e 8 ounces. 

Gran, moschi 1 scruple. 

Fabae tonkae No. 4. 

Macis % ounce. 

Caryophyll % ounce. 

Cort. cinnam. contus jounce. 

Mix all these when they have been brui;- 
or powdered, and add — 

01. lavandul. ang 1 dram. 

Otto rose 1 dram. 

Flor. rosae 4 ounces. 

Flor. lavandulae 4 ounces. 

Again mix. 



3951. Sachets. A 

The simplest way to make sachets extempo- 
raneously is to take a sufficient quantity of a 
basis, and add to it liquid perfume in the pro- 
portion of a drachm to the ounce. The re- 
sulting compound is suited for ordinary retail 
sale, and if a more permanent article is de- 



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sired, the ingredients of any 
spirit, may similarly be rnixe 
The following are suitable b 

Bran 


perfume, minus 
d with the basis, 
ases: 

. 7 ounces. 
1 ounce. 

B 

. 4 ounces. 
4 ounces. 

with a few drops 
an aniline dye. 
he whole of the 

mixed and trit- 
th twelve times 
ther non-resinous 

in the formula, 
vith a portion of 

sie. 

. ") equal parts. 
. j of each. 

oline. 

2 pounds. 

. 10 grains. 

% ounce. 

y 2 ounce. 

y 2 dram. 

1% pounds. 
1 pound. 
1 pound. 
4 ounces. 


3957. Ess. Bouquet. 

Powdered orris root 

Powdered sandalwood. .... 
Powd. orange peel (sweet).. 
Artificial musk 


2 
2 
2 

1 
2 
2 

1% 
2 

20 

20 

15 

5 

5 
2 

4 

1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
2 

y 2 
i 

16 

4 

10 

10 
10 
10 

16 
16 
3 
1 
20 
3 
3 
2 
1} 

u 

I 1 

3 

4 
4 


B 

pounds, 
pounds, 
pounds. 


Powdered orris root 


grain, 
grains, 
grains. 
i drams. 


Coumarin 


Mix. 


Vanillin 




Otto of rose 


3953. Sachets. 

Ground rice 


Oil of bergamot 


Oil of ylang ylang 

Oil of neroli 


minims. 






Powdered orris root 

Mix. 


Oil of rose geranium 

Oil of cinnamon 


minims, 
minims, 
minims. 


The latter may be colored 
of a proof spirit solution of 


Essential oil of almonds. . . 
Jasmine extract 


In compounding sachets t 
liquid ingredients' should be 
urated for five minutes wi 
their bulk of orris root or o 
basis. The resins, if any 
should be separately mixed i 


Mix. 

3958. Ess. Bouquet. 

Powdered orris root 

Ground cassie 


C 

pounds, 
pound, 
pound, 
ounces. 


the fibrous basis. 


Rose petals 

Ground vanilla 

Oil of bergamot 


3953. Acacia or Cas 


Oil of lemon 






Essence of musk 


ounces. 


Powdered orris root 

Grind the flowers and mix 

3954. Bouquet de Car 

Powdered orris root 


Essence of ambergris 

Oil of rose geranium. 
Mix. 

3959. Frangipanni. 

Powdered orris root 

Powdered Tonka bean 

Musk 

Civet 


ounce, 
dram. 

A 

ounces. 




grains. 
2 dram. 


Oil of lemon .... 




Otto of rose 


Mix. 


Oil of sandalwood 

Oil of neroli 


minims. 


3955. Chypre. 

Powdered orris root 

Rasped cedarwood 

Rasped sandalwood 


Mix. 

3960. Frangipanni. 

Powdered orris root 

Powd. sweet orange peel. 
Powdered sassafras 


B 

ounces, 
ounces. 


Tonka bean (ground). . . . 


2 ounces. 

1 ounce. 

% dram. 

25 minims. 

15 minims. 


ounces. 

grain. 










Oil of rose geranium 


Oil of sandalwood 

Oil of rose geranium 

Essential oil of almonds... . 


minims. 




minims. 


Mix. 


t. A 

16 ounces. 

1 dram. 

1 dram. 

3 drams. 

. . 40 minims. 


minims. 
£ drams. 
<2 drams. 
/ 2 ounces. 

C 


3956. Ess. Bouque 

Powdered orris root 

Grain musk 


Essence of civet 

Jasmine extract 

Mix. 

3961. Frangipanni. 

Powdered orris root 

Rasped sandalwood 


Oil of bergamot 

Oil of lemon 


pounds, 
ounces. 


Mix. 


ounces. 













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Ground Tonka bean 2 ounces. 

Oil of neroli 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 40 minims. 

Otto of rose y 2 dram. 

Oil of vetivert 10 minims'. 

Essence of musk ' 1 ounce. 

Essence of civet y 2 ounce. 

Mis. 



3962. Heliotrope. 

Orris root, in coarse powd 6 ounces. 

Vanilla, in coarse powder.. 2 drams. 

Musk 3 grains. 

Otto of rose 1 minim. 

Essential oil of almonds. . . 1 minim. 
Mis. 



3963. Heliotrope. 

Powdered orris root 16 ounces. 

Powdered vanilla 4 ounces. 

Powdered benzoin 1 ounce. 

Musk 5 grains. 

Civet 15 grains. 

Essential oil of almonds. . . 10 minims. 

Otto of rose 10 minims. 

Mis. 



3964. Heliotrope. 

Powdered orris root 8 ounces. 

Coumarin 15 grains. 

Vanillin 10 grains. 

Musk 5 grains. 

Essential oil of almonds. . . 1 minim. 

Otto of rose 1 minim. 

Spirit 2 drams. 

Mis. 



3965. Jockey Club. 

Powdered orris 16 ounces. 

Musk 5 grains'. 

Otto of rose 40 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood 1 dram. 

Mis. 



3966. Jockey Club. 1 

Powdered orris root 12 ounces. 

Ground sandalwood 2 ounces. 

Essence of musk y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Essence of civet 2 drams. 

Otto of rose 8 minims. 

Mis. 



3967. Jockey Club. 

Sweet orange peel, dried 

and ground 2% pounds 

Powdered orris root \y 2 pounds. 

Ground rose petals \y 2 pounds. 

Siam benzoin 4 ounces. 

Ground sandalwood 2 ounces. 

Cloves 1 ounce. 

Coumarin 10 grains. 

Musk 1 grain. 

Civet 1 grain. 

Otto of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1% drams. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 dram. 

Oil of neroli % dram. 

Oil of cinnamon 10 minims. 

Oil of bitter almonds ~10 minims. 

Oil of ylang ylang 10 minims. 

Jasmine estract 4 ounces. 

Mis. 

3968. Lavender. 

Lavender flowers 16 ounces. 

Dried thyme 1 ounce. 

Dried spearmint 1 ounce. 

Powdered cloves y 2 ounce. 

Powdered caraway y 2 ounce. 

Oil of lavender 2 drams. 

Mis. 

3969. Lavender. 

Ground lavender flowers. . 16 ounces. 

Ground benzoin 1 ounce. 

Oil of lavender y 2 ounce. 

Essence of musk y 2 ounce. 

Mis. 

3970. Lign Aloe. 

Powdered orris root Sy 2 pounds. 

Ground rose leaves 1 pound. 

Ground sandalwood 8 ounces. 

Ground vanilla 4 ounces. 

Oil of lign aloe 1 ounce. 

Essence of civet 1 ounce. 

Essence of musk % ounce. 

Oil of rose geranium 40 minims. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mis. 

3971. Marecliale. 

Powdered orris root 1 pound. 

Ground sandalwood 8 ounces. 

Ground rose petals 4 ounces. 

Ground cloves 4 ounces. 

Essence of musk 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of vetivert 1 dram. 

Mix. 



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3973. Millefleurs. 

Powdered orris root 16 ounces. 

Grain musk 5 grains. 

Civet 10 grains. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Oil of neroli 20 minims. 

Oil of cloves % dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Mix. 

3913. Millefleurs. 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Ground lavender flowers. . . 1 pound. 

Ground cassie flowers 1 pound. 

Ground rose flowers 1 pound. 

Ground sandalwood 8 ounces. 

Ground Tonka beans 4 ounces. 

Ground benzoin 4 ounces. 

Ground vanilla 3 ounces. 

Ground cinnamon 2 ounces. 

Ground cloves 2 ounces. 

Essence of musk y 2 ounce. 

Essence of civet y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot Y 2 ounce. 

Oil of rose geranium % dram. 

Oil of patchouli 10 minims. 

Mix. 



3974. Mousselaine. 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Ground rose flowers 8 ounces. 

Ground cassie flowers 8 ounces. 

Ground sandalwood 8 ounces. 

Ground benzoin 2 ounces. 

Essence of musk 2 ounces. 

Oil of vetivert 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 35 minims. 

Oil of neroli 5 minims. 

Mix. 



3975. Musk. A 

Powdered orris root %y 2 pounds. 

Grain musk y 2 dram. 

Otto of rose 1 dram. 

Mix. 

3976. Musk. B 

Rice flour 12 ounces. 

Artificial musk 10 grains. 

Stain the flour with a few drops of solu- 
tion of aniline yellow, and triturate the musk 
intimately with it. 

3977. New-mown Hay. A 
Bouquet de Caroline sachet 8 ounces. 
Verbena sachet (No. 1).... 4 ounces. 
Violet (No. 1) 4 ounces. 

Mix. 



3978. New-mown Hay. 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Ground Tonka beans 4 ounces. 

Ground vanilla 2 ounces. 

Essence of musk 6 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot % dram. 

Otto of rose 15 minims. 

Oil of almonds 5 minims. 

Mix. 



3979. Opoponax. 

Powdered orris root 3 pounds. 

Ground rose petals 1 pound. 

Ground cassie petals 1 pound. 

Ground Tonka beans 4 ounces. 

Ground vanilla 3 ounces. 

Ground musk-pods (or es- 
sence of musk) 1 ounce. 

Essence of civet y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of citron y 2 dram. 

Oil of patchouli y 2 dram. 

Oil of citronella 15 minims. 

Otto of rose 5 minims. 

Mix. 



3980. Patchouli. 

Powdered orris root 16 ounces. 

Powdered patchouli leaves. 8 ounces. 

Otto of rose (or oil of rose 
geranium) y 2 dram. 

Oil of patchouli 1 dram. 

Mix. 



3981. Bondeletia. 

Powdered orris root 3 pounds. 

Ground lavender flowers... Impounds. 

Ground cloves % ounce. 

Essence of musk 1 ounce. 

Essence of ambergris 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of English lavender. ... 2 drams. 

Oil of cloves 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 dram. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mix. 



3982. Rose Geranium. 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 ounce. 

Otto of rose 10 minims. 

Essence of musk y 2 dram. 

Mix. 



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3983. Rose. 

Ground rose petals Impounds. 

Powdered orris root 8 ounces. 

Ground sandalwood 4 ounces. 

Powdered patchouli leaves. 2 ounces. 

Essence of civet % ounce. 

Oil of rose geranium y 2 dram. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mix. 

3984. White Rose. 

Powdered orris root 16 ounces. 

Rice flour 8 ounces. 

Otto of rose 2 drams. 

Oil of patchouli 15 minims. 

Mix. 

3985. Red Rose. 

Powdered orris root . 16 ounces. 

Rasped sandalwood S ounces. 

Rasped cedarwood S ounces. 

Musk 5 grains. 

Otto of rose 1 dram. 

Color the orris powder with solution of car- 
mine before mixing with the other ingredi- 
ents. 



3986. Sweet Briar. 

Powdered orris root 4 pounds. 

Ground sandalwood 1 pound. 

Essence of ambergris 1 ounce. 

Essence of musk y 2 ounce. 

Oil of lemon 1 dram. 

Oil of lemongrass 1 dram. 

Oil of neroli 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 40 minims. 

Oil of rose geranium % dram. 

Otto of rose % dram. 

Mix. 



3987. Verbena. 

(1) 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Civet 10 grains. 

Oil of lemon grass 1 dram. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mix. 



3988. Verbena. 

(2) 

Powdered orris root 3 pounds. 

Essence of musk jounce. 

Oil of lemon grass 3 drams. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium.... y 2 dram. 
Mis. 



3989. Violet. 

(1) 

Powdered orris root 2 pounds. 

Powdered benzoin 4 ounces. 

Cassie extract 1 ounces. 

Otto of rose 10 minims. 

Essential oil of almonds... 10 minims. 
Mix. 



3990. Violet. 

(2) 

Powdered orris root 3 pounds. 

Essence of mnsk 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot y 2 dram. 

Essential oil of almonds.. 20 minims. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mix. 



3991. West End. 

Powdered orris root 1 pound 

Grain musk • 10 grains. 

Civet 20 grains. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 40 minims. 

Mix. 



3992. Vlang-Ylang. 

(1) 

Powdered orris 1 pound 

Powdered benzoin % ounce. 

Civet 5 grains. 

Oil of ylang ylang 20 minims. 

Essential oil bitter almonds 3 minims. 
Mix. 



3993. Ylang-Ylang. 

(2) 

Powdered orris root 3 pounds. 

Ground cassie flowers.... 1 pound. 

Rose flowers 1 pound. 

Ground pimento 4 ounces. 

Ground Tonka bean 2 ounces. 

Ground vanilla 2 ounces. 

Ground benzoin 1 ounce. 

Essence of musk 1 ounce. 

Essence of civet % ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 2 drams. 

Oil of ylang ylang 2 drams. 

Oil of pimento 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium.... 1 dram. 

Otto of rose 20 minims. 

Mix. 



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FUMIGATING PERFUMES. 



These are used for quickly putting down 
bad odors in sick-rooms and other apart- 
ments. As a rule they are not very nice, 
being rather balsamic than flowery; still, they 
are decidedly antiseptic, and fulfil their pur- 
pose admirably. 



3994. Paper. A 

Select good white blotting-paper, and cut 
each demy sheet lengthways into three equal 
pieces. Make a solution of 1 ounce of potas- 
sium nitrate in 12 ounces of boiling water; 
place this solution in a large plate, and draw 
each strip of paper over the solution so as to 
saturate it. Then dry by hanging up. 

The dried paper is to be saturated in a 
similar manner with either of the following 
solutions: 

(1) 

Siam benzoin 1 ounce. 

Storax 3 drams. 

Olibanum 2 scruples. 

Mastic 2 scruples. 

Cascarilla 2 drams. 

Vanilla 1 dram. 

Rectified spirit 8 ounces. 

Bruise the solids and macerate in the spirit 
five days, filter, and add — 

Oil of cinnamon 8 minims. 

Oil of cloves 8 minims. 

Oil of bergamot 5 minims. 

Oil of neroli 5 minims. 

Mix. 



3995. Paper. B 

(2) 

Benzoin 1% ounces. 

Sandalwood 1 ounce. 

Spirit 8 ounces. 

Macerate as No. 1, and add 

Essence of vetivert 3 drams. 

Oil of Lemon grass 40 minims. 

Mix. 

After the paper is dry, cut it up into suit- 
able sized pieces to go into a commercial en- 
velope — ten pieces for 6d. 



3996. 



Ribbon. 



Take %-inch cotton tape and saturate it 
with nitre in the same manner as the paper 
above described; when dry saturate with the 
following tincture: 



Benzoin 1 ounce. 

Orris root 1 ounce. 

Myrrh 2 drams. 

Tolu balsam 2 drams. 

Musk 10 grains. 

Rectified spirit 10 ounces. 

Macerate for a week, filter, and add 10 
minims of otto of rose. 

Another good formula, which may also be 
used for fumigating paper, is — 

Olibanum 2 ounces. 

Storax 1 ounce 

Benzoin 6 drams. 

Peruvian balsam % ounce. 

Tolu balsam 3 drams. 

Rectified spirit 10 ounces. 

Macerate ten days, and filter. 



3997. Pastilles. A 

(1) 

Vegetable charcoal 6 ounces. 

Benzoin 1 ounce. 

Nitrate of potash % ounce. 

Tolu balsam 2 drams. 

Sandalwood 2 drams. 

Mucliage of tragacanth. .. . q. s. 

Reduce the solids to fine powder, mix, and 
make into a stiff paste with the mucilage. 
Divide this into cones 25 grains in weight, 
and dry with a gentle heat. 



3998. Pastilles. B 

(2) ' 

Powdered willow charcoal 8 ounces. 

Benzoic acid 6 ounces. 

Nitrate of potash 6 drams. 

Oil of thyme Vi dram. 

Oil of sandalwood % dram. 

Oil of caraway % dram. 

Oil of cloves % dram. 

Oil of lavender % dram. 

Oil of rose V2 dram. 

Rose water 10 ounces. 

Proceed as in No. 1, but this recipe is 
much the better of the addition of 20 grains 
of powdered tragacanth. 

These are nice recipes, the first being from 
the French Codex, and the second is said to 
give a product closely resembling Piesse & 
Lubin's pastilles. 



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TOILET POWDERS, ENAM- 
ELS, CREAMS, ETC. 

3999. Face and Complexion Powder. A 

Zinc oxide 3 pounds. 

Precipitated chalk 4 pounds. 

French chalk 10 pounds. 

Magnesia carbonate, light.. 1*4 pounds. 
Perfume with — 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Tincture of rose geranium. % ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur % ounce. 

Dissolve the oil in the tinctures and spray 
the powder with the solution; mix well, and 
run through a sifter twice. 

For pink powder color with carmine. 
For yellow powder color with fine yellow 
ochre. 



4000. Face Powder. B 

Oxide of zinc 3 pounds. 

French chalk 7 pounds. 

Perfume with — 

Pose geraniol 1 dram. 

Tincture of rose % ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur % ounce. 

Proceed as directed for formula A. 



4001. Violet Powder. 

Powdered starch 10 pounds. 

Powdered orris root 5 pounds. 

Tincture of violet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin % ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur H ounce. 

Mix the starch and orris root; spray the 
powder with the perfume and run through a 
sifter and mixer twice. 



4002. Rose Powder. 

Powdered starch 10 pounds. 

Powdered orris root 5 pounds. 

Perfume with — 

Oil of rose geraniol 10 drops. 

Tincture of rose 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin % ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur % ounce. 

Mix the starch and orris; dissolve the oil 
in the tinctures and spray the powder; run 
through a sifter and mixer twice. 



4003. Invisible Face Powder. 

Bismuth subcarb 1 pound. 

Magnesia carbonate 1 pound. 

French chalk 10 pounds. 

Perfume the same as rose powder formula. 



4004. Phantom Face Powder. 

Precipitated chalk 5 pounds. 

French chalk 10 pounds. 

Carbonate of magnesia 3 pounds. 

Oxy-chloride of bismuth. .. 3 pounds. 

Perfume with — 

Oil of rose geraniol 15 drops. 

Tincture of rose 1 ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin % ounce. 

Tincture of muse baur % ounce. 

Dissolve the oil in the tinctures and spray 
the powder; mix well and run through a 
sifter and mixer twice. 



4005. Borated Talcum. 

Powd. French Chalk puri- 
fied 10 pounds. 

Powd. boric acid 8 ounces. 

Perfume with — ■ 
Tincture of violet 1 ounce. 

Tincture of jasmine % ounce. 

Tincture of vanillin % ounce. 

Mix the talcum and boric acid; spray with 
the tinctures and run through a sifter and 
mixer twice. 



4006. Infant Powder. 

Powdered starch 4 pounds. 

Powdered French chalk... 4 pounds. 

Powdered boric acid % pound. 

Powdered orris root 1% pounds. 

Oil of wintergreen % ounce. 

Mix and run through sifter and mixer. 



4007. Oriental Rouge. 

French chalk, powdered... 10 pounds. 

Carmine, No. 40 3 ounces. 

Aqua ammonia, q. s. to dis- 
solve the carmine. 
Mix well and run through sifter and mixer. 

4008. Cream of Roses. 

Oxide of zinc, pure 2% pounds. 

Glycerine 24 ounces. 

Filtered water 128 ounces. 

Carmine solution q. s. 

Cologne spirits dilute 64 ounces. 

Extract of white rose 4 ounces. 

Mix. 

Use about 6 drams of the carmine solution 
to give the mixture a natural tint. 

4009. Balm of Roses. 

Oxychloride of bismuth 2y 2 pounds. 

Glycerine 24 ounces. 

Filtered water 160 ounces. 

Carmine solution q. s. 

Cologne spirit, 188 per cent 2 pints. 

Extract of white rose 4 ounces. 

Mix. 



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Use about G drams of the carmine solution 
to give the mixture a natural tint. 

Should a rose-colored preparation be needed 
use carmine solution q. s. for the required 
tint. 

4010 Frostilline Cream. 

Gum tragacanth 3 ounces. 

Hot water 144 ounces. 

Chlorate of potash 6 ounces. 

Glycerine 48 fl. ounces. 

Oil of rosemary y 2 dram. 

Oil of cassia 10 drops. 

Oil of rose geranium 5 drops. 

Oenanthic ether 5 drops. 

Cologne spirits 188 per cent 3 ounces. 
Mix. 

4011. Witch Hazel Cream. A 

Gum tragacanth 3 ounces. 

Boric acid 6 ounces. 

Dist. ext. of witch hazel. .. 144 ounces. 

Glycerine 3 pints. 

Tincture of rose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 1 ounce. 

Mix. 

4012. Witch Hazel Cream. B 

Quince seed 4 ounces. 

Hot water 16 ounces. 

• Glycerine 32 fK ounces. 

Dist. ext. of witch hazel... 128 ounces. 

Boric acid 6 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 2 ounces. 

Tincture of violet 1 ounce. 

Macerate the quince seed in the hot water; 
add the glycerine and witch hazel in which 
the acid has been previously dissolved; let 
stand for two days, stirring occasionally; 
strain and add the perfume. 

4013. Cold Cream, Glenn's. 

White vaseline 16 ounces. 

Beef suet, purified 4 ounces. 

"White wax 4 ounces. 

Spermaceti 4 ounces. 

Melt together and when cool perfume with 

Oil of rose 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of sandalwood % dram. 

4014. Cold Cream. 

(C. & D.) 

White petrolatum oil 10 ounces. 

White wax, pure 12 ounces. 

Spermaceti 12 ounces. 

Lanoline 16 ounces. 

Glycerine 8 ounces. 

Borax 3 drams. 

Rose water 16 ounces. 

M. S. A. 



4015. An Elegant Cold Cream. 

(C. & D.) 

Glycerine 6 ounces. 

Lanoline 1% ounces. 

White petrolatum 4^ ounces. 

Mix the lanoline and petrolatum, and then 
incorporate the glycerine; flavor with otto 
of rose or oil of ylang ylang, and put up in 
jars or collapsible tubes. 

"This is the finest preparation of its kind 
I have ever seen," says Mr. Frank Edel in the 
Spatula. It is easily made and keeps per- 
fectly." 



4016. Borico-salicylic Glycerine. 

C. & D. 

This is an excellent antiseptic, and the 
addition of a small percentage of it to any 
glycerine-preparation for the hands and face 
is decidedly beneficial: 

Boric acid 1 ounce. 

Salicylic acid 1 ounce. 

Distilled water 1 ounce. 

Glycerine 3 ounces. ' 

Put the whole of the ingredients in a flask, 
bring to the boil, and add 45 grains of cal- 
cined magnesia. Continue the heating until 
all the water has evaporated, and, when cold, 
make up to 5 fluid ounces with glycerine. 



4011. Boro-glyceride Lanolin. 

Boric acid 5 drams. 

Glycerine 2% ounces. 

Distilled water 1% ounces. 

Dissolve by the aid of heat and add— 

Anhydrous lanoline 11 ounces. 

' Olive oil 4 ounces. 

Mix well. 

This is put up in collapsible tubes; per- 
fume to taste. 



4018. Toilet Cream (not a jelly). 

Lanoline 1 ounce. 

Almond oil 1 ounce. 

Oleate of zinc (powder).... 3 drams. 

Ext. white rose 1% drams. 

Glycerine..' 2 drams. 

Rose water 2 drams. 

Mix. 



4019. Camphor Cream. 

White petrolatum 3% pounds. 

Beef suet 1 pound. 

White wax 1% pounds. 

Spermaceti % pound. 

Camphor 1 pound. 

Melt and pour into moulds. 



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4020. Camphor Ice. A 

White petrolatum 2 pounds. 

White wax, pure 2 pounds. 

Gum camphor 4 ounces. 

White rosin 4 ounces. 

Glycerin 16 fl. ounces. 

Melt, and stir well; when nearly cool pour 
into moulds. 



4021. Camphor Ice. B 

White petrolatum 2 pounds. 

Paraffin wax, hard 2 pounds. 

Gum camphor 4 ounces. 

White rosin 4 ounces. 

Glycerin 16 fl. ounces. 

Melt, and stir well; when nearly cool pour 
into moulds. 

4022. Iiime Juice and Glycerine. A 

Borax % ounce. 

Boiling water to dissolve 

borax 10 ounces. 

When cold add — 

Oil of sweet almonds 20 ounces. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

4023. Lime Juice and Glycerine. B 

Carbonate of potash % ounce. 

Hot water 10 ounces. 

Olive oil 20 ounces. 

Stronger water of ammonia Y 2 ounce. 

Oil of lemon % ounce. 

Dissolve the carbonate of potash in the 
water; add the oil gradually, shaking after 
each addition. Then add the oil of lemon and 
lastly, the water of ammonia. 



4024. Freckle Cream. 

Red iodide of mercury.... 40 grains. 

Oleate of zinc, powdered.. 1% ounces. 

Lanoline 15 ounces. 

White petrolatum oil 5 ounces. 

Glycerin 2 ounces. 

Extract of white rose % ounce. 

M. S. A. 

4025. Remedy for Removing Freckles. 

From the Scientific American Encyclopedia. 

A Good Remedy for Removing Freckles.— 
Kulphocarbolate of zinc, 1 ounce; glycerine, 
Y2 ounces; rose water, 12 ounces; alcohol, 3 
ounces; spirits of neroli, % dram. Mix then! 
To be applied twice a day, leaving it on for 
half an hour to one hour. 

The following is recommended by the 
Druggists' Circular as a preparation for this 
purpose which does not contain mercury: 
Ammonium chloride, 1 dram; distilled water, 
7 ounces; cologne water, 2 drams. 



4026. Remedy for Freckles. 

1. The following is quoted by New Reme- 
dies from a German medical journal: Sul- 
phocarbolate of zinc, 2 parts; glycerine, 2."> 
parts; rose water, 25 parts; spirits, 5 parts. 
Dissolve and mix. 

The freckled skin is to be anointed with 
this twice daily, and allowed to stay on 
from one-half to one hour, and then washed 
off with cold water. Anaemic persons should 
also take a mild ferruginous tonic. In the 
sunlight a dark veil should be worn. 

2. Scrape horse-radish into a cup of cold 
sour milk, let stand twelve hours, strain, 
and apply two or three times a day. 

4027. Hydrokinone Wash for the Skin. 

Hydrokinone 48 grains. 

Acid phosphoric glac 30 grains. 

Glycerine 2 drams. 

Aqua dest 6 ounces. 

Misce. 

These two lotions are stated to give excel- 
lent results, especially the latter. They are 
to be applied to the skin of the face, etc.. in 
the usual way at least twice in the course of 
twenty-four hours, after it has been washed 
and dried carefully. If the skin be of the 
nature known as "greasy," a preliminary 
wash with tepid water containing a few drops 
sal volatile or liq. ammon. fort, is advisable. 



4028. Albadermine. 

Under this empirical title, a process of re- 
moving "tan" and the milder variety of 
"freckles," a foreign surgeon has devised the 
following: 

Solution A. 

Potass, iodid 2 drams. 

Iodine pur 6 grains. 

Glycerine 3 drams. 

Infus. rose 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the iodide of potassium in a small 
quantity of the infusion and a dram of the 
glycerine; with this fluid moisten the iodine 
in a glass mortar and rub it down, gradually 
adding more liquid until complete solution 
has been obtained; then stir in the remainder 
of the ingredients, and bottle the mixture. 



4029. Albadermine. 

Solution B. 
Sodae hyposulph, thiosul- 

phate 1V-2 ounce-. 

Aqua rose exot 1 pint. 

Dissolve and filter. 

With a small camel's hair pencil or 
piece of fine sponge apply a little of "Al- 
badermine A" to the tanned or freckled sur- 
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brownish yellow skin has been produced. At 
the expiration of fifteen or twenty minutes 
moisten a piece of cambric, lint, or soft rag 
with "B," and lay it upon the affected part, 
removing, squeezing away the liquid, soak- 
ing it afresh, and again applying until the 
iodine stain has disappeared. Repeat the en- 
tire process thrice daily, but diminish the 
frequency of the application if tenderness be 
produced. In the course of three to four 
days to as many weeks, the freckles will 
either have disappeared entirely or their in- 
tensity will be greatly diminished. "Summer 
freckles" yield very speedily to this treat- 
ment. 

4030. Anti-Freckle lotion. 

Hydrarg. bichlor 12 grains. 

Acid hydrochlor, pure 3 drams. 

Fruct. amygd. amar 1% ounces. 

Glycerina, Price's 1 ounce. 

Tinct. benzoin 2 drams. 

Aqua flor. aurant q. s. 

Dissolve the corrosive sublimate in 3 
ounces of the orange flower water, add the 
hydrochloric acid, and set aside. Blanch the 
bitter almonds, and bruise them in a Wedg- 
wood mortar, adding thereto the glycerine 
and using the pestile vigorously; a smooth 
paste is thus obtained. Then add gradually 
about 9 ounces of the orange flower water, 
stirring constantly, continuing this operation 
until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. 
Subject this to violent agitation — preferably 
with the aid of a mechanical egg whisk — and 
allow the tincture of benzoin to fall into it 
the while drop by drop. Then add the mer- 
curial solution, filter, and make up the whole 
to the measure of 1 imperial pint, with more 
orange flower water. 

This preparation is recommended to us by 
an eminent dermatologist as being invariably 
efficacious in the treatment of ephelis, and 
always greatly ameliorating lentigo, even if 
it does not entirely decolorize the patches in 
the latter case. A general whitening of the 
skin is produced by this lotion without any 
irritation. It is as w r ell, however, not to apply 
it to any abraded surfaces. It has been found 
far superior in practice to a preparation — 
which it somewhat resembles — sold at a 
high price in Paris under the name of Lait 
Antiphelique. 

4031. Bismuth Ointment for Freckles. 

Bismuthi subnit 3 drams. 

Ung. simp 2 ounces. 

Fiat ung. 

Apply to the face, etc., at night, and re- 
move in the morning with a little cold cream 
previous to washing. This is from a private 
American source. 



4033. Copper Oleate for Freckles, etc. 

This is a much more effective and reliable 
ointment for the purpose than the preceding 
which is really only suited for the milder 
form of sunburn, while the oleate of copper 
will remove the more persistent and obsti- 
nate lentigo. It is thus prepared: 

Cupri oleas, ver 1 ounce. 

Petrogell. alb. Burgoyne's. 3 ounces. 

Incorporate thoroughly without heat. 

This is to be applied in the same manner 
as the preceding, washing the surface of the 
skin, however (after the cold cream), about 
every third morning, with a little weak am- 
monia water in order to prevent any inadvert- 
ent accumulation of copper. 



4033. Cosmetic Gloves. 

Mock kid or lamb-skin gloves rubbed over, 
on the inside, with a composition of the fol- 
lowing kind: Spermaceti cerate (hardest, 
melted), 5 ounces; balsam of Peru, 1 dram; 
stir for five minutes, pour off the clear por- 
tion, add of oil of nutmeg, y 2 dram; oil of 
cassia. 12 to 15 drops; essence of ambergris, 
12 to 15 drops; and stir the whole until cold. 
Worn by ladies in bed, at night, to soften 
and blanch the hands, and to prevent and 
cure chaps and chilblains. 

4034. Solidified Glycerine for Toilet Use. 

Transparent soap, 1% ounces; water, 6 
ounces; inodorous glycerine, 36 ounces. Dis- 
solve the soap in the water by heat, add an 
equal weight of glycerine. When dissolved, 
add the rest of the glycerine, water q. s. to 
make up the weight. When nearly cold add 
any perfume desired. Put in glass jars. It 
is of a pale amber color, and is transparent. 



LOTIONS. 



These preparations, popularly called 
"washes," are local external applications 
consisting of water, or some simple aqueous 
vehicle, holding in solution medicinal or cos- 
metic substances. Medicinal lotions are 
usually applied by wetting a piece of linen 
with them, and keeping it on the part 
affected; cosmetic lotions, by simply moisten- 
ing the skin with them. 

4035. Acetic Lotion . 

Acetic Lotion — Take of good strong vine- 
gar, 1 part; water, 2 or 3 parts; mix. In 
bruises, contusions, sprains, etc., and as a 
general refrigerant wash or lotion to sound 
parts; also to remove freckles. 






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4036. Lotion of Acetate of Lead. 

Lotion of Acetate of Lead.— Take of sugar 
of lead, % ounce; distilled or soft water, 1 
pint; dissolve. Sometimes a little vinegar 
is added, a like quantity of water being 
omitted. Used in excoriations, burns, 
sprains, contusions, etc. : also as an occa- 
sional cosmetic wash by persons troubled with 
eruptions. 

4037. Acetic Acid Lotion for Baldness. 

Lotion of Acetic Acid for Baldness.— The 
following lotion is superior for a shampooing 
liquid, for removing dandruff, and as a useful 
and pleasant application for baldness. It is. 
of course, moderately stimulating, and in 
those cases in which the hair follicles are 
not destroyed, but have become merely inac- 
tive, it is likely to prove efficacious. Take 
of acetic acid, 1 dram; cologne water, 1 
ounce; water, to make in all 6 ounces. 



4038. Aluni Lotion. 

Alum Lotion.— Take of alum (crushed), I 1 ? 
drams; distilled or soft water, 1 pint; dis- 
solve. A little rose water may be introduced 
to scent it. 



4039. Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion. A 

Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion. — 1. Take of ar- 
senious acid (solid or crystallized). 3 to 5 
grains; crush it to a fine powder, place it in 
a jug or basin; pour on it of distilled or soft 
water (boiling), % pint ; and promote solu- 
tion by constantly stirring the liquid for some 
time with a small glass rod or a clean piece 
of wood. After repose, and when cold, pour 
off the clear solution into a clean bottle, care- 
fully observing not to disturb the sediment 

• r any undissolved portion, which must be 
entirely rejected. To the clear liquid add, 
of eau de rose (foreign), 1 ounce; glycerine 

• Price's), 1 ounce; and after mixture, by agi- 
tation, further add enough cold distilled 
water or pure soft water to make the whole 
measure exactly one pint. It should tben 
l»e poured into 5-ounce or 6-ounce bottles, 
only one of which, for safety, should be kept 
out for use. 



4040. Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion. B 

2. As the last, but adding, with the arse- 
nious acid, an equal weight of carbonate of 
potassium. This addition facilitates the so- 
lution of the former, but the product is said 
to be slightly less effective as a cosmetic 
wash. 



4041. Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion. C 

3. Solution of arsenite of potassa, 1 fl." 
ounce; eau de rose, 1 fl. ounce; glycerine 
(Price's), % ounce; distilled or pure soft 
water (cold), 1 pint: mix. A convenient 
formula, but less esteemed than No. 1. 



4042. Bichloride of Mercury Lotion. 

Lotion of Bichloride of Mercury. — Corrosive 
sublimate (in coarse powder), 10 grains; dis- 
tilled water, 1 pint; agitate them together 
until solution is complete. The addition of 
5 or 6 grains of pure sal ammoniac or 5 or 6 
drops (.not more) of hydrochloric acid, in- 
creases the solvent action of the water, and 
renders the preparation less liable to suffer 
change, but it is not otherwise advanta- 
geous. When absolutely pure distilled water 
is not used, this addition of acid should be 
made to prevent decomposition. Some per- 
sons dissolve the sublimate in 2 or 3 fluid 
drams of rectified spirit before adding the 
water, to facilitate the process: but this also. 
though convenient, is unnecessary. This is 
a deadly poison. 



4043. Borax Lotion. A 

Lotion of Borax. — 1. Borax (powderedi, 2% 
drams; distilled water. % pint. Mix. An 
effective wash for sore gums, sore nipples, 
excoriations, etc. ; applied twice or thrice 
daily, or oftener. 



4044. Borax Lotion. B 

2. Borax (powdered), 3 drams; glycerine. s 4 
ounce; rose water or elder flower water. 12 
ounces. Mix. 



4045. Cherry Laurel Lotion. 

Cherry Laurel Lotion, Cherry Laurel Shav- 
ing Wash. — Cherry laurel water (genuine, dis- 
tilled). 2 fluid ounces; rectified spirits, 1 fluid 
ounce; glycerine, i? ounce; distilled water. 
T 1 ^ fluid ounces. Mix. TTsed to allay irri- 
tation of the skin, particularly after shaving. 
the part being moistened with it by means of 
the tips of the fingers; also used as a wash 
for freckles and acne, and to remove es 
sive moistness or greasiness of the hair. 



4046. Lotion of Chlorate of Potassium. 

Lotion of Chlorate of Potassium.— Take of 
chlorate of potassium (powdered) % ounce: 
distilled water, *£ pint; rose water, 4 or. 
glycerine, 1 ounce. Dissolve. 



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4047. Face Lotion. 

Face Lotion. — As a face lotion, oatmeal 
made into a paste with glycerine 2 parts, 
water, 1 part, and applied to the face at 
night, with a mask worn over, will give in 
a short time, if faithfully pursued, a youthful 
appearance to the skin. 

4048. Lotion to Remove Freckles. 

Freckles, Lotion to Remove. — Alum and 
lemon juice, of each, 1 ounce; rose water, 1 
pint. Bathe the face three or four times 
daily. 

4049. Glycerine Lotion. A 

Glycerine Lotion. — 1. Glycerine (pure), 1 
ounce; distilled or pure soft water, 19 ounces. 
Mix. A good strength for daily use as a cos- 
metic wash, or as a vehicle for other ingredi- 
ents, for which purpose it is greatly prefer- 
able to milk of almonds; also as a lotion to 
allay itching and irritation of the skin, pre- 
vent chaps, excoriation the effects of weather, 
climate, etc. It is likewise applied to the 
hair instead of oil. 

4050. Glycerine Lotion. B 

2. Glycerine, 1 ounce; distilled water, 9 
ounces. Mix. A proper strength when 
more marked effects are desired; as in 
chapped hands, lips, nipples, obstinate exco- 
riations, abrasions, chafings, sun -burns, per- 
sistent roughness or hardness of the skin, 
etc. 



4051. Emollient Glycerine Lotion. 

Lotion. Emollient Glycerine. — Take of mu- 
cilage of quince seeds, 6 fl. ounces; glycer- 
ine, 1 fl. ounce: orange flower water, 1 fl. 
ounce. Make a lotion. 



4052. Gowland's Lotion. 

G o w 1 a n d ' s L o t i o n. — Jordan almonds 
(blanched), 1 ounce; bitter almonds (do.: say 
7 to 9), 2 to 3 drams; distilled water, % pint; 
form them into an emulsion. To the 
strained emulsion, with agitation, gradiially 
add of bichloride of mercury (in coarse 
powder). 15 grains, previously dissolved in 
distilled water, % pint; after which further 
add enough distilled water (2 or 3 teaspoon- 
fuls) to make the whole measure exactly 3 
pint. 



4053. Horse Radish Lotion. 

Horse Radish Lotion (for the skin). — Horse 
radish root, 1% ouuces; boiling water, iy 2 
pints; borax, 3 drams. 
tan, etc. 



4054. Lotion of Iodide of Potassium. 

Lotion of Iodide of Potassium. — Iodide of 
potassium, 1 to 2 drams; distilled water, 1 
pint; dissolve. 



4055. Glycerine Lotion. 

Glycerine Lotion for Irritation of the 
Skin. — Mix 1% ounces glycerine with V/ 2 pints 
water. Allays itching, removes dryness, etc. 
For chapped hands or lips, add 3 or 4^ drams 
borax. 



4056. 



Lemon Juice Solution. 



Lemon Juice Solution. — Fresh lemon juice. 

2 ounces; glycerine, 1 ounce; rose water or 
rain water, with 3 or 4 drops otto of roses 
added, 1 pint. Anoint the hands and face 

3 or 4 times daily, and allow to remain on 
several minutes before wiping. For clear- 
ing the complexion, and making the skin 
white and soft. 



4057. 



Mosquito Lotion. 



Mosquito Lotion. — Aqua ammonia, 2 ounces; 
glycerine, 1 ounce; rose water, S ounces. 



4058. 



Sulpliureted Lotion. 



Sulphureted Lotion. — 1. Sulphuret of potas- 
sium, 1 dram; distilled water, 1 pint; dis- 
solve. Used to render the skin soft, white, 
and smooth, particularly when there is a tend- 
ency to slight eruptions of a pustular or 
vesicular character. One-half to 1 ounce 
glycerine improves it for present use. 



4059. Sulpliureted Lotion. B 

2. Sulphide of potassium, V/ 2 drams; water, 
y 2 pint; dissolve. A cleanly and effective 
remedy for itch, used twice or thrice daily. 
It does not soil the linen and leaves very 
little smell. 



4060. Sulphureted Lotion. C 

3. (Cazenave.) Sulphuret of potassium, 1 
dram; white soft soap, 2 drams; water, 8 
ounces; dissolve. Used as the last; also to 
destroy pediculi. 



4061. Sun Burn Lotion. A 

Sun-burn Lotion. — 1. Two drams tincture of 

benzoin and 2 ounces rose water. Mix and 

Used for freckles, I shake well. This is an excellent recipe for 

! sun-burns. 



NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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4062. Sun Burn Lotion. B 

Acid citric 1 dram. 

Ferri sulphas pur IS grams. 

Caraphora q. s. 

Aq. flor. sauibu 3 ounces. 

The sulphate of iron must be in clear green 
crystals, unless the granulated form, which 
is preferable, be available, and in either case 
the salt should be fresh and free from oxi- 
dized portions, cr "rostiness;" it should be 
dissolved in half the elder flower water (.all of 
which is better, if not quite recently distilled, 
for being quickly raised to the boiling point 
and cooled out of contact of air before use), 
the citric acid being also in solution in the 
other half, and the two fluids mixed, filtered 
if necessary, and bottled immediately; a lump 
of camphor about the size of a small pepper- 
corn to be added to the contents of each 
bottle. 



4063. Milk of Roses. A 

English Milk of Roses.— 1. Almonds 
(blanched), l 1 ^ ounces: oil of almonds. 1% 
ounces; white soft soap, 1 dram; rose water. 
r \t pint; make an emulsion; to the strained 
emulsion add a mixture of essence or spirit 
of roses. 1 2 fluid dram; rectified spirit. 2% 
fl. ounces; and, subsequently, of rose water. 
q. s. to make the whole measure 1 pint. More 
spirit is often ordered and used; but much of 
it is apt to cause the separation of the ingre- 
dients. In many samples, and in the inferior 
ones generally, it is omitted altogether. Some 
makers add a few drops of oil of bergamot. 
with 2 or 3 drops each of oil of lavender 
and otto of roses, dissolved in the spirit. 



4064. 3Iilk of Roses. B 

2. Oil of almonds, 1 ounce: white soft soap. 
1 ounce: salt of tartar. H dram; boiling water. 
% pint; triturate and subsequently agitate 
until perfectly united. When cold, further 
add. of rectified spirit, 2 fl. ounces; spirit of 
roses, a few drops: rose water, q. s. to make 
the whole measure a pint. 



4065. Eczema Ointruent. 

Creolin 1 ounce. 

Yellow petrolatum 3 ounces. 

4066. Eczema of the Hands. A 

Creasoti 10 minims. 

Glycerin! 1 ounce. 

M. 

Apply with a feather, and wear a glove over 
the hand. 



4067. Eczema of the Hands. B 

Dr. Frank H. Barendt, writing in the Pro- 
vincial Medical Journal, recommends two ap- 
plications for the treatment of localized ecze- 
ma, viz. : 

Adepis benzoati "] 

Adepis lanae ' 

Amyli \ Equal parrs. 

Zinci oxidi 

M. Fiat pasta. 

This is a modification of Lassar's paste. 

Oxidi zinci ^ 

Amyli I Equal parts. 

Talci veneti j 

Tere bene. Fiat pulvis aspersorius. 
The paste is to be spread thickly over the 
affected area, then covered with bandages. 
If the patient avoid all wetting of the dress- 
ings it will expedite cure. Gloving of the 
hands is imperative, and, except when the 
paste is being renewed, the gloves, which 
should be two or three sizes too large, are to 
be worn continuously. The hands should be 
dressed after the day's work is done. As the 
eczema improves, the paste may be discarded 
and the dusting-powder copiously dredged 
into the fingers of the doves. 



4068. Startin's Remedy for Eczema 
Ruhrnm. 

Magnes. sulph % ounce. 

Tr. ferri mur 2 drams. 

Tr. zingib 1 dram. 

Tr. colchici 1 dram. 

Aq. ad S ounces. 

M. Ft. mist. 

One ounce bis terve in die. 

Ung. hyd. fort % dram. 

P. hyd. nit. ox 10 grains. 

Adeps recent 1 ounce. 

M. Ft. ung. 
Omne mane utend. 



4069. Sea Foam. 

Cologne spirits, 1SS per 

cent -i ounces. 

Castor oil 1 ounce. 

Oil of lavender 15 minims. 

Stronger water of ammonia y 2 ounce. 

Water q. s. to measure 16 ounces. 

Mix the oils and spirit; add the ammonia 
and enough water to make up to 16 ounces. 

4070. Ammonia Dry Shampoo. 

Powdered castile soap 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits. 188 per 

cent 16 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash % ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 10 drops. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



Oil of lemon 5 drops. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Aqua ammonia 5 ounces. 

Dissolve the oils and soap in the cologne 
spirits; add the potash and the water; let 
stand with occasional agitation for 3 days; 
filter, then add the ammonia. 



4071. Shampoo Liquid. A 

Ch. & Dr. 
Below we give a number of formulae 
from which a suitable one may be selected: 

Tinct. arnica 1 dram. 

Tinct. cantharides 2 drams. 

Water of ammonia 3 drams. 

Alcohol 8 fl. ounces. 

Soft water 8 fl. ounces. 

4073. Shampoo Liquid. B 

Aqua ammonia 2 fl. ounces. 

Tinct. cantharides 1 fl. ounce. 

Tinct. capsicum 1 ounce 

Alcohol 32 fl. ounces. 

Water 32 ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 1 ounce. 

4073. Shampoo Liquid. C 

Ammonia carbonate 4 drams. 

Borax 1 ounce. 

Dissolve in water 2 pints. 

Add: 

Glycerin 2 ounces. 

Jamaica rum 6 pints. 

Bay rum 2 pints. 

4074. Shampoo Liquid. D 

Alcohol 8 fl. ounces. 

Water 8 fl. ounces. 

Soap 2 fl. ounces. 

Carbonate of potash 4 drams. 

Oil of lavender 20 minims. 

Tinct. quillaia 2 fl. ounces. 

4075. Shampoo Liquid. E 

Glycerin 1 fl. ounce. 

Aqua ammonia 2 fl. ounces. 

Alcohol 16 fl. ounces. 

Water q. s. to make 32 fl. ounces. 

4076. Shampoo Liquid. F 

Carbonate of potash 1% drams. 

Tinct. cantharides 2 drams. 

Water of ammonia % ounce. 

Bay rum 1% ounces. 

Alcohol 1% ounces. 

Water 1% ounces. 



4077. Dandruff Pomade. 

Pilocarpine y 2 dram. 

Quinine hydrochlorate 1 dram. 

Precipitated sulphur 2% drams. 

Peruvian balsam 5 drams. 

Ox-bone marrow 3 ounces. 

Make a pomade. 

This is rather an expensive, but seemingly 
effective, article, proposed by the Pharm. 
Zeitung. 



4078. Pomade for Scurf. 

Ung. hydrarg. nitratis 3 drams. 

Cera alb y 2 dram. 

Vaselin 1 oz. 1 drm. 

M. 



4079. Brilliantine Clear and Inseperable. 

Castor oil, clear white 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 4 ounces. 

Tincture of rose 30 minims. 

Tincture of jasmin 15 minims. 

4080. Lip Salve Rose. 

White petrolatum 3 pounds. 

Purified beef suet iy 2 pounds. 

White wax, pure 1 pound. 

Spermaceti 6 ounces. 

Vermilion, to color q. s. 

Perfume with: 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Oil of rose geranium 3 ounces. 

Oil of sandalwood % ounce. 

Melt the wax and the fats together; when 
nearly cold add the perfume and stir in 
enough Chinese vermilion to give the salve 
a rose color. 



4081. Chapped Hands and Face. 

Ch. & Dr. 

An excellent remedy for chapped hands and 

face, and one that, if properly used, will cure 

the most painful cases in from twelve to 

twenty-four hours, is compounded as follows: 

Tr. benzoin, co 10 minims. 

Spt. vini. rect 2 drams. 

Aquae rosae 30 minims. 

Glycerini ad 1 ounce. 

M. 

Sig: Apply to chapped surfaces at night, 
after they have been washed with soap and 
warm water, and thoroughly dried. A sec- 
ond application is rarely required. This rem- 
edy is equally efficacious in the treatment of 
fissured, bleeding, and sore lips. — Med. 
Times. 



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4082. Plain Shaving Cream. 

Mutton suet 85 pounds. 

Coca nut oil 15 pounds. 

Potash, lye 50 pounds. 



4083. Stick Pomade.- Coudray's. 

Cosmetiques. 

Beef suet 4^2 pounds. 

Paraffin wax iy± pounds. 

Perfume with: 

Oil of lavender 1 ounce. 

Oil of red thyme y 2 ounce. 

Oil of myrbane 1 dram. 

Color with lamp black or burnt umber, as 
required. For pink color use vermilion q. s. 



4084. Stick Pomade.— Black. A 

Orange flower pomade 2 pounds. 

Cassie flower pomade y 2 pound. 

Petrolatum 4y 2 pounds. 

Yellow wax 8 pounds. 

Oil of cloves 1 ounce. 

Oil of white thyme 1 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 2 ounces. 

Oil of orange 2 ounces. 

Oil of nutmegs y± ounce. 

Lamp black, to color q. s. 

4085. Stick Pomade.— Black. B 

Suet iy 2 pounds. 

Wax y 2 pound. 

Germantown lampblack jounce. 

Venice turpentine 16 drams. 

Oil citronelle 5 1/3 drams. 

Oil of lemongrass 5% drams. 

Oil of lavender 2 2/3 drams. 

Oil of cinnamon 1 1/3 drams. 

Oil of cloves 1 1/3 drams. 



4086. Stick Pomade.— White. A 

Suet, or washed pomade.. Impounds. 

Wax, best white y 2 to 1 lb. 

Venice turpentine 10 drams. 

Bergamot oil y 2 dram. 

Cinnamon oil 1 1/3 drams. 

Lavender oil 20 drops. 

Cloves oil 40 drops. 

Citronelle oil % dram. 

Lemongrass oil % dram. 

4087. Stick Pomade.— Black. C 

Petrolatum, yellow 2 pounds. 

Paraffine, hard 4 pounds. 

Rosin, brown y 2 pound. 

Lamp black q. s. 

31 



4088. 



Stick Pomade.— White. 



Petrolatum, white 2 pounds. 

Paraffine, hard... 4 pounds. 

Rosin, pale yellow y 2 pound. 

Oil of lavender 1 dram. 

Oil of bergamot 1 dram. 

Oil of lemongrass y 2 dram. 

Oil of cassia y 2 dram. 



4089. Cocoa Nut Cream for the Hair. 

Castor oil, E. I. white.... 64 ounces. 

Cocoa nut oil, white 32 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 

cent 64 ounces. 

Perfume with 

Oil of lavender 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves y 2 ounce. 

Oil of cassia y 2 ounce. 

Oil of bergamot 1 ounce. 

Mix the cologne spirit with the castor oil, 
add the perfume, melt the cocoa nut and add 
to the other ingredients. 



HAIR PREPARATIONS. 



4090. Hair Oil, Perfume for. 

Oil of lavender 2 ounces. 

Oil of bergamot 2 ounces. 

Oil of lemon 2 ounces. 

Oil of cinnamon 1 dram. 

Oil of rosemary 2 drams. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 ounce. 

Oil of cloves 1 dram. 

Mix. 



4091. Hair Renewer. 

Lac. sulphur 3 ounces. 

Acetate of lead 1 ounce. 

Water, distilled 56 ounces. 

Glycerine 4 ounces. 

Tincture of rose or eau de 

cologne, farina 4 ounces. 

Triturate the lac. sulphur and glycerine to- 
gether in a mortar; dissolve the lead in the 
water and add to the sulphur and glycerine; 
then add the perfume. Stir well when bot- 
tling, so as to equalize the amount of sulphur 
in each bottle. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



4093. Quinine and Jaborandi Tonic for 
the Hair. 

Quinine sulphate 1 ounce. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. . 48 ounces. 
Fluid extract of jaborandi. 6 ounces. 

Glycerine 48 ounces. 

Bay rum 24 ounces. 

Water 48 ounces. 

Rose water 84 ounces. 

Vinegar of cantharides 6 ounces. 

Triturate the quinine in a mortar with the 
vinegar of cantharides; add the water and 
enough acetic acid to entirely dissolve the 
quinine; add the glycerine, cologne spirits, 
bay rum, jaborandi and rose water; add color, 
either red or brown, as may be desired, and 
filter. This is an excellent hair tonic. 



4093. Jaborandi Hair Tonic. 

Fluid extract of jarborandi 1 ounce. 
Spirits of ammonia aro- 
matic 4 ounces. 

Rose water 3 ounces. 

Glycerin % ounce. 

Mix the fluid extract with the spirits of am- 
monia; add the glycerin and rose water. 



4094. Hair Dye. 

Black or Brown. 

No. 1. 

Pyrogallic acid 2 ounces. 

Water, distilled 80 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per 
cent 16 ounces. 

Mix (for the large bottle). 

No. 2. 

Silver nitrate 4 ounces. 

Water, distilled 24 ounces. 

Ammonia water, 16°. q. s. or 8 ounces 

(for the small bottle ). 

Dissolve the silver in the distilled water; 
add the ammonia water slowly with frequent 
shaking, until the precipitate first formed is 
dissolved. For small size hair dye use %- 
ounce French squares for the No. 1, and y 8 - 
ounce French squares for No. 2. 

Directions. — First clean the hair from all 
oil or grease, by washing well with soap and 
water — and well rinsing the hair to remove 
the soap, then when dry, apply the contents 
of large bottle thoroughly (with a small brush 
Is best), then when again dry, use contents 
small bottle — with another brush — tooth 
brush will be found most convenient. If a 



brown color is desired, add a few drops of 
soft water to contents of small bottle. When 
the dye is well set, wash with clean water. 
If the skin is soiled, wipe it off with a wet 
cloth immediately. This hair dye is instan- 
eous in its effect — and is not injurious to the 
hair. Use in day-light. 

4095. Hair Dye. 

(One Solution Brown.) 

Nitrate of silver crystals. . 70 grains. 

Stronger water of ammonia q. s. 

Orange flower water % ounce. 

Glycerin % ounce. 

Distilled water, to make. .. 4 ounces. 

Dissolve the silver in 2 ounces of the water 
and add water of ammonia q. s. to dissolve 
the precipitate first formed. Then add the 
other ingredients, making up to 4 ounces with 
distilled water. 

Put up in dark glass bottles. 

Directions for Use: After the hair has been 
well washed with a little borax and water, 
apply the dye evenly with a soft brush night 
and morning until the proper tint is obtained. 
It is advisable to prevent, as far as possible, 
the skin coming into contact with the dye, 
Pomatum and oil must not be used whilst the 
dyeing process is being done. 



4096. Hair Colorer. A 

Nitrate of silver 6 grains. 

Nitrate of copper 6 grains. 

Water of ammonia q. s. 

Water, q. s. to make 1 ounce. 

Dissolve the nitrates in y 2 ounce of dis- 
tilled water, and add water of ammonia 
until the precipitate is dissolved. 



4097. Hair Colorer. B 

Permanganate of potash... 60 grains. 

Rose water 3 ounces. 

4098. Hair Colorer. C 

Pyrogallic acid 30 grains. 

Spirits, proof 1 ounce. 

Soda hyposulphite V 2 ounce. 

Water 3 ounces. 

Dissolve the pyro in the spirit, the soda in 
the water and mix them. 



4099. Hair Colorer. 

Pyrogallic acid 60 grains. 

Chloride of copper 4 grains. 

Cologne spirits, 1SS per ct % ounce. 

Water, q. s. to make up to 4 ounces. 



XOX-SECRET FORMULAS. 



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4100. Bismuth Hair Dye. 

No. 1. 
H. F. Meier gives the Druggists' Bulletin 
the following formula for a bismuth hair dye 
to produce either brown or Xo. 1. 

Bismuth subnitrate 200 grains. 

Water 2 ounces. 

Nitric acid, U. S. P. q. s. or 420 grains. 
Use heat to effect solution. 

Xo. 2. 

Tartaric acid 150 grains. 

Sodium bicarbonate 16S grains. 

Water 32 ounces. 

When effervescence of the latter has ceased, 
mix the cold liquids by pouring Xo. 1 into Xo. 
2, with constant stirring. Allow the precipi- 
tate to subside, transfer it to a filter or 
strainer, and wash with water until free 
from the sodium nitrate formed, as this salt 
would be an unnecessary impediment to the 
operation of the dye. The completeness of 
the washing can readily be determined by 
evaporating a few drops on a watch glass. 
If pure water has been used, no greater 
amount of residue should remain than the 
water itself will produce. Xow allow the 
magma to drain until its weight is reduced to 
at least 4 ounces. This can be readily de- 
termined without removing it from the filter 
and funnel if both have been previously 
weighed. Xow transfer the magma, which 
consists of bismuth tartrate, to a dish, and 
dissolve it by the addition of sufficient aqua 
ammoniac (About 90 to 100 minims of 
stronger water of ammonia, U. S. P., will be 
required.) Xow dissolve 100 grains of sodium 
hypospulphite in 3 ounces of water, and mix 
the two liquids. The total volume of the 
product should be 7 or S fluid ounces, which 
would make the solution contain about 10 
per cent of bismuth tartrate, the product 
from the above quantities being nearly 300 
grains. The author advises the addition of 1 
ounce of glycerin as calculated to make it 
more effective in coloring the hair, as this 
ingredient prevents entire drying out of the 
constituents, and thus favors a continuation 
of the decomposition. Should it be desired to 
produce a jet black, this may be accomplished 
(after the dye given above has first been ap- 
plied and allowed to dry) by the application 
of a solution of an alkaline sulphide. It is 
not necessary that the latter salt should be 
absolutely pure, as the commercial sulphide 
of potassium answers quite well if fresh or 
undecomposed. The application of the dye 
and mordant is usually made by means of a 
tooth brush and comb, so as to avoid staining 
the scalp. The author points out that this 
dye is presumably harmless, while silver and 
lead dyes are known to be dangerous. 



DENTAL PREPARATIONS. 



4101. Cherry Tooth Paste. 

Precipitated chalk 6^4 pounds. 

Rose pink, powdered 3 pounds. 

Orris root, powdered 10 ounces. 

Gum myrrh, powdered 1 ounce. 

Oil of bitter almonds, sine 

Prussic acid 60 minims. 

Oil of cloves 15 minims. 

Saccharin 60 grains. 

Tincture of jasmine 4 ounces. 

Glycerine ~i of each 

Clear water j equal parts 

to make a paste. 

Place the chalk, rose pink, orris root and 
myrrh in a large mortar (having first sifted 
them to remove grit). Dissolve the oils and 
saccharin in the tincture of jasmine and mix 
with 1 quart of glycerin and 1 quart of clear 
water; triturate the powders with this and 
continue adding water and glycerine, mixed, 
in equal parts, until the paste is of the right 
consistence. 



4103. Rose Tooth Paste. 

Precipitated chalk 6% pounds. 

Rose pink, powdered 3 pounds. 

Orris root, powdered 10 ounces. 

Oil of rose 30 minims. 

Oil of rose geranium 15 minims. 

Saccharin 60 grains. 

Tincture of rose 4 ounces. 

Glycerine ^ of each 

Clear water 7. . J equal parts 

to make a paste. 

Proceed as directed for Cherry Tooth 
Paste. 



4103. Charcoal Tooth Paste. 

Willow charcoal, powdered 6*4 pounds. 

Orris root, powdered 1% pounds. 

Saccharin 50 grains. 

Oil of rose geraniol 30 minims. 

Oil of wintergreen 5 minims. 

Tincture of cassie 3 ounces. 

Glycerine ^ of each 

Clear water , J equal parts 

to make a paste. 

Proceed as directed fcr Cherry Tooth 
Paste. 



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NON-SECRET FORMULAS. 



4104. Fragrant Tooth Powder. 

Precipitated chalk 2 pounds. 

Cream of tartar 2 ounces. 

Powdered gum myrrh 2 ounces. 

Powdered orris root 4 ounces. 

Powdered sugar 4 ounces. 

Powdered rose pink 8 ounces. 

Mix and nin through sifter and mixer 
twice. 



4105. Saponaceous Tooth Powder. 

Precipitated chalk sy 2 pounds. 

Powdered orris root 8 ounces. 

Powdered castile soap 8 ounces. 

Oil of wintergreen 1 dram. 

Oil of cloves 1 dram. 

Oil of peppermint 2 drops. 

Mix and run through sifter and mixer 
twice. 



4106. Quinine Tooth Powder. 

Precipitated chalk 16 ounces. 

Quinine sulphate 30 grains. 

Powdered borax % ounce. 

Powdered soda bicarb y 2 ounce. 

Powdered saccharin 30 grains. 

Powdered orris root 2 ounces. 

Oil of rose geraniol 15 minims. 

Oil of cloves 5 minims. 

Mix and run through sifter and mixer 
twice. 



4107. Carbolic Tooth Powder. 

Precipitated chalk 16 ounces. 

Boric acid y 2 ounce. 

Powdered cinchona bark. . . y 2 ounce. 

Powdered pumice 1 ounce. 

Powdered soda bicarb y 2 ounce. 

Powdered saccharin 30 grains. 

Powdered orris root 2 ounces. 

Carbolic acid 1 dram. 

Oil of rose geranium 1 dram. 

Oil of cloves 10 drops. 

Oil of peppermint 5 drops. * 

Mix and run through sifter and mixer 
twice. 



4108. Saponaceous Tooth Wash.— Antiseptic. 

Castile soap, white 2 ounces. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 48 ounces. 

Water 56 ounces. 

Menthol 20 grains. 

Boric acid y 2 ounce. 

Simple syrup 8 ounces. 

Glyecrine 2 ounces. 



Oil of wintergreen 60 minims. 

Oil of peppermint 60 minims. 

Oil of cloves 15 minims. 

Oil of cassia 10 minims. 

Carmine solution, ammoni- 

ated q. s. 

Caramel q. s. 

Dissolve the oils, menthol and boric acid 
in the cologne spirits; dissolve the soap in 
the water; add the glycerin and syrup; mix 
the two solutions by pouring the spirituous 
solution into the watery solution, stirring 
slowly the while; add the coloring and filter 
at a low temperature. 



4109. Fragrant Tooth Wash. 

Cologne spirits, 188 per ct. 48 ounces. 

Boric acid y 2 ounce. 

Thymol 60 grains. 

Glycerine 5 ounces. 

Syrup 4 ounces. 

Glycerine 2 ounces. 

Water 56 ounces. 

Oil of eucalyptus 40 minims. 

Oil of wintergreen 60 minims. 

Dissolve the oils, thymol and boric acid in 
the cologne spirits; add the water, glycerin 
and syrup. Filter. 



4110. Depilatory. 

(C. & D.) 

Sodium sulphide 3 drams. 

Quicklime iy^ ounces. 

Powdered starch 1% ounces. 

Mix. 

To be made into a paste with water and 
applied to the hairy part. In three or four 
minutes wipe it off with the back of a knife. 



4111. Bust Developer. 

Ferri sulphat 8 grains. 

Acid, sulph. aroma t % dram. 

S. V. R 1 ounce. 

Syrupi 4 ounces. 

Syr. rhoeados y 2 ounce. 

Aq. ad 8 ounces. 

M. 

The directions for using the preparation re- 
veal the cause of any improvement which may 
follow the use of the medicine. They are 
to the following effect: 

A teaspoonful is to be taken in a little cold 
water three times a day — once after break- 
fast, once after dinner, and once again just 
before retiring to rest; also the breasts should 
be gently rubbed at least twice a day — say, 
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direction, and as the rubbing assists greatly 
the elixir in its effects, it should be continued 
each time for at least fifteen minutes; in fact, 
the longer it is continued the better. 

Obviously the massage for fifteen minutes 
is sufficient in itself to effect the purpose. 



4112. Removal of Warts. 

Dr. Morison, of Baltimore, prescribes the 
following as an application: 

Hydrarg. bichlor 5 grains. 

Ac. salicyl 1 dram. 

Collodii 1 ounce. 

To be applied once a day, the upper crust 
of a previous application being removed before 
a fresh one is made. Four such applications 
generally soften the wart to such a degree 
that gentle traction removes it painlessly, the 
further dressing being any simple ointment. 



4113. Wart Powder. 

The following is effective for removing 
warts: 

Salicylic acid 5 parts. 

Boric acid 15 parts. 

Calomel 30 parts. 

Mix and make into a fine powder. Put up 
in small glass tubes, with the direction to rub 
a small portion on the wart thrice daily. 



4114. Lotion for Removing Wrinkles. 

And improving the complexion. 
Pulv. sapon. castil. alb.... 2 drams. 

Pulv. boracis 1 dram. 

Lanolin 7 drams. 

Ol. cocos 3 drams. 

Aq 7 drams. 

Rub together for a quarter of an hour, then 
add gradually and with constant stirring: 

Aq. rose (at 104 F.) 10 ounces. 

Shake well and perfume. 

This makes a nice milky lotion. 

4115. Table for Diluting Alcohol or Cologne 

Spirits. 



85% alcohol= 
80% alcohol= 
75% alcobol= 
70% alcohob 
65% alcohol= 
60% alcohol= 
55% alcohol= 
50% alcohol= 
45% alcohol= 
40% alcohol- 
35% alcohoh 
30% alcohol = 
25% alcohol= 
20% alcohol= 
15% alcohol= 
10% alcohob 
5% alcohol= 



=17 vol. 
=16 vol. 
=15 vol. 
=14 vol. 
=13 vol. 
=12 vol. 
=11 vol. 
=10 vol. 
= 9 vol. 
= 8 vol. 
= 7 vol. 
= 6 vol. 
5 vol. 
= 4 vol. 
= 3 vol. 
= 2 vol. 
= 1 vol. 



of alcohol-f 2 
of alcohol+ 3 
of alcohol-}- 4 
of alcohol-f 5 
of alcohol+ 6 
of alcohol+ 7 
of alcohol-i- 8 
of alcohol+ 9 
of alcohol+10 
of alcohol+11 
of alcohol +12 
of alcohol-f 13 
of alcohol+14 
of alcohol+15 
of alcohol+16 
of alcohol+17 
of alcohol+18 



of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water, 
of water. 



I N D EX. 



Acid Phosphate Solution— OSS, 2820. 

Acid Stains, To Remove— 2107-2110. 

Acid Tonic Mixture — 50. 

Acne— S90-S91. 

Adams Cough Cure — 575. 

Agueine — 710. 

Ague Preparations — 710-714. 

Alabaster, To Clean— 2111, 2112. 

Ale, Ginger Extract— 2623. 

Ale, Ginger Syrup— 2624. 

Alizarine Ink— 2323. 

Alkali Stains— 2113, 2363. 

Alkaline Mixture. N. Y. Hospital— 1241, 1242. 

Alkaline Tar Water— 1207. 

Alkaline Tonic Mixture— 51, 52, 1884. 

Allii Syrup— 2652. 

Aloes and Iron Pills— 12S7. 

Alteratives — 1-25. 

Alterative, Indian — 4. 

Alterative Juice — 21. 

Alum Eye Water — 857. 

Ambrosia Powder — 739. 

Ammonia, Acetate of, Solution — 1267. 

Ammonia, Acetate of, Solution, Cone. — 1266. 

Ammonia, Household — 1795. 

Ammonol — S23. 

Anaemia, Tonic For — 75. 

Anaesthetic Solution — 1827. 

Anatomical Specimens, To Preserve — 1842- 

1S49. 
Aniline Stains, To Remove — 2114. 
Animals, Stuffed, To Clean— 2115. 
Anise Seed Cordial— 992. 
Anodyne Cement — 1961. 
Anodyne Cream, For Catarrh — 644. 
Anodyne For Dentists— 1S2S, 1S29. 
Antacid Draught— 1865. 
Antibilious Pills— 1749. 
Anti-Cholera Mixture— S34. 
Anti-Cholera Mixture, N. Y. Sun— S42. 
Antikamnia— S24. 
Anti-Malarial Pills— 1768. 
Anti-Pain Powder— 826. 
Anti-Periodic Pills— 1288. 
Antipyretics and Antiseptics — S22-829. 
Anti-Rheumatic Mixture — 1259. 
Antisepticina— S29. 
Antiseptic Mixture — 829. 
Antiseptics and Antipyretics — S22-S29. 
Antiseptic Snuff — 1859. 
Antiseptic Solutions— 1200. 
Antiseptic Wound Mixture— 827, 828. 
Ants. To Destroy— 1944. 
Aperient Lozenge — 744. 
Aperient Medicines— 183-197, 361-306, 539-541. 



Aperient Powder, For Horses — 34S8. 
Apormorphine Hyd. Syrup — 2653. 
Apple, Extract Of— 2616. 
Aqua Anethi— 2S60. 

Anisi— 2S61. 

Aurantii Flor— 2S62. 

Camphora— 2S63. 

Carui— 2S64. 

Chloroformi— 2865. 

Cinnamomi— 2866. 

Creasoti— 2867. 

Foeniculi— 2868. 

Lauro-Cerasi— 2S69. 

Menth. Pip— 2S70. 

Menth. Virid.— 2871. 

Pimentae— 2872. 

Rosae— 2873. 
Aristol— 825. 
Arnica Jelly— 2637. 

Liniment — 745, 747. 

Opodeldoc— 764. 

Salve— 778. 
Aromatic Cascara — 57. 
Aromatic Cod Liver Oil— 1807, 1S09. 
Aromatic Ginger Ale, Essence — 955. 
Aromatic Wine — 74. 
Arsenical Pills — 1751. 
Arsenical Solution, Clemen's— 1771. 
Artificial Sea Water— 1950. 
Artistic Enamel, Black— 2543. 
Asafetida Syrup— 2654. 
Asthma Cigarettes — 634. 
Asthma Cures— 630-637. 
Asthma Cure, Dick's— 629. 
Asthma Inhalant — 633. 
Asthma Mixture — 632. 
Asthma Mixture, (Potter)— 631. 
Asthma Powders — 635-637. 
Asthma Syrup— 630. 

Ayer's Formula For Sarsaparilla — 1800. 
Baby Dusting Powder — 907. 
Baby Powder— 1222, 1S53-1858. 
Baby Quinine, A — 711. 
Baby Quinine, B — 712. 
Baking Powder, Cream Tartar— 2590. 
Baking Powder, General Directions For Mix- 
ing— 2594. 
Baking Powder, Phosphate, 1 Spoon— 2588. 
Baking Powder. Phosphate, 2 spoons— 2589. 
Baking Powder, Quick Rising— 2591. 
Baking Powder, Salt Rising— 2592. 
Baking Powder, Straight Alum, 1 spoon— 2586. 
Baking Powder, Straight Alum, 2 spoon— 2587. 
Ball Camphor— 800. 
Balls, Scouring— 2116, 2117. 



(487) 



488 



INDEX. 



Balm of Roses-^009. 


Bitters, Wood's— 34. 


Balsam Aniseed— 58G. 


Wormwood— 998. 


Balsam Cream, For Catarrh — 645. 


Bitter Wine of Iron— 71, 1262. 


Balsam, Honey and Aniseed — 579. 


Bitter Wine of Iron, Mitchell's — 72. 


Banana, Extract Of— 2612. 


Blackberry, Arom. Syr. N. F.— 2656. 


Barbers' Itch Ointment — 785. 


Blackberry Cordial— 39. 


Barometer Tubes, To Clean— 2118. 


Blackberry Brandy — 39. 


Barrels, To Cleanse— 2119. 


Black Currant Lozenges — 1346. 


Barsaloux Sauce — 2585. 


Blacking Paste For Shoes — 2544. 


Bartholow, Cholera Cure— 838. 


Blackboard, To Remove Grease From — 2120 


Bateman's Drops — 1837. 


Blackboard Paint— 1952. 


Baths, Toning— 3469, 3470. 


Blankets, To Clean— 2121, 2122. 


Bay Rum, A— 3933. 


Blaud's Pills— 1286. 


Bay Rum, B— 3934. 


Blistering Ointment, For Horses — 790. 


Bay Rum, C— 3935. 


Blood Cleanser — 9. 


Bay Rum, D— 3936. 


Herbs— 18. 


Beading, For_ Spirit— 1015. 


And Kidney Tea— 723. 


Bed Bug Exterminator— 1930. 


And Liver Syrup — 25. 


Bed Bug Poison— 1892. 


Mixture — 10. 


Bed Wetting In Children— 524. 


Mixture, Clark's — 14. 


Beef, Celery and Sarsaparilla — 23. 


Purifier, Robson's — 11. 


Beef, Iron and Wine— 68, 69, 1871, 1872. 


Purifiers— 1-25. 


Beef and Malt Wine— 945. 


Purifying Mixture — 17, 19. 


Beef Wine— 67-69. 


Remedy — 12. 


Beer, Ginger— 960-962. 


Renovator — 48. 


Ginger, Powders— 963, 964. 


Stains, To Remove— 2123-2125. 


Herb Extract— 951. 


Tonic — 47. 


Hop— 965. 


Blue Prints— 3273-3277. 


Hop, Bitter— 941. 


Bluing Disinfectant— 2515. 


Lemon— 966, 967. 


Indigo, Wash— 2513. 


Maple— 968-970. 


Liquid— 2516. 


Molasses — 971. 


Prussian Wa'sh — 2514. 


Ottawa— 972. 


Wash— 2512. 


Peruvian— 973. 


Boils, Ointment For— 794, 795. 


Root— 974-977, 987. 


Bones and Ivory, To Clean— 2126-2333. 


Spruce— 978-984. 


Books, To Clean— 2137-2143. 


Table— 985. 


Boracic Acid Powders — 571. 


Tonic— 986. 


Boracic Acid Salve — 780. 


Benzine, Deodorized — 2506. 


Borated Talcum — 4005. 


Benzine Jelly— 2502. 


Borosalicylat — 871. 


Beverages— 940-1199. 


Bottle Capping— 1958-1960. 


Bergoline OiLSpray, For Catarrh — 040. 


Bottles, To Clean— 2147, 2148. 


Beverages, Preservative For — 940. 


Brandy — Blackberry — 39. 


Bicycle Cement For Tires— 1962. 


British— 1014. 


Bijou Cleaning Fluid — 2505. 


Cherry— 1001. 


Biliousness, Mixtures For — 132-138. 


Coloring— 1012. 


Bismuth Hair Dye — 4100. 


Jersey — 947. 


Bismuth Mixture — 568. 


Brass, To Clean— 2149-2169. 


Bismuth Mixture Co.— 701. 


Instruments— 2157-2161. 


Bitters, Aromatic — 46. 


Paste For— 2518, 2519, 2525. 


German Herb — 30. 


Breast Tea— 721. 


Hop— 40. 


Breath, Offensive— 1850. 


Iron Tonic— 26-29, 43, 44. 


Brilliantine — 4079. 


Orange— 37, 38, 997. 


British Brandy— 1014. 


Roback's— 31. 


Cordial— 1861. 


Samson's — 33. 


Oil— 751-753. 


Stoughton— 35. 


Britannia Metal, To Clean— 2170. 


Walton's— 32. 


Broadcloth, To Remove Stains From — 2171. 


Wild Cherry— 36. 


Bromides, Solution Of, Co. — 1791. 



INDEX. 



489 



Broinidia — 1791. 


Cascara Syrup — 2661. 


Bromidrosis Zinc Cream For — 888. 


Castanea Syrup — 2662. 


Broiiipton Hospital Cough Specific — 577. 


Castorina — 727. 


Brouclielixir — 578. 


Castor Oil Emulsion— 1820, 1821. 


Bronchial Lozenges — 1348, 1349. 


Castroilina — 727. 


Bronchitis, Infantile— 542-545. 


Catarrh Cream Anodyne — 644. 


Bronchitis Mixture— 404-412, 588, 626, 627. 


Balsam— 645. 


Bronchitis, Pills For— 628. 


Cures— 638-646. 


Bronze, To Clean— 2172. 


Cure Spray— 638-641. 


Bronze Statuary, To Clean— 2173. 


Snuff— 642. 


Brown Chlorodyne— 1S25. 


Sage's— 643. 


Brown Leather, Paste For — 2545. 


Catechol— 3349. 


Liquid Shoe Polish— 2548. 


Caterpillars, To Destroy — 1949. 


Ointment— 121S. 


Catsup, Tomato— 2566, 2567. 


Shoe Polish, A— 2546. 


Cattle Condiment— 3483. 


Shoe Polish, B— 2547. 


Cattle, Diseases of. Treatment— 3584-3616. 


Brunswick Black, For Grates — 2541. 


Balls— 3584. 


Brushes, To Wash— 2174. 


Cold— 3586. 


Buchu Elix. Comp. — 716. 


Cough— 3587. 


Wayne's— 715. 


Cowpox— 3588. 


Buckthorn Bark Syrup — 2657. 


Diarrhoea — 3589. 


Bust Developer — 4111. 


Draughts— 3585. 


Butter Coloring— 2096. 


Draught for Hoven — 3517. 


Butter Phosphorus— 1816. 


Eye Diseases — 3590. 


Caffeine Citrate Effervescing Gran. — 1297. 


Fardel-Bound— 3591. 


Hydro-Bromate Effervescing Gran. — 1305. 


Fattening Powder— 3502. 


Pyro. Comp.— 1306. 


Foot Disease— 3592. 


Seidlitz Powders— 1875. 


Foot and Mouth Disease — 3593. 


Calcium Lactophosphates Syr. — 2658. 


Foot Hoven— 3594. 


Calcium Phosphate— 2660. 


Inflammation of Brain — 3595. 


Calcium Phosphate. Wiegand's — 2659. 


Inflammation of Kidneys — 3596. 


Calculation of Equivalent Weights— 1294. 


Inflammation of Udder — 3597. 


Calico and Linen, To Clean— 2175. 


Jaundice — 3598. 


Calisaya Tonic— 42, 53, 1870. 


Lice— 3599. 


Calves Cordial— 3734. 


Milk, Bloody— 3601. 


Camphor Ball— 800. 


Milk, Blue— 3600. 


Canaries, Diseases of, Treatment — 3719-3723. 


Milk Fever— 3602. 


Asthma— 3719. 


Over-Eating— 3603. 


Diarrhoea— 3720. 


Pleuro-Pneumonia — 3604. 


Egg-Bound— 3721. 


Quinsey— 3605. 


Red Lice— 3722. 


Red-Water— 3606. 


Sore Feet— 3723. 


Rheumatism— 3608. 


Canary Food— 3509. 


Ringworm — 3607. 


Canvas, To Renovate — 2178. 


Scab— 3609. 


Capillaire— 1000. 


Stoppage— 3610. 


Capping For Bottles— 1958-1960. 


Suppression of Milk— 3611. 


Carbolic Oinment — 779. 


Tail Worm— 3612. 


Salve— 779. 


Tapeworm— 3613. 


Sponge — 1951. 


Thrush in Calves— 3014. 


Spray— 1201. 


Tonic— 3615. 


Carbolized Vaseline Ointment — 1216. 


White Scour— 3616. 


Carbutt's Hydrochinon Developer — 3384. 


Celery, Beef and Sarsaparilla — 23. 


Carbutt's Pyro. Developer— 340G. 


Celery Compound — 70. 


Carmalt's Pills— 1281. 


Celery, Ext. of— 2617. 


Carminatives— 569, 830-843. 1258. 


Celery Salt— 2570. 


Carpets, To Clean— 2179-2184, 2350. 


Celluloid, To Whiten— 21S6-21S7. 


Carraway Cordial — 993. 


Cement, Anodyne — 1961. 


Carriages, To Preserve — 2185. 


For Bicycle Tires— 1962. 


Cascara Cordial — 57. 


Casein— 1984. 



490 



INDEX. 



Cement, For China and Glass— 2071, 2072. 

For Metals— 19S5-200O. 

Metallic— 19S2, 19S3. 

For Mica— 2001. 

For Microscopes — 2002. 

For Minerals— 2003, 2004. 

For Mohr's— 2005. 

For Porcelain — 2075. 

Roman — 1963. 

For Roofs— 1964, 1965. 

For Rubber— 1966-1980, 2076. 

For Rust— 1981. 
Cerate, Indian— S13. 

Chairs, Cane Seated, Renovating — 2176, 2177. 
Chamois Skin, To Cleanse— 2358, 2359. 
Champagne Kola Essence — 956. 
Chandler's Chlorodyne— 1822. 
Chapped Hands and Face — 40S1. 
Chapped Hands, Ointment For — 792. 
Chartreuse — 959. 
Cheap Blood Mixture— 20. 
Cheltenham Salts— 1302. 
Cheltenham Salts, Efferv.— 1304. 
Chemicals and Drugs, To Pack for Export— 

1841. 
Chemical Food— 1851, 2694. 
Chemical Guano — 1957. 
Cherry Brandy— 1001. 
Cherry Cough Cure — 593. 
Cherry and Horehound — 592. 
Chest Colds-^445-460. 
Chilblain Cream, Vance's — 872. 

Cures— 860-878. 

Lints— 860-866. 

Ointments— 867-870, 873, 878. 
Children's Cough Syrup— 1832. 
Children's Hospital Formulas— 567-574. 
Children's Remedies — 517-574. 
Chill Pills— 1765. 
Chili Powder, Tasteless— 714. 
Chill Tonic, Tasteless— 713. 
China, To Clean— 2188. 
Chloral Hydrate Syr. Br— 2603. 
Chlorate Of Potash Mixture— 1231. 
Chloride Of Gold— 3437. 
Chlorides, Elixirs of— 1778-17S2. 
Chlorides Four, Taylor's — 2557. 
Chlorodynes— 1S22-1826. 
Chloroform Cough Mixture— 1234. 
Choleraic Diarrhoea — 843. 
Cholera Cramps— 838. 

Drops, Thielman's — S41. 

Mixture, Sun— 842. 
Chromos, To Clean— 2189.. 
Chronic Constipation Pills — 1750. 
Chronic Headache — 700. 
Chrysophanic Acid Oint. Cone. — 1217. 
Cinchona and Iron Mixture — 1240. 
Cinchona Wine— 1883. 



Cinnamon Cordial — 1002. 
Cinnamon, Extract of— 2609. 
Citrate of Magnesia— 129S, 1299, 1794. 
Clark's Anodyne Cement — 1961. 

(Sir Andrew) Cholera Cure— 843. 

Pills— 12S3. 

(Sir Andrew) Pills— 1748. 

(Sir Andrew) Rheumatism Mixture — 664. 
Cleaning Fluid, Bijou — 2505. 
Cleaning Powders— 2107, 2453. 
Cleansing and Renovating — 2107, 2453. 
Clear Chlorodyne— 1823. 
Clemen's Solution of Arsenic — 1771. 
Clocks and Watches, To Clean— 2190. 
Cloth, Black, To Clean— 2191. 
Cloth, Black, To Revive— 2198. 
Cloth Cleaning Compound— 2192. 
Clothes To Brush— 2193. 
Clouds, To Photograph— 3297. 
Clove Cordial— 990. 
Clove, Extract Of— 2610. 
Coca Kola Syrup— 1882. 
Coca Kola Wine— 61. 
Coca Leaves Cordial — 34. 
Coca Wine— 55, 62, 1881. 
Cocaine, Solution Of— 1793. 
Cochineal Coloring — 1777. 
Cockroach Exterminator — 1931. 
Codeine Cough Syrup — 589. 
Cod Liver Oil, Aromatic— 1807, 1809. 
Cod Liver Oil Emulsion— 1802-1805, 1810. 
Cod Liver Oil, Iodo Ferrated— 1808, 1811. 
Cod Liver Oil and Malt— 1806. 
Cod Liver Oil, Mixture Of— 1814. 
Cod Liver Oil with Rock and Rye— 1812. 
Cod Liver Oil, Tasteless— 1819. 
Cod Liver Oil, Wine Of— 1813. 
Coins and Metals, To Clean— 2194-2196. 
Colic Draught, For Horses, A — 3515. 
Colic Draught, For Horses, B— 3516. 

Drench, For Horses — 3525. 

Liniment — 757. 
Colic Mixture, For Infants— 1831. 
Collodio Bromide Emulsion— 3298. 
Collodion Styptic— 1786. 
Cologne, Coyt's— 3892. 

Extra Fine— 3890. 

Fine— 3S91. 

Lafayette— 3889. 

Mixture A— 3S93. 

Mixture B— 3894. 

Vermont— 3888. 

Waters— 3887-3894. 

Windsor— 3887. 
Colored Fires— 2081-2094. 
Colored Fires, Caution— 2095. 
Coloring for Brandy— 1012. 
Coloring for Butter and Cheese— 2096. 

For Cochineal— 1777. 



INDEX. 



491 



Coloring for Extracts— 2614. 


Cough Drops— 619, 620. 


For Liqueurs — 1005-1013. 


Linctus— 368-380. 


Colorless Hydrastis — 1772. 


Lozenges — 618. 


Color, To Restore— 2197. 


Mixtures— 381, 396, 1233-1236. 


Colors For Show Bottles— 18S6. 


Mixture For Adults— 596. 


Coltsfoot Lozenges — 1315. 


Mixture For Children— 573, 59S-616. 


Coltsfoot Rock Candy — 617. 


For Dogs— 3514. 


Combs, To Clean— 2199. 


Mixture, Palatable— 602, 603. 


Compound Lobelia Mixture — 607. 


Xo More Lozenges — 1344. 


Compound Syrup of Flaxseed — 587. 


Powder For Horses— 3512, 3513, 3526. 


Compound Viburnum — 58. 


Remedies— 368-460, 573-621. 


Compressed Tablets — 1422-1507. 


Remedy Without Opium — 595. 


Compressed Tablets, To Make— 1307, 130S. 


Syrup, Children's— 397-403. 


Compressed Tablets, Materials to Prepare — 


Syrup, Standard — 576. 


1309-1339. 


Cramer's Pyro. Solution-r- 3409. 


Condition Food— 34S2. 


Cramps, A and B— 1867, 1868. 


Condition Powders— 3480, 34S1. 


Crape, To Clean— 2206. 


Congested Liver, Mixtures for — 127-130. 


Crape, To Restore— 2205. 


Constipation Powder For Cattle — 3491. 


Cream Anodyne For Catarrh — 644. 


Constipation Remedy For Females — 367. 


Balsam — 645. 


Consumption Cure, Piso's — 613. 


Camphor Lint. — 759. 


Consumption Cure, Shiloh's — 612. 


Furniture — 2555, 2556. 


Consumption, Inhalant For — 611. 


Cream Soda Powder — 742. 


Cooling Mixture — 525, 256, 546-549. 


Cream of Roses — 4008. 


Cooling and Teething Powders— 901, 904. 


Creasote, Emulsion of — 70S, 709. 


Copaiba, Cubeb and Bucku — 847. 


Gargle— 702. 


Liquor, Soluble— S46. 


Oint. of— S12. 


Mixture— 845. 


Pills— 704-706. 


Solidified— S49. 


Preparations — 702-709. 


Copper, To Clean— 2200-2202. 


For Ringworm — 703. 


Copying Ink, Hektograpk— 2100. 


Crimson Marking Ink — 2102. 


Copying Pad, Hektograpk — 2099. 


Crocks and Jars, To Remove Grease From — 


Cordial, Aniseed— 992. 


2316. 


Capillaire — 1000. 


Croft's Table Sauce— 2579. 


Carraway— 993. 


Cross Tea— 724. 


Cascara — 57. 


Cubeb Cough Syrup — 616. 


Cherry Brandy— 1001. 


Cubeb Paste— 850. 


Cinnamon — 1002. 


Curacoa Liqueur — 943. 


Cloves— 990. 


Cure For Morphinomania — 1863. 


Coca — 54. 


Currant Lozenges — 1346. 


Gingeretta— 996. 


Curry Powder— 2562. 


Godfrey's— 1834-1S36. 


Curtains, To Clean— 2207-2209. 


Lemonade — 999. 


Custard Powder — 2561. 


Lovage— 1003. 


Cyclists Universal Oil — 763. 


Neutralizing — 1876. 


Daguerrotypes, To Restore — 3337. 


Noyeau — 994. 


Damiana, Wine of — 65. 


Peppermint — 989. 


Damiana, Wine of, Co.— 66. 


Raspberry — 995. 


Death on Rats— 1893. 


Rum Shrub— 991. 


Decoctions, To Prepare — 1839. 


Usquebaugh — 1004. 


Delmonlco Sauce — 2580. 


Coral, To Clean and Bleach— 2203, 2204. 


Dental Obtundent— 1830. 


Corn Cures— 879, 884. 


Deutal Preparations — 4101-4109. 


Corn Salve — 883. 


Tooth Paste, Charcoal — 4103. 


Solvent— 881. 


Tooth Paste, Cherry — 4101. 


And Wart Eradicator— SS4. 


Tooth Paste, Rose — 4102. 


Cough Balls For Horses— 3496. 


Tooth Powder, Carbolic — 4107. 


Cough Balsam — 591. 


Tooth Powder, Fragrant — 4104. 


Cough, Cold, Influenza — 404-400. 


Tooth Powder, Quinine — 4106. 


Cure, Adams — 575. 


Tooth Powder, Saponaceous — 4105. 






492 * 



INDEX. 



Dental Tooth Wash, Fragrant— 4109. 


Dog Tonics— 3652. 


Tooth Wash, Saponaceous — 


1108. 


Worms— 3653. 


Dentists, Anodyne For— 1829. 




Donovan's Solution — 1801. 


Deodorized Benzine — 2506. 




Dover's Powder, Syrup— 2693. 


Depilatory — 4110. 




Draught, Antacid— 1865. 


Developers, Cramer's One Solution — 3412, 


For Hoven in Cattle — 3517. 


3413. 




For Hysteria— 1864. 


Eikonogen— 3350, 3351. 




Drawing Instruments, To Clean — 2211. 


Eikonogen, For Bromide Paper — 3375. 


Drops, Bateman's — 1837. 


Eikonogen, Himly's — 3355. 




Drunkenness Cures, Miscellaneous — 3235-3239 


Eikonogen, Hubert's— 3356. 




Dusting Powder, For Sores — 1222. 


Hoover's Potash— 3414, 3415 




Dusting On Process — 3417. 


Hydrochinon— 3377-3392. 




Dyspepsia Flatulent — 652. 


Hydrochinon and Eikonogen 


Comb.— 3365. 


Dyspepsia Mixtures— 183-262, 647-659. 


Hydroxlamine — 3396. 




Dyspepsia Mixtures, Alkaline — 146-154. 


Iron— 3398-3401. 




Dyspepsia Mixtures, Bismuthic — 155-182. 


Paramidophenol— 3393-3395. 




Dyspepsia Remedy — 650. 


Potash— 3404-3405. J 




Earache — 499. 


Pyro .— 3403-3406, 3410. 




Inflammatory— 1866. 


Development, With Separate Solutions — 3357. 


East India Sauce— 2582. 


Development With Single Solutions— 3358- 


Eastoni Liquor — 1774. 


3359. 




Eastoni Syrup — 1774. 


Diabetics, Lemonade for — 1862. 




Eau de Cologne— 3896-3918. 


Diamonds, To Clean— 2210. 




Formula 1801—3903. 


Diarrhoea— 500-507. 




Formula 1813—3904. 


Diarrhoea in Children— 529-538, 


550-557, , 566. 


Formula No. 6—3901. 


Diarrhoea Cordial— 830. 




Formula No. 7—3902. 


Diarrhoea Mixture For Children- 


-835, 837, 840- 


Formula No. 10—3905. 


843. 




Formula No. 11—3906. 


Mixture, Loomis' — 836. 




Formula No. 12—3907. 


Mixture, Squibb's— 831. 




Formula No. 13—3908. 


Mixture, Thieleman's — 832. 




Formula No. 14—3909. 


Mixture, Velpeari's — 833. 




Formula No. 15—3910. 


Dick's Asthma Cure— 629. 




Formula No. 16—3911. 


Digestive Mixtures— 698, 699, 701. 


Formula No. 17— 3912. 


Digestive Pastilles— 698. 




Formula No. 18—3913. 


Pastilles, (Borivent)— 699. 




Formula No. 19—3914. 


Pills— 1753. 




Gegeniiber dem Julich's Platz— 3915. 


Powder— 657-658. 




(like) Julich's Platz— 3900. 


Relish— 2581. 




Lily of Yalley— 3916. 


Syrup — 647. 




MaiglSckchen— 3917. 


Tonic— 648-649. 




Paris Ex. Prize— 3897, 3898. 


Dioviburnum Mixture — 59. 




(like) Springbrunn brand— 3899. 


Diuretic Mixture— 497-498. 




Sydney Gold Medal— 3896. 


Diuretic Pills— 1285. 




Eczema Mixture— 15, 4066-4068. 


Disinfectant, Taylor's Four Chlorides — 2557. 


Eczema Drying Salve— 1229, 4065. 


Distemper Mixture For Dogs, A— 


-3506. 


Effects, Moonlight in Photography— 3451. 


Distemper Mixture For Dogs, B- 


-3507. 


Effervescing Mixtures— 1252, 1253/ 


Dog Cough Mixture— 3514. 




Effervescent Powders— 736-742. 


Diseases Of, Treatment— 3644-3653. 


Salts, Base— 1296. 


Chorea— 3645. 




Salts— 1296-1306. 


Distemper — 3646. 




Salts, To Prepare— 1295. 


Fits— 3647. 




Egg Producing Food— 3486. 


Fractures— 3648. 




Elixir of Acid Salicylic, N. F.— 3119. 


Medicines — 3644. 




Adjuvans, N. F.— 3120. 


Pills— 3504-3505. 




Aletris— 2894. 


Pleurisy— 3649. 




Ammonii Bromide, N. F.— 3121. 


Poisoning — 3650. 




Amraon. Valerianatis, N. F.— 3122. 


Rabies— 3651. 




Ammonium Chloride — 2895. 



INDEX. 



493 



Elixir of Ammonium Chloride and Licorice Co. 

—2896. 
Ammonium Quinine and Strychnine Val- 
erianates — 2897. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Cinchoni- 

dine, Iron Phosphate, Quinine and 

Strychnine— 2901. 
Ammonium Valerianate, Iron Pyrophos- 
phate and Quinine — 2900. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Cinchoni- 

dine and Quinine — 2902. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Cinchoni- 

diue, Quinine and Strychnine — 2903. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Cinchoni- 

dine and Strychnine — 2904. 
Ammonium Valerianate and Iron — 2905. 
Ammonium Valerianate, I., Q., and S., — 

2906. 
Ammonium Valerianate and Quinine, X. 

F.— 3123. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Strychnine 

— 2899. 
Ammonium Valerianate with Sumbul — 

289S. 
Anisi. N. F.— 3121. 
Antifebrin— 2907. 
Antipyrin— 2908. 
Apii Graveolentis, N. F.— 3125. 
Aromaticum, X. F— 3126. 
Arsenic and Quinine — 2909. 
Arsenic and Strychnine — 2910. 
Aurantii, U. S. P.— 2912. 
Beef— 2911. 
Beef and Iron— 2913. 
Beef, Iron and Malt— 2914. 
Berberine — 2915. 
Berberine and Iron — 2916. 
Bismuth— 2917. 

Bismuth and Cinchona— 2918. 
Bismuth, Cinchona, Iron and Pepsin 

—2919. 
Bismuth, Cinchona, Iron, Pepsin and 

Strychnine — 2920. 
Bismuth. Cinchona and Pepsin — 2921. 
Bismuth and Gentian— 2922. 
Bismuth, Gentian and Iron— 2923. 
Bismuth,. Gentian, Iron and Strychnine — 

2924. 
Bismuth, Gentian and Strychnine — 2925. 
Bismuth/ Goldeu Seal and Iron— 2926. 
Bismuth and Golden Seal— 2927. 
Bismuth and Iron— 2928. 
Bismuth. Iron and Pepsin— 2929. 
Bismuth. Iron. Pepsin and Quinine — 2930. 
Bismuth. Iron and Strychnine — 2931. 
Bismuth. Xux Vomica and Pepsin— 2932. 
Bismuth and Pancreatin— 2933. 
Bismuth. Pepsin and Quinine — 2934. 
Bismuth and Quinine — 2935. 



Elixir of Bisnmth and Strychnine— 2936. 

Bismuthi, N. F. — 3127. 

Bitter— 2937. 

Blackberry— 2938. 

Black Cohosh— 2940. 

Black Haw— 2939. 

Black Haw Co.— 2941. 

Blue Flag— 2942. 

Blue Flair and AVahoo— 2943. 

Bromides 3—2944. 

Bromides 6—2945. 

Bromide of Zinc — 2946. 

Buchu, X. F.— 3128. 

Buchu Co., X. F.— 3129. 

Buchu and Juniper Co. — 2947. 

Buchu, Juniper and Potash Acet. — 2948. 

Buchu, Juniper, Dva Ursi and Potassium 
Acet.— 2949. 

Buchu and Pareira Brava — 2950. 

Buchu and Pareira Brava Co. — 2951. 

Buchu. and Potassium Acet., X. F. — 3130. 

Buckthorn and Senna — 2952. 

Caffeinae, X. F.— 3131. 

Calcii Bromide, X. F.— 3132. 

Calcii Hypophosphitis, X. F.— 3133. 

Calcii Lactophosphatis, X. F. — 3134. 

Calcium Iodide — 2955. 

Calcium Lactophosphate and Cinchona — 
2957. 

Calcium Phosphate — 2958. 

Calcium and Sodium Hypophosphites with 
Malt— 2953. 

Calcium and Sodium Hypophosphites with 
Tar— 2954. 

Cascara Sagrada with Sodium Salicylate 
—2959. 

Castillon's— 2960. 

Catharticum. X. F.— 3135. 

Celery and Guarana — 2961. 

Cherries— 2962. 

Cherries with Calcium and Sodium Hypo- 
phosphites— 2963. 

Chirata— 2965. 

Chloral Hydrate— 2964. 

Chloral Hydrate and Ammonium Valeri- 
anate— 2966. 

Chlorides of Arsenic and Iron — 2967. 

Chlorides of Arsenic, Iron and Mercury — 
2968. 

Chlorides_ (Four)— 2969. 

Chloroform— 2970. 

Chloroformi Co., X. F.— 3130. 

Cinchona Co.— 2972. 

Cinchona, Detannated— 2971-3139. 

Cinchona, Gentian and Iron Malate — 2973. 
Iron and Phosphorus — 2975. 
and Protoxide of Iron — 2974- 



Cinchona, 
Cinchona 

3140. 
Cinchona 



ind Pepsin— 2976-297'i 



494 



INDEX. 



Elixir of Cinchona with Phosphates— 2978-2979. 
Cinchona and Strychnine— 2980. 
Cinchonae, N. F.— 3137. 
Cinchonae, Ferri and Bismuthi, N. F.— 

3142. 
Cinchonae, Ferri, Bismuthi et Stry., N. F. 

—3141. 
Cinchonae, Ferri et Calcii Lactophosphatis 
• N. F.— 3143. 

Cinchonae et Hypophosphitum, N. F. — 

—3138. 
Cinchonae, Ferri et Pepsini — 3144. 
Cinchonae, Ferri et Strychninae — 3145. 
Cinchonae, Pepsini et Strychninae, N. F. 

—3146. 
Cinchonidine— 29S1; 
Cinchonidine and Iron — 2982. 
Cinchonidine, Iron and Strychnine — 2983. 
Coca and Phosphorus — 2984. 
Codeine— 2985. 

Codeine and Terpin Hydrate — 2987. 
Corydalis— 29S6. 
Corydalis Co., N. F.— 3147. 
Crampbark, Co.— 29S8. 
Croton, Chloral Hydrate— 2989. 
Croton, Chloral Hydrate and Quinine — 

2990. 
Curacoa— 314S. 

Damiana, Iron, Nux Vomica and Phos- 
phorus — 2991. 
Damiana, Iron and Phosphorus — 2992. 
Damiana, Nux Vomica and Phosphorus — 

2993. 
Damiana and Phosphorus — 2994. 
Damiana, Phosphorus and Strychnine — 

2995. 
Dandelion— 2997. 
Dandelion Co., A— 299S. 
Dandelion Co., B— 2999. 
Dandelion Co., C — 3000. 
Dewberry Root Co.— 2996. 
Ernmenagogue — 3001. 
Eriodictyi Aroin., N. F.— 3149. 
Erythroxyli, N. F. — 3150. 
Erythroxyli et Guaranae, N. F. — 3151. 
Eucalypti, N. F.— 3152. 
Euonymi, N. F. — 3153. 
Ferri Hypophosphitis — 3154. 
Ferri Lactatis, N. F.— 3155. 
Elix Phosphatis, N. F.— 3156. 
Ferri Phosphatis, Cinchonidinae et Stry., 

N. F.— 3157. 
Ferri Phosphatis, Quininae et Stry.. N. F.— 

3158. 
Ferri Pyrophosphatis, N. F. — 3159. 
Ferri Quininae et Stry., N. F.— 3160. 
Flavoring— 3002. 
Frangulae, N. F.— 3161. 
Galls, Aromatic— 3003. 



Elixir de Gams, A.-3004. 
de Garus, B.— 3005. 
Gentian— 3006, 3162. 
Gentian Co., A— 3007. 
Gentian Co., B— 3008. 
Gentian Co., C— 3009. 
Gentian and Iron Phosphate, Nux Vom- 
ica and Quassia — 3011. 
Gentian and Phosphorus — 3012. 
Gentian and Iron Pyrophosphate — 3010. 
Gentianae et Ferri Phosphatis — 3163. 
Gentianae cum Tr. Ferri, N. F.— 3164. 
Glycyrrhizae, N. F.— 3165. 
Glycyrrhizae Arom., N. F.— 3166. 
Golden Seal— 3014. 
Grindelia, N. F.— 3167. 
Guaiac— 3013. 
Guarana Br.— 3015. 
Guaranae, N. F.— 3168. 
Helonias— 3016. 
Helonias Co.— 3017. 
Humuii— 3169. 
Hypophosphites of Iron and Quinine, A — 

3018. 
Hypophosphites of Iron and Quinine, B — 

3019. 
Hypophosphites of Iron, Quinine aud 

Strychnine— 3020. 
Hypophosphites with Malt — 3021. 
Hypophosphitum, N. F. — 3170. 
Hypophosphitum cum Ferro.N. F. — 3171. 
Iodide Potassium— 3024. 
Iodide Potassium Co.— 3023. 
Iodides, Six— 3022. 
Iodo-Bromides Calcium — 2956. 
Iron, Pepsin and Quinine — 3025. 
Iron, Quinine and Stry. Phosphates— 

—3035. " 
Iron Peptonate, A— 3029. 
Iron Peptonate, B— 3030. 
Iron Phosphate, Quinine and Stry., A— 

3031. 
Iron Phosphate, Quin. and Stry., B— 

3032. 
Iron Phosphate, Quin. and Stry., C — 

3033. 
Iron Phosphate, Quin. and Stry., D — 

3034. 
Iron Protoxide— 3036. 
Iron Pyrophosphate, Quin. and Stry., A — 

3037. 
Iron Pyrophosphate, Quin. and Stry., B — 

3038. 
Iron Pyrophosphate, Quin. and Stry., C — 

3039. 
Iron Pyrophosphate and Strychnine — 3040. 
Iron, Quinine and Arsenic — 3026. 
Iron, Quinine, Citrate— 3028. 
Iron, Quinine and Strych. Phosphates— 
3035. 



INDEX. 



495 



Elixir of Iron Salicylate— 3041. 




Elixir of Quinine and Strychnine Valerianates— 


Iron Salicylate Co.— 3042. 




30S1. 


Iron Valerianate — 3043. 




Quinine Valerianate— 30S0. 


Iron and Wild Cherry— 3027. 




Rhamni Purshianae, X. F.— 3090. 


Kola— 3044. 




Rhamni Purshianae Co., X. F. — 3091. 


Licorice, Aromatic. A — 3045. 




Rhei, X. F.— 3192. 


Licorice, Aromatic, B — 3046. 




Rhei et Mag. Acet., X. F.— 3193. 


Licorice Co.— 3047. 




Rhubarb Aromatic— 30S2. 


Lithii Bromidi, N. F.— 3172. 




Rhubarb, Magnesia and Senna — 3085. 


Lithii Citratis, X. F.— 3173. 




Rhubarb and Potassium — 30S4. 


Lithii Salicylates, N. F.— 3174. 




Rhubarb and Potassium with Pancreatin 


Long Life — 304S. 




—3083. 


Lupulin— 3049. 




Rhubarb and Senna — 30S6. 


Lupulin and Soda Bromide — 3050. 


Rubi Co., X. F.— 3194. 


Malt— 3051. 




Salicylic Acid Co.— 30S7. 


Malt and Pepsin — 3052. - 




Saw Palmetto and Pichi— 3091. 


Malti et Ferri. X. F.— 3175. 




Saw Palmetto and Sandal Wood Co. — 


Manaca and Salicylate — 3053. 




3092. 


Matico Co.— 3054. 




Senna, A— 30SS. 


Morphine Valerianate — 3055. 




Senna, B— 3089. 


Orange-^3056. 




Senna Co.— 3090. * 


Orange Co. — 3057. 




Simple, A— 3093. 


Pancreas — 305S. 




Simple, B— 3094. 


Pancreatjn— 3059. 




Simple, C— 3095. 


Pancreatin, Bismuth and Pepsin — 3060. 


Simple, D— 3096. 


Pancreatln and Pepsin — 3061. 




Simple, E— 3097. 


Papain— 3062. 




Simple, F— 3098. 


Paraldehyde — 3063. 




Simple, G— 3099. 


Pareira Brara— 3064. 




Simple, H— 3100. 


Pepsin— 3065-3176. 




Simple, 1—3101. 


Pepsin Compound, A — 3066. 




Simple, J— 3102. 


Pepsin Compound, B — 3067. 




Sodii Bromidi, X. F.— 3195. 


Pepsin, Bismuth and Strj\ X. F. — 3177. 


Sodii Hypophosphitis, X. F.— 319G. 


Pepsin et. Bismuthi. X. F. — 31 


78. 


Sodii Salicylatis. X. F.— 3197. 


Pepsin et Ferri. X. F.— 3179. 




Stillingia, A— 3103. 


Pepsin and Quinine— 3068. 




Stillingia, B— 3104. 


Pepsin, Quinine and Strych. — 3069. 


Stillingae Co., X. F.— 3198. 


Pepsin and Strychnine — 3070. 




Strych. Valerianatis, X. F.— 3199. 


Pepsin and Wafer Ash— 3071. 




Sumbul— 3105. 


Phosphori— 3180. 




Sumbul Co.— 3106. 


Phosphori et Xucis Vomicae, 


X. F.— 


Tar Co., X. F.— 3107. 


31S1. 




Taraxaci Co., X. F.— 3200. 


Phosphorus, A— 3072. 




Terpin Hydrate— 310S. 


Phosphorus, B— 3073. 




Triple Valerianate — 3109. 


Phosphorus Co. — 3074. 




Turnerae. X. F.— 3201. 


Phosphorus, Quinine and Stry. 


—3075. 


Viburni Opuli Co.. X. F.— 3202. 


Phosphorus and Strychnine — 30" 


re. 


Viburnum Prunifolium, X. F.— 3203. 


Picis Co.. X. F.— 3182. 




Wafer Ash— 3110. 


Pilocarpi, X. F.— 3183. 




Wahoo. X. F.— 3111. 


Potassii Acet., X. F.— 3184. 




White Pine Co.— 3112. 


Potassii Acet. and Juniper. X. 


F.— 3185. 


Wild Cherry— 3113. 


Potassii Bromidi, X. F.— 3186. 




Verba Santa, A— 3114. 


Pulmonic— 3077. 




Verba Santa Arom., B— 3115. 


Quininae Valerianatis et Strych 


ninae, 


Verba Santa Arom., C— 3116. 


X. F.— 3189. 




Verba Santa Arom.. D — 3117. 


Quinine Bisulphate— 3078. 




Verba Santa Co.— 311S. 


Quinine Co., X. F.— 3187. 




Zinci Valerianatis. X. F.— 3204. 


Quinine and Phosphate Co., X. 


F.— 3188. 


Elixirs of Chlorides— 1778 to 1782. 


Quinine and Strychnine — 3079. 




Embrocations— 491 to 496—3495. 



496 



INDEX. 



Emery, to Cleanse after Using— 2220-2221. 


Failures in Photography — 3425. 


Emulsion of Castor Oil— 1820-1821. 


Feathers, to Clean— 2223-2230. 


Of Cod Liver Oil— 1802-1S05. 


Feed, for Canaries — 3509. 


Of Cod Liver Oil and Saccharated Lime — 


For Mocking birds— 3511. 


1230. 


Feet, Tender— 516. 


Of Petroleum— 1815-1817-1818. 


Female Pills— 1758. 


Of Sandal Wood— 855. 


Tonic— 692. 


For Tapeworm— 920. 


Ferri Peptonate — 1798. 


Enamel for Grates, Artistic— 2543. 


Ferric Salicylate, Solution of— 1785. 


For Grates and Stoves— 2542. 


Ferro. Mang. Pepsin — 1797. 


Enameling, Photo Prints— 3418. 


Fertilizers for Lawns and Flowers — 1953-1956 


Encaustic, Paste— 3419-3423. 


Fever in Children— 525-526, 546-549. 


Engravings, to Clean— 2212-2219. 


Fig Syrup— 726. 


Epilating Stick— 1211. 


Films, To Strip— 3426. 


Equivalent Weights, to Calculate— 1294. 


Fining For Ale and Porter— 1020. 


Errhine Powder— 1263. 


For Gin— 1021. 


Essence of Linseed — 609. 


For Port— 1018. 


Evaporating Lotion — 1213. 


For Sherry— 1017. 


Excelsior Cough Syrup — 610. 


For Whiskey— 1021. 


Expectorant Mixture — 608. 


Fixing Bath, Dr. Andresen's— 3366-3374. 


Extract, Apple— 2616. 


Bath, Carbutt's— 3427. 


Banana— 2612. 


Flannels, To Clean— 2231-2235. 


Beef, Celery and Sarsaparilla — 23. 


Flash Light Powder— 3241-3242, 3428-3429. 


Celery— 2617. 


Flatulency, Cure for— 652, 655, 656. 


Cinnamon— 2609. 


Flavor, Pork— 2578. 


Clove— 2610. 


Sausage, A— 2573. 


Coloring For— 2614. 


Sausage, B— 2574. 


Ginger— 2619. 


Sausage, C — 2575. 


Ginger Ale— 2623. 


Sausage, D— 2576. 


Ale Aromatic— 2620. 


Flavoring For Gin— 1016. 


Ale Aromatic, Soluble— 2622. 


Flaxseed Co., Syr. Of— 587. 


Ale, Soluble— 2621. 


Fleckenwasser— 2236-2237. 


Lemon— 2596. 


Floors, To Scour— 2238. 


Lemon, Soluble— 2597. 


Flour. Self Raising— 2593. 


Malt, Factitious— 2629. 


Fluid, Lightning, *For Inhalation— 646. 


Malt, Genuine— 2628. 


Fly Blister— 3522. 


Mead, Soluble— 2625. 


Fly Lotion— 1937. 


Orange— 2598. 


Fly Paint— 1935. 


Peach— 2618. 


Fly Paper, Sizing For— 1934. 


Peppermjnt — 2611. 


Paper, Sticky— 1933. 


Pineapple— 2613. 


Fly Poisons— 1895-1898. 


Raspberry— 2607. 


Fly Specks, To Remove from Brass — 2239. 


Red Clover Co.— 6. 


To Remove from Bronze — 2240. 


Rose— 2615. 


To Remove from Gilding— 2241. 


Sarsaparilla — 5. 


Foam, For Aerated Waters — 952. 


Soap Bark— 2627. 


Extract of Soap Bark, For,— 2627. 


Strawberry— 2608. 


Focus of a Lens, To Find— 3430. 


Tolu, Soluble— 2632. 


Food, Chemical— 1S51-2694. 


Vanilla— 2599. 


Condition— 3482. 


Vanilla, Cheap— 2600. 


Egg Producing— 3486. 


Vanilla, From Vanilline— 2601. 


Infants, A— 2097. 


Vanilla From Vanilline and Coumarin— 


Infants, B— 2098. 


2602. 


Foot Cream— 888. 


Eye Salves— 797-798. 


Powder— 516, 885, 887, 1885. 


Eyes, Care Of— 859. 


Foreign Liqueurs, To Make — 1025. 


Eye Water— 856-858. 


Formaldehyde— 3376. 


Face Powders— 3999-4007. 


Formula of Children's Hospital — 567-574. 


Faded Photographs— 3477. 


Formula for Lantern Slides, Dr. Mitchell's— 


Photographs, To Restore— 3424. 


3361. 



INDEX. 



497 



Formula for Lantern Slides, Dr. Piffard's.— 


Ginger Beer Powder— 963-964. 


3362. 


Ginger Extract— 2619. 


Formula for Lantern Slides, by Yon Gothard 


Extract Arom.— 2620. 


—3364. 


Extract Arom., Soluble — 2622. 


Formula for Lantern Slides, Warnerke — 3363. 


Extract, Soluble — 2621. 


Formulae of the X. Y. Hospital— 1200-1290. 


Lozenges— 1343. 


Formulas for Making Tin-types — 346S. 


Wine— 942. 


Four Chlorides, Taylor's — 255T. 


Gingeretta— 996. 


Fothergill's Pills— 12S2. 


Glace Prints— 3434. 


Fowler's Solution^lSOO. 


Glass Bottles t To Clean— 2261-2268. 


Frames, To Renovate — 2242, 2253-2257. 


Glass, Cleaning— 2259-226$. 


Freckle Remedies — 4025, 4026, 4030-4032, 404S. 


Invisible Writing On— 1943. 


French Polish, A — 2552. 


Laboratory, To Clean— 2269-2270. 


Polish, B— 2553. 


Substitute Orange — 3435. 


Frey's Yermifuge — 908. 


Glazing Gelatine Prints— 3433. 


Frilling in Photographs— 3431. 


Gleet, Injection For — S51. 


Frost Pictures— 3432. 


Gloss, For Starch, A— 2507. 


Fruit Juices — 2595. 


For Starch, B— 250S. 


Preservative — 2630. 


Glove, Reviving Cream For— 2503. 


Saline — 731-734. 


Gloves. To Clean— 2271-22S5. 


And Wine Stains. To Remove — 2243-224S. 


Glue— 2006. 


Fumigating Paper— 3994-3995. 


Bank Note— 2008. 


Fumigating Pastilles — 3997-399S. 


Bookbinder's— 2009. 


Pastilles, Insecticide— 1940-1941. 


Caseine— 2010. 


Perfumes— 3994-399S. 


Compound— 2011. 


Ribbon— 3996. 


Cracking, To Prevent— 2012. 


Fungicides— 1920-1924. 


For Damp Wood— 2013-2014. 


Furniture, Appearance, To Improve — 2249. 


Dressing — 2070. 


Cream, A — 2554. 


Dry Pocket— 2050. 


Cream, B — 2555. 


Elastic— 2015. 


Paste— 2556. 


Ether— 2016. 


Polish— 2549. 


Fire-proof — 2017. 


Polish, French. A— 2552. 


Flower Pots, Cementing Labels on — 2018. 


Polish, French, B— 2553. 


Frozen— 2019. 


Stains. To Remove— 2250. 


Glass and Wood Joining— 2020. 


Fnrs. To Clean— 2251-2252. 


Glass Repairing — 2021. 


Gargles For Throat — ±61, to 477. 702. 1204. 


Hardening— 2022. 


Geese. Diseases Of. Treatment — 3699 to 3704. 


Hints About— 2007-2046. 


Diarrhoea — 3099. 


Isinglass— 2023. 


Gnats and Flies— 3700. 


Ivory and Bone— 2024. 


Lice— 3701. 


Labels on Iron — 2025. 


Mortality— 3702. 


Labels on Tinned Plate— 2020. 


Pip— 3703. 


For Leather Goods— 202?. 


Swelling Crop — 3704. 


Leather to Iron— 2027. 


Gelatine Bromide, Clearing Solution — 3290. 


Leather, Etc.. to Metals— 2029. 


General Cleaning Powder — 2504. 


Liquid— 2030, 2041, 2073, 2074. 


German Herb Bitters— 30. 


Marine— 2042-2045. 


Herb Tea— 725. 


Moisture and Heat to Resist— 2047-2048. 


Oil Lint— 746. 


Parchment— 2049. 


Gilding Powder— 2520. 


Portable— 2051. 


Gile's Iodide Ammonia Lint — 74?. 


Rice— 2052. 


Gilt Frames, To Clean— 2253-2258. 


Spaulding's— 2053. 


Gin— 1022-1023. 


Standing Moisture— 2069. 


Finings For— 1022. 


Tablets— 2054. 


Flavoring— 1016. 


Tungstic— 2055. 


Ginger Ale Essence — 954-955. 


Yeneering — 2056. 


Ale, Extract for— 2023. 


Waterproof— 2057, 20G1, 2063, 2068, 2077, 


Ale Syrup— 2024. 


2078. 


Beer— 960-002. 


White— 2002. 



33 



498 



INDEX. 



Glycerine and Honey Jelly — 2636. 

Ioduretted — 1787. 

Jelly, A— 2634. 

Jelly, B— 2635. 

Ointment— 782. 
Glycerites— 3205-3220. 
Glycerite of Alum, Br.— 3205. 

Bismuth, N. F— 3206. . 

Borax, U. S. P.— 3207. 

Boric and Tannic Acids— 3208. 

Boroglycerin, N. F.— 3209. 

Carbolic Acid, U. S. P.— 3210. 

Creasote— 3211. 

Chloroform— 3212. 

Gallic Acid, Br.— 3214. 

Guaiac, N. F.— 3213. 

Lead Subacetate, Br.— 3215. 

Pepsin, N. F.— 3216. 

Starch— 3217. 

Tannin, U. S. P.— 3218. 

Tar, N. F.— 3219. 

Tragacanth, N. F.— 3220. 
Glycyrrhizin Syrup — 2664. 
Goat Diseases, Treatment of— 3635-3643. 

Constipation — 3635. 

Cough— 3636. 

Dropsy— 3637. 

Exhaustion— 3638. 

Eye Diseases— 3639. 

Giddiness— 3640. 

Internal Inflammation — 3641. 

Red Water— 3642. 

Scab or Itch— 3643. 
Godfrey's Cordial— 1834-1836. 
Gold Bronze, To Clean— 2286. 
Gold, Chloride of— 3437. 
Gold, Cleaning, Dull— 2288. 
Gold Detergent— 2287. 
Gold Lace, To Wash— 2290. 
Gold and Silyer, Removing Stains From — 2289. 
Gonorrhoea Mixtures— 508-510, 844-855. 
Gout Pills— 670. 
Gout and Rheumatic Remedies— 478-490, 660- 

675. 
Granite, To Remove Stains From— 2291-2294. 
Granular Effervescent Salts, Base— 1296. 

Cheltenham Salts— 1302, 1304. 

Citrate of Caffeine— 1297. 

Citrate of Magnesia— 1298, 1299. 

Hydrobromate of Caffeine— 1305. 

Lemon, Kali— 1300. 

Pyro. Caffeine— 1306. 

Salts— 1296-1306. 

Summer Saline— 1301. 

Summer Saline, Eno's— 1303. 
Granular Effervescing Preparations, To Make 

—1295. 
Grass Stains, To Remove— 2295. 
Grates, Enamel For— 2542. 



Grates, Enamel, Artistic — 2543. 
Gravel, Pills For— 1752. 
Gravity Specific— 1840. 
Grease Extractor— 2314, 2315. 
Grease Spots, To Remove — 2146. 
Green Soap Co., Tincture of— 1208. 
Gripe, Mixture For— 521, 522. 
Guano— 1953, 1957. 
Gutta Percha, To Clean— 2317. 
Hair Preparations — 4089-4100. 

Bismuth Hair Dye — 4100. 

Colo rer— 4096-4099. 

Cream, Cocoa Nut Oil— 4089. 

Dye— 4094, 4095. 

Oil, Perfume For — 4090. 

Renewer — 4091. 

Tonic, JaJborandi — 4093. 

Tonic, Jaborandi and Quinine— 4092. 
Halation and Its Prevention — 3438. 
Hall's Solution of Strychnine — 1788. 
Hamburg Breast Tea — 721. 
Hamilton's Tonic Mixture — 1251. 
Ham Sausage. Seasoning — 2576. 
Handkerchief Extracts, Cheap— 3840-3857. 

To prepare— page 445. 
Hands, To Cleanse From Silver and Iron 

Stains— 3286. 
Harrogate Salts— 730. 
Hats, To Clean— 2318-2322. 
Headache Capsules — 694. 

Chronic, Pills For— 700. 

Mixtures— 342-360, 693-697, 700. 

Powder— 695-697. 
Healing Lotion For Horses— 3523. 
Healing Ointment — 791. 
Hektograph .Copying Ink — 2100. 
Hektograph Copying Pad— 2099. 
Herb Beer Extract— 951. 

Bitters, German — 30 

Tea, German — 725. 
Hive Mixture— 16. 
Hoarhound Candy — 621. 
Hoffman's Red Drops — 17S3. 
Hog Powders— 3489, 3490. 
Homeopathic Tinctures — 1773. 
Home Treatment, Keely Cure — 3240. 
Honey of Borax, U. S. P.— 3221. 

Borax, Br. — 3222. 
Honey, Medicated— 3221-3226. 
Honey of Rose, U. S. P.— 3224. 

With Borax— 3223. 

SalicylicAcid— 3225. 

Tannic Acid— 3226. 
Hop Beer — 965. 
Hop Bitter Beer— 941. 

Bitters — 40. 

Stout— 948, 949. 
Horse Blister— 3498. 
Horse, Blistering Ointment for — 790. 



INDEX. 



499 



Horse and Cattle Food— 3482. 


Horse and Cattle Thrush— 3578. 


And Cattle Powders— 3480, 3481. 


Tonics— 3579. 


Colic Draught, A— 3515. 


Tives— 3580. 


Colic Draught, B— 3516. 


Weed, etc.— 3581. 


Colic Drench— 3525. 


Worms— 35S2. 


Cough Balls— 3496. 


Wounds. General— 3583. 


Cough Powder, A— 3512, 3526. 


Household Ammonia — 1795. 


Cough Powder, B— 3513. 


Hydrarg. Colqcynth and Ipecac Pills — 1289. 


Diseases of, Treatment— 3527-3583. 


Hydrarg. and Iod. Pot. Mixtures— 1244-1246. 


Administration of Medicines — 3527. 


Hydrangea, Lithiated— 1792. 


Apoplexy — 3528. 


Hydrastis, Colorless — 1772. 


Ascites— 3529. 


Hydride of Amyl Liniment — 771. 


Bleynies and Bruises — 3530. 


Hydriodic Acid— 1293. 


Broken Wind— 3541. 


Hydrobromic Acid— 1292. 


Capped Elbows— 3531. 


And Hydriodic Acids, Preparation of — 


Capped Hocks— 3532. 


1291. 


Catarrh— 3533. 


Hydrocyanic Mixture (for Cough) — 1235. 


Cold in Head— 3534. 


Hydromel— 3227. 


Corns — 3535. 


Hypo., To Remove— 3439. 


Coughs— 3536-3539. 


Test For— 3440. 


Cracked Heels— 3542. 


Hypodermic Solution Apomorphia Muriate — 


Cystitis— 3543. 


1273. 


Diarrhoea— 3544, 3545. 


of Carbolized Dist. Water— 1268. 


Dysentery — 3546. 


Ext. Ergot— 1269. 


Eczema — 3547. 


Lente's Quinia — 1271. 


Enteritis— 3548. 


Magendie's Morphia — 1270. 


Farcy— 3549. 


Pilocarpia Muriate — 1272. 


Fever— 3550. 


Hypophosphites, Syrup of — 1261. 


Founder — 3551. 


Hysteria, Draught For— 1S64. 


Glanders— 3552, 3553. 


Incense For .Churches — 1890. 


Grease — 3554. 


Indelible Ink, Black— 2101. 


Gripes or Colic — 3555. 


Crimson— 2102. 


Hoof Ointments— 3556. 


Indian Liniment — 749. 


Influenza — 3518. 


Indigestion, Remedies — 647-659. 


Jaundice — 3557. 


Inebriety, Treatment of— page 326. 


Liniment, English — 3500. 


Infants' Colic Mixture, Hall's— 1831. 


Liniment. K. K. K.— 3499. 


Food, A— 2097. 


Liniment, Wire Fence — 3501. 


Food, B— 209S. 


Mud Fever— 3558. 


Powder-^1006. 


Open Joints — 3559. 


Inflammatory Earache — 1S66. 


Ophthalmia— 3560. 


Influenza— 594, 622-625. 


Pleurisy— 3561. 


Influenza in Horses — 3518. 


Pneumonia— 3540, 3562. 


Inhalant For Consumption — 611. 


Pole Evil— 3563. 


Injection, Brou — 852. 


Powder— 3493. 


Gleet— 851. 


Pulmonary Catarrh — 35G4. 


Gonorrhoea — 854. 


Purgatives — 3565. 


Red Wash— 853. 


Pursiness — 3566. 


Ink, Black Marking— 2101. 


Quinsey — 3567. 


Bottles, To Clean— 2147. 


Quittor— 3568. 


Cheap, Blue Black— 2104. 


Sandcrack— 3569. 


Copying, Aniline — 2105. 


Seedy Toe — 3570. 


Crimson Marking— 2102. 


Sore Shoulders — 3571. 


Towder— 2106. 


Sores in Mouth — 3572. 


Hektograph, Copying— 2100. 


Sprain — 3573. 


Printing Process— 3442. 


Stomach Staggers — 3574. 


Stains, To Remove— 2144, 2145, 2324-2335. 


Sleepy Staggers — 3575. 


Violet, Stamp— 2103. 


Strangles — 3576. 


For Writing on Photographs — 3441. 


Tetanus or Lockjaw — 3577. 


Insecticide, Nursery — 1939. 



500 



INDEX. 



Insecticide, Pastilles— 1929-1932, 3997, 3998. 

Insecticides— 1899-1932. 

Insect Bites, Cure For— 1911, 3497. 

Insect Powder Patent — 1891. 

Intensification— 3443, 3444. 

Invisible Face Powder— 4003. 

Invisible Writing on Glass— 1943. 

Iodide of Iron, Ointment — 784. 

Solution for Syrup, N. F.— 2649. 

Solution for Syrup Br.— 2650. 

Syrup, U. S.— 2646. 

Syrup, Rapid Method for Making— 2648. 

Syrup, Tasteless— 2647. 
Iodide of Potash Liniment — 770. 

Potash Ointment— 788. 

Potassium and Hydrarg. — 1244-1246. 
Iodine, Ointment of — 783. 

Tincture, Churchill's— 1209. 
Iodoform Cylinders — 1210. 

Ointment— 1220. 

Ointment Co. -1224: 
Ioduretted Glycerine— 1787. 
Iron, Bitter Wine of— 29, 71, 72, 1262. 

And Calisaya — 53. 

And Cinchona Mixture — 1240. 

Pots, To Clean— 2441. 

And Quinine — 43, 44. 

Ana Sarsaparilla — 25. 
Itch Ointments— 772-774. 

Remedy— 513, 514. 

Salve— 786. 
Ivory, To Clean— 2126-2133. 
Jaborandi Hair Tonic — 4093. 
Jaborandi and Quinine, Hair Tonic — 4092. 
Jackson's Ammonia Lozenges — 1403. 
Jackson's Pectoral Lozenges — 1404. 
Jelly, Arnica— 2637. 

Benzine— 2502. 

Glycerine, A — 2634. 

Glycerine, B— 2635. 

Glycerine and Honey — 2636. 

Oxide of Zinc— 2638. 
Jersey Brandy — 947. 
Jet, To Clean— 2349. 
Kamnafuga— 822. 

Keeley Cure, Home Treatment — 3240. 
Kelly's Tonic Mixture— 1249. 
Kid Reviving Cream — 2503. 
Kidney and Blood Tea— 723. 
Kidney and Liver Cure — 719. 
Kidney and Liver Medicines — 715-725. 
Kitchener's Soup Herb Powder — 2572. 
Knapp's Tonic Mixture — 1250. 
Knives, To Remove Stains From — 2351. 
Knot Filler, Patent— 2551. 
Kola Champagne Essence — 956. 

Coca— 1882. 

Coca Wine— 61. 

Elixir— 957. 



Kola Wine— 1880. 

Kreuz, The— 724. 

Labarraque's_ Solution — 2509. 

Lace, To Clean— 2352, 2353, 2356, 2357. 

Gold and Silver— 2354, 2355. 
Lacquers, Not Requiring Heat, A — 2521. 

B— 2522. 

C— 2523. 

D— 2524, 
LaFayette Mixture— 1260. 
Lantern Plates, A use for Spoiled — 3445. 
Lantern Slides, To Color— 3478. 
Laxative Digestive Powder — 658. 
Laxative Mixture — 131. 
Laxative Pills— 1278. 
Laxatives and Aperients — 726-744. 
Lead and Opium Pills— 1284. 
Lead and Opium Wash — 1206. 
Lead and Zinc Ointment— 1226. 
Leaf Photographs— 3446. 
Leather, To Clean— 2360. 

Wash (Chamois Skin)— 2358. 
Lemon Beer— 966, 967. 

Extract— 2596. 

Extract, Soluble— 2597. 

Kali— 1300. 

Sherbet— 741. 

Squash— 953. 

Sugar— 2560. 

Syrup, With Acid— 2606. 

Syrup, Without Acid— 2605. 
Lemonade — 999. 

For Diabetics— 1862. 
Lenses, To Clean— 2362. 

Removing Rust From— 2361. 
Light, Safest for Dark Room— 3447. 
Lightning Eradicator — 2222. 

Photographing of — 3448. 

Renovator— 2442. 
Lime, Lyes, Alkalies— 2363. 
Linctus Infantilus— 567. 
Linen, Blistering, To Prevent— 2364. 

Photographing on — 3449. 

To Polish— 2366. 

Scorched, Whiteness, To Restore— 2365. 
Liniments, Arnica — 745. 

Arnica, Magic — 747. 

For Colic— 757. 

Cream of Camphor — 759. 

Cyclists Universal— 763. 

German Oil— 746. 

Horse, English— 3500. 

Horse, K. K. K.— 3499. 

Horse, Wire Fence— 3501. 

Hydride of Amyl— 771. 

Iodide of Ammonia — 748. 

Indian— 749. 

Nerve and Bone— 767, 768. 

Neuralgic — 765. 



IXDEX. 



501 



Liniment. Red Noae— 75 
Rheumatic— ' 

Ringworm — 7 
rts — 758 

- ip and Iodide of Potash — 7" 
For Sprains — 7" 
Stimulating— 1S7>. 3321 
SI kes —7® m 

Throat— 3519. 

White Oi:?— " '-. ~ r : ' : : 

TTizard Oil — 769. 
Lip Salve. Rose — i ; 
Liqueur Alkermes. Italian — 1039. 1155. 

Amer. d'Angleterre — 1 S 

Amiable Yainqueur — 1157. 

Amour Sans Fin — 1163. 

Annisette— 1100. 

Aqua Bianca — 1070. 

Barathier— 1155. 

Baume Consolateur — 115y. 

Baume des Grees— 1190. 1191. 

Chartrez- — 

Chevalier de Saint Louis — 1192. 

China-China — 1175. 

Christophelet— 1093. 

Citronat— 1053. 

Citronelle — 11 " 

Columbat — 11 — 

Coquette Flatteuse — 1177. 

_e des Barbadoes — 1121. 1146. 

Creme de Chocolat — 1129. 
:ne de Framboises — 1111. 

Creme de Macaron — 1131. 

Creme de Roses — 1130. 1134. 

Creme Romantique — 1015. 

Creme Mojon— 1069. 

Creme Tiozot— 106S. 

Curacao — 943. 11S4. 

D 'Amour— 

D'Angelique— 1 

D'Arger.— 1 " 
r— 1096. 

D'Orange — 1121 

DO ranges— 1098 

D'Menthe— Hi- 
des Abbes — 1099. 

des Amis — l: 

des Anges — 1124. 

des Cannelle — 1110. 

de Capueins — 1114. 

de Celeste — 1115. 

des Chevaliers de la Legion d'Honneur- 
1144. 

de Citron— 1136. 

de Cumin— 1091. 1109. 

des Dieux — 1147. 

des Eveques — 1 

de Feichmeier — 1113. 

de Garus— 1149. 



Liqueur de Genievre — 1155. 

des Grees — 1151. 

de Girofle— 10S6. 1133. 

de J. Saint Aure — 1 

de Legitimite 1031. 

de Li sett e — 1087. 

de Manheim— 1112. 

des Museades — 1107. 

des Musetier— 1 : 

de Pologne— 1125. 

des Princesses — 10SS. 

de Punch— 1090. 

de Romarin — 11 8 

de Scubae— 1119. 
Liqueur Eau Alkerme- — I 

Americaine — 1063. 

Archiepiseopale — 1199. 

Carminative — 1094. 

Cordial e— 1075. 

Cordiale de Caladon — 1050. 

Creme Romantique — 1045. 

I ivme— 1 "> 

Forcif ere— 11-: 2 

Miraeulersr — 1 TA 

Nuptiale — 1041. 
ale— 1061. 

D* Absinthe— 1088 

D " Amour— 1042. 

D'Ardelle— 1049. 

D' Argent— 1' J54 

D' Or— 1051. 

D'Orient— 1 ' - 

de Baal— 1 77 

des Barbadoes— 1040. 

de Batave— 1083 

de Chypre— 1 

de Cote— 1035. 1140. 

de Didon— : a 

des Epieuriens — 1066. 

de Fantc, 

des Favorites — 10RL 

des Financiers — 11 

de Florence — 1 

de Jacques — 1034. 

de Legitimite— 1031. 

de Mille Fleurs— 1 3 5 

de Montpellier— 1082 

de Napoleon — 1067. 

des Nobles— 1 - 

de Pais— 1060. 

des Prelats— 10S0. 

de Princes- 9— 

de Pucelle — 106 

de Rebecca— 1 28 

de Rosolis de Turin— 

de Sultane Zoraide— - 
& -1062 

de Selia— 1 ' 

de Sorcier Comte — 1044. 



502 



INDEX. 



Liqueur de Templiers— 1032. 


Listerine— 829. 


de Tubinge— 1046. 


Lithia and Potash Powders— 1873. 


de Vertu— 1043. 


Lithiated Hydrangea — 1792. 


de Vie d'Andaye— 1139. 


Liver Disorder, Mixtures for — 112-145. 


de Vie Danzick— 1103, 1197. 


Liver Invigorators — 717, 718. 


de Yalpa— 1057. 


Liver and Kidney Cure — 719. 


du Dauphin— 1064. 


Mixture— 720. 


Liqueur Elixir Monpon — 1071. 


Pills— 140, 141. 


Elixir Vital de Fanchon— 1030. 


Pills, Little— 1763, 1764. 


Espoir des Grecs — 1182. 


Syrup with Iron — 25. 


Gaite Francaise— 1162. 


Tonics— 139-145. 


Goutte Nationale— 1180. 


Lobelia Mixture— 607. 


Guignolet d'Anges — 1174. 


Lotion, Calamine — 1214. 


Liqueur Huile d'Anis — 1142. 


Evaporating — 1213. 


de Jasmin — 1193. 


Stimulating— 1215. 


des Jeunes Maries — 1194. 


Lovage— 1003. 


de Rhum— 1195. 


Lozenge, Aperient — 744. 


de Roses— 1143. 


Lozenges, Bath — 1345. 


de Vanille— 1145. 


Black Currant— 1346. 


de Venus— 1118. 


Bronchial— 1348. 1349. 


Krambanibuli — 1076. 


Coltsfoot— 1345. 


La Felicite— 1160. 


Cough No More— 1344. 


Larmes de Missolonghy — 1154. 


Ginger— 1343. 


La Valeureuse — 1176. 


Jackson's Ammonia — 1403. 


Linionade — 1085. 


Jackson's Pectoral — 1404. 


Luft Wasser— 1078. 


To Make— 1341-1421. 


Marasquin— 1122, 1123. 


Peppermint— 1342. 


Liqueur Missilimackinac — 1156. 


Pepsin— 1407-1410. 


Nectar de La Beaute — 1148. 


Potassium Chlorate and Cubeb — 1411. 


Nectar des Dieux — 1147. 


Potassium and Guaiac — 1412. 


Nectar des Grecs — 1151. 


Practical Suggestions — 1341. 


Nectar du General Foy — 1150. 


Rose— 1347. 


Persicot— 10S3, 1111, 1178. 


U. S., Br. and London Hospital— 1350- 


Plaisir des Dames — 1161. 


1421. 


Ratafia Tenzoin- 1106. 


Wild Cherry— 1420. 


Ratafia D'Absinthe— 1169. 


Wistar's— 1421. 


Ratafia D'Angelique— 1170. 


Lumbago, Pills for — 1752. 


Ratafia D'Anis et de Carvi— 1167-1171. 


Machinery, To Clean— 2367. 


Ratafia des Cassis— 1168. 


Photographing — 3450. 


Ratafia de Cerises— 1164. 


Magic Neuralgic Drops — 676. 


Ratafia de Celery— 1172. 


Toothache Drops— 921. 


Ratafia de Noyeau— 1165, 1196. 


Magnesia Citrate, Gran.— 1298, 1299. 


Ratafia des Quatre Graines — 1166. 


Citrate, Solution of— 1794. 


Ratafia de Violette— 1104. 


Magnesian Lemonade Pow. — 736. 


dit Escubac— 1173-1183. 


Orgeat Powder — 737. 


Rosolis— 1079. 1135, 1153. 


Mahogany, Spots on— 2368. 


de Turin— 1048-1186. 


Stain— 2550. 


Liqueur Stomachique— 1116, 1120, 1132, 1137, 


Malarial, anti, Pills— 1768. 


1187. 


Malate of Iron, Solution of— 1790. 


Souvenir d'un Brave — 1181. 


Malt and Cod Liver Oil— 1806. 


Usquebaugh — 1095. 


Malt Extract, Factitious— 2629. 


Vespetro— 1105, 1179. 


Extract, Genuine— 2628. 


Vital— 1117. 


Maple Beer— 968-970. 


Vital de Tanchon— 1030. 


Marble, To Clean— 2371-2382. 


Liqueurs, Coloring for — 1005-1013. 


Remove Grease from— 2369, 2370. 


Foreign— 1025-1199. 


Marmalade, Scotch— 2568. 


Liquor, Eastoni — 1774. 


Matches, To Remove Marks Made by— 2383. 


Potassa— 1796. 


Matting, To Clean— 2384. 


Sedative— 1784. 


Mayer's Ointment — 801. 






INDEX. 



503 



Mead Extract, Soluble— 2625. 

Mead Syrup— 2626. 

Meat Preservative Powder — 2559. 

Meudelsou's _Tonic Mixture — 124S. 

Menthol Pastilles — 1757. 

Mercurial Ointment — 781. 

Mercury and Iod. Potassa Oiut. — 1227. 

Mercury, Oleate of — 7S7. 

Metal, Lacquers for— 2521-2524. 

Mexican Extract of Sarsaparilla — 24. 

Migraine Powder— 693. 

Mildew, To Prevent— 23S9-2399. 

Stains, To Remove— 23S5 to 23S8, 2401, 
2404. 

Milk of Roses— 4063, 4064. 
Mist, Gonorrhoea — S44. 
Mixed Spices— 2563, 2564. 

Spices for Pickles — 2565. 
Mixture, Alkaline— 1241, 1242. 

Anti-Rheumatic— 1259. 

Carminative — 125S. 

Chlorate of Potash— 1231. 

Chloroform, Cough— 1234. 

Copaiba — 845. 

Copaiba, Soluble — S46. 

Copaiba, Cubebs and Buchu — 847. 

For Cough— 1233. 

Dioviburnuru — 59. 

Effervescing— 1252, 1253. 

Hamilton's Tonic — 1251. 

Hydrarg. and Iod. Potas— 1244-1246. 

Hydrocyanic — 1235. 

Iodide of Potash and Hoffman's Anodyne 
—1232. 

Iron and Cinchona — 1240. 

Iron and Quinine — 60. 

Kelly's Tonic— 1249. 

Knapp's Tonic — 1250. 

Lafayette— 1260. 

For Liver Disorders — 112-145. 

Mendelson's Tonic — 1248. 

Nitrous Acid— 1243. 

Quinine Co.— 1257. 

Rhubarb and Soda — 1254. 

Rochelle Salts— 1255. 

Squills, Dr. Kelly's— 1256. 

Sulph. Magnesia and Iron— 1237-1239. 

Townsend's — 1247. 

Ward, Cough— 1236. 
Mocking Bird Food— 3511. 
Molasses Beer — 971. 
Monocarbonate of Ammonia for Smelling 

Salts— 1888, 1889. 
Moonlight Effects in Photographs— 3451. 
Mounting Prints — 3452. 
Morphinomania, Cure for — 1863. 
Mosquito Lotion — 1057. 
Mosquito Oil— 1938. 

Moths, Cupboards and Trunks, to Rid of — 
1928. 



Moth Pastilles— 1929. 
Mucilage, Acacia— 20S0. 

Stick— 2079. 
Muriate of Ammonia Wash — 1205. 
Muslins, To Cleanse — 2439. 
Negatives — 3453. 
Paper — 3455. 
Nerve and Bone Liniment — 767, 768. 
Nerve Pills— 691. 

Tonic — 11, 45, 49, 76 to 84, 6S8-692. 
Nervina— 6S9. 

Nervousness, Female, Tonic for — 692. 
Nervousness, Remedies for — 6S7-692. 
Nervo- Valeria — 690. 
Nets, To Prevent Rotting— 2400. 
Neuralgic Liniment — 765. 

Mixtures— 263-341. 

Ointment— S03. 

Pills— 1754. 

Pills, Brown-Sequard's— 1769. 

Powder— 683-6SG. 

Remedies— 676-6S6. 

And Toothache Powder— 685, 6S6. 
Neurasthenia, Remedy for — 687. 
Neutralizing Cordial— 1S76, 2695. 
New York Hospital, Formula of— 1200-1290. 
Nitrous Acid Mixture, Kelly's— 1243. 
Nits, Ointment for— 793. 
Nomenclature— page 404. 
North of England Cough Syr.— 507. 
North of England Sauce — 25S4. 
Noyeau Cordial — 994. 

Powder — 740. 
Numerals— page 404. 
Nursery Insecticide — 1939. 
Nux Vomica Pills— 1290. 
Obtundent, Dental— 1S30. 
Odontodol, for Toothache — 936. 
Offensive Breath, Prescription for — 1850. 
Oil Cloths, To Renovate— 2409-2414. 
Oil of Cade Co. Ointment— 1223. 
Oil of Melisse— 3895. 
Oil for Mosquitos— 193S. 
Ointment, Barber's Itch — 785. 

Blistering Horses, for — 790. 

Boils, for — 794, 795. 

Brown— 121S. 

Carbolic — 779. 

Carbolized— 1216. 

Chapped Hands— 792. 

Chrysophanic Acid — 1217. 

Compound Pile — 770, 777. 

Creasote— 812. 

Eczema— 1229, 4065. 

Glycerine — 782. 

Grease or Cracked Heels, for — 3521. 

Healing — 791. 

Indian Cerate— 813. 



504 



INDEX. 



Ointment, Iodide of Iron— 784. 


Pearls, To Clean— 2438. 


Iodide of Potassium — 788. 


Pectoral Elixir— 590. 


Iodine— 783. 


Peppermint Cordial — 989. 


Iodoform— 1220, 1224. 


Peppermint, Extract of — 2611. 


Itch— 772-774. 


Lozenges — 1342. 


Kraemer's Pile — 775. 


Pepsin Ferro. Mang. — 1797. 


Lead and Zinc— 1226. 


Lactated— 3066. 


Mayer's — 801. 


Lozenges— 1407-1410. 


Mercurial — 781. 


Mixture for Indigestion — 651. 


Mercury and Iodide of Potash — 1227. 


Wine, A— 63. 


Neuralgic— 803. 


Wine, B— 64. 


Nits, for— 793. 


Peptonated Iron — 1798. 


Oleate of Mercury — 787. 


Iron Solution— 1799. 


Oil of Cade Co.— 1223. 


Percentage Solutions — 1770. 


Peruvian, Balsam— 1221. 


Perfume for Hair Oil— 4090. 


Salicylic Acid— 1219. 


Perfumery Extracts— 3756A-3886. 


Screw Worm— 802. 


Ardeola Bouquet — 3757. 


Simple— 804-806. 


Bergamot Ext.— 3758. 


Sulphur— 807-808. 


Bouquet Caroline — 3759. 


Tannic Acid— 1228. 


Bouquet Essence— 3760, 3842. 


Tar and Oxide of Zinc— 1225. 


Bouquet Tip Top— 3761. 


White Wax— 809-811. 


Bouquet Bridal Boq., A— 3762. 


Witch Hazel— 789. 


Bouquet Bridal Boq., B— 3763. 


Oleate of Mercury — 787. 


Bouquet D' Amour— 3764, 3843. 


Old Times Cough Syrup— 606. 


Carthage Bouquet — 3765. 


Opodeldoc Arnica — 764. 


Clove Pink— 3766, 3845. 


Steer's— 799. 


Citronelle Rose, Cheap— 3767. 


Orange Bitters— 37-38-998. 


Crab Apple— 3768. 


Extract, Soluble— 2598. 


Cremorne Valley — 3769. 


Wine, 56, 944, 1879. 


Enchantment Boq. — 3770. 


Oriental Rouge— 4007. 


Framlingham Boq. — 3771. 


Ottawa Beer— 972. 


Frangipanni — 3772, 3773, 3847. 


Oxide of Zinc Jelly— 2638. 


Hedyosmia— 3774. 


Packing Drugs for Export — 1841. 


Heliotrope— 3775, 3848. 


Painless Tooth Extraction— 930. 


Honeysuckle — 3776. 


Paint Brushes, To Clean— 2415, 2416. 


Imperial Boq. — 3777. 


To Clean— 2417-2431. 


Jasmin — 3778. 


For Flies— 1935. 


Jess— 3779. 


Paintings, To Clean— 2432, 2433. 


Jockey Club, A— 3780, 3849. 


Palatable Cough Mixture— 602, 603. 


Jockey Club, B— 3781. 


Paper— 3454. 


Johnny Jump-Up — 3782. 


Negatives — 3455. 


Kensington Boq. — 3783. 


Sensitizing— 3463. 


Lilac, White or Purple— 3784, 3S50. 


Papier Mache, To Renovate— 2434, 2435. 


Lily of Valley— 3785. 


Paraffin Oil, To Extract From Floors— 2436. 


Linden Bloom— 3786. 


Parasiticide— 1212. 


Lucca Bouquet — 3787. 


Parchment, To Clean— 2437. 


Mary Stuart— 3788, 3851. 


Paregoric— 1838. 


May Blossom— 37S9. 


Parrot Seed— 3510. 


Mignonette— 3790. 


Paste, Blacking for Shoes— 2544. 


Millefleurs— 3791. 


Paste, Blacking for Stoves— 2530-2537. 


Moss Rose— 3792, 3852. 


Encaustic— 3419-3423. 


Musk— 3793, 3794, 3854. 


Furniture — 2556. 


.j Musk Rose— 3795, 3853. 


Polishing for Brass— 2518, 2519, 2525, 2527, 


New Mown Hay, A— 3796. 


2528. 


New Mown Hay, B — 3797. 


Polishing for Windows — 1942. 


Night Blooming Cereus— 3798. 


For Silver Plating— 2526. 


Opopanax — 3799. 


Pastilles— 1929, 3997, 3998. 


Orange Flowers — 3S00. 


Peach, Extract of— 2618. 


Our Own— 3801. 



INDEX. 



505 



Perfumery, Patchouli— 3S02. 
Pearl of Pekiu— 3S03. 
Perfection— 3S04. 
Persian Pink— 3S05. 
Pink— 3806. 
Pond Lily— 3809. 
Prairie Blossom— 3S0S. 
Rondeletia— 3S09. 
Rose— 3S10. 

Rose of Cashmere — 3S11. 
Rose Geranium — 3S12. 
Sandalwood— 3813. 
Spring Flowers— 3S14. 
Spring Posey — 3S15. 
Sweet Brier— 3S16. 
Sweet Clover— 3S17. 
Sweetheart's Garland— 3818. 
Sweet Pea— 3S19. 
Sweet Pink— 3820. 
Sweet Shrub— 3821. 
Tea Rose— 3S22, 3855. 
Tuberose, A— 3S23. 
Tuberose, B— 3S24. 
Union Bouquet — 3S25. 
Upper Ten— 3826. 
Vandeventer Bo q — 3827. 
Venetian Lily— 3S2S. 
Violet— 3829. 
West End— 3S30. 
White Lily— 3S31. 
White Rose— 3832, 3S56. 
Woodbine— 3S33. 
Wood Violet— 3834. 
Ylang Ylang— 3835, 3857. 
Perfumery Tinctures— 3S5S-3SS6. 
From Pomade — 3S5S. 
Ambergris — 3S59. 
Ambrette Seeds— 3S60. 
Angelica— 3S61. 
Benzoin— 3862. 
Civet— 3863. 
Cloves— 3S64. 
Coumarin — 38G5. 
Curcuma— 3S66. 
Heliotrope— 3867. 
Ionone — 386S. 
Muse Baur— 3S69. 
Musk— 3870. 
Neroli Big— 3871. 
Neroli Petale— 3872. 
Neroli Portugal— 3S73. 
Nutmegs— 3874. 
Orris— 3875, 3876. 
Red Saunders— 3S77. 
Rose Geranium — 3878. 
Sandalwood— 3879. 
Styrax— 3880. 
Tolu— 3881 . 
Tonka— 3£ 



Perfumery Tinctures. Vanilla— 3883. 

Vanillin— 38S4. 

Verbena— 3SS5. 

Vetivert— 38S6. 
Perfumes, Cheap— 3S40-3S57. 

Extract Alpine Bouquet— 3S40. 

Bordentown Bouquet — 3S41. 

Brighton Nosegay — 3S44. 

Clove Pink— 3S45. 

Everlasting Boq.— 3S45. 

Fra ngipanni — 3S47. 

Heliotrope— 384S. 

Jockey Club— 3S49. 

Lilac, White or Purple— 3S50. 

Mary Stuart— 3851. 

Moss Rose— 3852. 

Musk Rose— 3S53. 

Musk, Cheap— 3S54. 

Tea Rose — 3S55. 

White Rose— 3S56. 

Ylang Ylang — 3857. 
Perfumes, Frozen or Solid— 3836-3839. 

Bouquet— 3S3S. 

Cologne— 3839! 

Lavender— 3S37. 

White Rose— 3836. 
Peruvian Balsam Ointment — 1221. 

Beer, Carbonated — 973. 
Petroleum Emulsion— 1S15. 1817, ISIS. 
Phantom Face Powder — 4004. 
Phenacetine in Rheumatism — 674. 
Phosphate Acid Solution— 9SS. 
Phosphorus Butter— 1S16. 

Pills— 1766-1767. 

Rat Paste— 1936. 
Photo Chromos— 3456. 
Photographic Dark Room, Windows — 3436. 

Prints, Colored— 3476. 
' Trade, How to do— 3240A-3263. 
Photographing of Lightning— 344S. 

On Linen— 3449. 

Of Machinery— 3450. 

On Wood— 3479. 
Photographs, Faded — 3477. 

Faded, To Restore— 3424. 
Photography— 3264-3479. 

Accelerator — 3475. 
Photo Prints, Enameling— 3418. 
Pickle, Spice for— 2565. 
Pigs, Diseases of, Treatment— 3G54-36S4. 

Apoplexy — 3657. 

Bleeding— 3655. 

Cold— 3658. 

Constipation— 3659. 

Cough— 3660. 
Diarrhoea— 3661. 
Dropsy— 3662. 
Epilepsy— 3663. 
Eye Diseases— 3664. 



506 



INDEX. 






Pigs, General— 3654. 


Pills, For Spermatorrhoea— 1755. 


Gripes— 3665. 


For Toothache— 1756. 


Hipshot— 3666. 


Pimples— 889-891. 


Inflammation of Brain — 3667. 


Pine Apple, Extract of— 2613. 


Inflammation of Lungs— 3668. 


Pinholes, To Prevent— 3457. 


Loss of Tail— 3669. 


Piso's Consumption Cure — 613. 


Madness— 3670. 


Plate Glass, To Clean— 2260. 


Maggots in Ear— 3671. 


Pleasant Cough Syrup — 604. 


Measles— 3672. 


Plush, To Renovate— 2440. 


Pocks— 3673. 


Polish, Brown Shoe, A— 2546. 


Powders— 3494. 


Brown Shoe, B— 2547. 


Quinsey— 3674. 


Podophyllin Pills— 1279. 


Running Fire — 3675. 


Polish, Furniture— 2549. 


Scab— 3676. 


Furniture, French, A — 2552. 


Snuffles, Sniffles, Nasal Catarrh— 3677. 


Furniture, B— 2553. 


Spleen— 3679. 


Liquid, Shoe^2548. 


Splenitis— 3678. 


Paste, Brown — 2545. 


Sprains, Sores— 3680. 


Stain Removing— 2250. 


Stye— 3681. 


Polishing Paste for Brass— 2518, 2519, 2525, 


Swine Fever— 3682. 


2527, 2528. 


Vomiting— 3683. 


Paste for Silver— 2526. 


Worms— 3684. 


Pomade — Dandruff— 4077. 


Pigeons, Diseases of, Treatment— 3705-3718. 


Scurf— 4078. 


Canker— 3710. 


Stick— 4084-4088. 


Feather Lice— 3709. 


Stick, Coudray— 40S3. 


Lice— 3706. 


Pork Flavor— 2578. 


Mites— 3707. 


Porous Plasters — 1852. 


Moulting— 3711. 


Portraiture, Formula for — 3360. 


Parasites— 3705. 


Position of Sun— 3467. 


Pouters— 3712. 


Potassa Liquor — 1796. 


Roup— 3713. 


Potassium, Chlorate and Cubeb Lozenges — 


Scouring — 3714. 


1411. 


Scrofula— 3715. 


Chlorate and Guaiac — 1412. 


Sore Eyes— 3716. 


Pots, Iron, To Clean— 2441. 


Ticks— 3708. 


Poultry, Diseases of, Treatment— 3685-3698. 


Vertigo— 3717. 


Apoplexy — 3685. 


Wasting— 3718. 


Baldness and White Comb— 3686. 


Pile Ointments— 775-777, 814-817. 


Catarrh and Roup— 3687. 


Suppositories— 818-821. 


Consumption— 3692. 


Pills, Antibilious— 1749. 


Crop-bound— 3688. 


Antimalarial — 1768. 


Diarrhoea— 3693. 


Arsenical — 1751. 


Douglass Mixture— 3689. 


Chill— 1765. 


Epilepsy— 3694. 


Chronic Constipation — 1750. 


Leg Weakness— 3690. 


Creasote — 704, 706. 


Lice— 3695. 


Digestive — 1753. 


Mortality— 3696. 


Dog— 3504. 


Pip— 3697. 


Gravel and Lumbago — 1752. 


Powder— 3485. 


Female — 1758. 


Spice— 3508. 


Little Liver— 1763, 1764. 


Vertigo— 3691. 


Menthol— 1757. 


Worms on Head— 3698. 


Neural gic — 1754. 


Powder Alterative— 3729. 


Neuralgic, Brown Sequard's — 1769. • 


Aperient for Horses— 3488. 


N. Y. Hospital F.— 1277-1290. 


Baby— 907, 1222, 1853, 1858. 


Phosphorus — 1767. 


Baking Alum, 1 Spoon — 2586. 


Phosphorus, Martindale's — 1766. 


Alum, 2 Spoon— 2587. 


For Pruritus Ani— 1759, 1760. 


Cream of Tartar— 2596. 


Roback's— 1747. 


General Directions — 2594. 


Sir Andrew Clark's— 1748. 


Phosphate, 1 Spoon— 2588. 



INDEX. 



507 



Powder, Baking, Phosphate, 2 Spoon— 25S9. 


Raspberry, Extract of— 2607. 


Quick Rising— 2591. 


Vinegar — 946. 


Salt Rising— 2592. 


Wine Essence — 950. 


Cattle Fattening— 3502. 


Raspberryade Powder — 73S. 


Constipation, for Cattle— 3491. 


Rat Poison— 1932. 


Curry— 2562. 


Arsenic— 1893. 


Custard— 2561. 


Phosphorus Paste — 1936. 


E fferve scent— 736-742 . 


Red Clover, Ext. of— 6. 


Errhine— 1263. 


Red Drops, Hoffman's — 17S3. 


For General Cleaning — 2504. 


Red Nose Liniment — 756. 


Gilding— 2520. 


Red Wash Injection— S53-1203. 


Hog— 34S9. 3490. 


Remedy for Veterinary Purposes — 3524. 


Horse — 3493. 


Removal of Stains and Grease Spots — 2449. 


Lithia and Potash— 1873. 


Renovator, Blood — 4S. 


Meat Preservative — 2559. 


Retouching Powder — 3462. 


Miscellaneous — 1274-1276. 


Rheumatic and Gout Cure, Thomas' — 660. 


Pig— 3494. 


And Gout Remedies — 178-490, 660-675. 


Retouching— 3462. 


Liniment — 671-673. 


Sweet Seidlitz— 1S74. 


Liniment, Stokes' — 762. 


Teething— 561-564, S96. 900-905. 


Mixture— 1259. 


Tonic for Pigs and Horses — 3492. 


Mixture, Sir Andrew Clark— 664. 


Washing— 2495-2501. 


Pills— 669. 


Whooping Cough— 907. 


Powder— 668. 


Worm — 572. 


Rhubarb and Soda Mixture — 1254. 


For Horses— 34S7. 


And Soda Pills— 12S0. 


Prefixes, Chemical— page 405. 


Wine of— 73. 


Preservative for Fruit — 2630. 


Ringworm — 511, 512, 703, 760. 


For Vegetables— 2631. 


Roback's Bitters— 31. 


Preston Salts— 1SS7. 


Pills— 1747. 


Prevention of Halation — 3438. 


Roberts' Ready Relief— 758. 


Primuline Process — 345S. 


Rochelle Salts Mixture — 1255. 


Printing Processes, Photography — 3459. 


Rock Candy, Horehound and Tolu — 5S0. 


On Silk, Photo— 3465. 


Root Beer— 974-977. 


Prints— 3460. 


Beer Extract— 9S7. 


Glace— 3434. 


Ropes, Preservation of — 2402. 


Glazing Gelatine— 3433. 


To Prevent Rotting— 2403. 


Mounting — 3452. 


Rose, Extract of Flavoring — 2615. 


Proper Time to Give Medicine — 1877. 


Rose Eye Water— S56. 


Pruritus Ani— 1759-1762. 


Face Powder — 1002. 


Punch— 958. 


Lozenges — 1347. 


Purgative Effervescing Salt — 729. 


Rugs, To Clean— 2443. 


Sarsaparilla — 22. 


Rum. To Improve — 1024. 


Tablets— 72S. 


Shrub— 991. 


Purifiers, Blood— 1-25. 


Rust, Black Ink, To Remove— 2445. 


Pyro Caffeine Comp — 1306. 


Spots, To Remove— 2444. 


Quinia Mixture Co. — 1257. 


Saccharin Solution — 1775, 1776. 


Quinine, Baby. A— 711. 


Sachet— 3951, 3952. 


Baby. B— 712. 


Powder— 3939-3993. 


And Iron Mixture — 60. 


Or Solid Perfumes— 3939. 


And Jaborahdi Hair Tonic — 1092. 


Acacia or Cassie — 3953. 


Tasteless Syrup of, 2 gr.— 2644. 


Bouquet _de Caroline — 3954. 


Tasteless Syrup of, 5 gr. — 2645. 


Chypre— 3955. 


Rabbits, Diseases of, Treatment— 3724-372S. 


Ess. Bouquet— 3956-395S. 


Liver Complaint — 3724. 


Frangipanni— 3959-3961. 


Pot Belly Dropsy— 3725. 


Heliotrope— 3962-3904. 


Red Water— 3726. 


Jockey Club— 3965-3967. 


Rot— 3727. 


Lavender— 396S, 3969. 


SnufHes— 3728. 


Lign Aloe — 3970. 


Raspberry Cordial— 995. 


Marechale— 3971. 



508 INDEX. 


Sachet Millefleurs— 3972, 3973. 


Sausage Flavor, B— 2574. 


Mousselaiue — 3974. 


Flavor, C— 2575. 


Musk— 3975, 3976. 


Flavor, D— 2576. 


New Mown Hay— 3977, 3978. 


Savory Spices — 2577. 


Opoponax — 3979. 


Sciatica Mixture — 675. 


Patchouli— 3980. 


Scotch Marmalade — 2568. 


Pot-pourri— 3940-3950. 


Scouring Balls— 2116, 2117. 


Red Rose— 3985. 


Bricks— 2452. 


Rondeletia— 3981. 


Liquid— 2448-2450. 


Rose— 3983. 


Screw Worm Ointment — 802. 


Rose Geranium— 3982. * 


Sea Foam — 4069. 


Sweet Briar— 3986. 


Seasoning, Ham Sausage — 2576. 


Verbena— 3987, 3988. 


Seasoning, Universal — 2569. 


Violet— 3989, 3990. 


Sea Sickness, Remedy for — 1869. 


West End— 3991. 


Sedative Cough Syrup — 615. 


White Rose— 3984. 


, Liquor— 1784. 


Ylang Ylang— 3992, 3993. 


Seidlitz Powders, Caffeine— 1S75. 


Safest Light for Dark Room— 3447. 


Sweet— 1874. 


Saffron, Syrup of, A— 2641. 


Self Raising Flour— 2593. 


Syrup of, B— 2642. 


Samson's Bitters — 33. 


Sage's Catarrh Snuff — 643. 


Seed for Parrots— 3510. 


Saint Germain Laxative Tea — 722. 


Senna Cough Mixture — 1264. 


Salicylic Acid Ointment— 1219. 


Sensitizing Paper — 3463. 


Preservative Powder — 2558. 


Solution, Monkhoven's — 3464. 


Mixture for Rheumatism — 665. 


Sliampoo, Dry — 4070. 


. Solution for Preserving Fruit — 2630. 


Liquid-^071-4076. 


Saline, Eno's— 1303. 


Shaving Cream — 4082. 


Fruit— 731-734. 


Shawls, To Clean— 2453. 


Summer— 1301. 


Sheep, Diseases of, Treatment— 3617-3634. 


Sal Rochelle Mixture — 1255. 


Consumption — 3617. 


Salt, Brown Gravy— 2571. 


Cough— 3618. 


Celery— 2570. 


Diarrhoea— 3619. 


Effervescent Purgative — 729. 


Foot Rot— 3620. 


Harrogate— 730. 


Giddiness— 3621. 


Preston— 18S7. 


Hog Pock— 3622. 


Salves, Arnica — 778. 


Hoven— 3623. 


Boracic Acid — 780. 


Inflammation of Brain— 3624. 


Carbolic — 779. 


Jaundice— 3625. 


Eye— 797, 798. 


Lice— 3626. 


Stick— 796. 


Red-water— 3627. 


Santal with Cubeb and Buchu — 848. 


Rot— 3623. 


Wood, Emulsion of— 855. 


Scab— 3629. 


Santonine Comp. Powder — 572. 


Small-pox— 3630. 


Lozenges, 1362, 1363. 


Swollen Udder— 3631. 


Sarsaparilla, Ayer's — 1860. 


Wens or Tumors— 3632. 


Beef and Celery— 23. 


Wild Fire or Sore Lips— 3633. 


Extract — 5. 


Worms— 3634. 


Extract, Mexican — 24. 


Sherbet, Lemon — 741. 


Purgative— 22. 


Shiloh's Consumption Cure — 612. 


Syrup of— 1, 2, 3, 8. 


Shirts, Laundrying of— 2454-245S. 


Satins, To Clean— 2446, 2447. 


Shoe Blacking— 2544. 


Sauce, Barsaloux — 2585. 


Blacking, Liquid Black — 2548. 


Croft's— 2579. 


Shoe Polish, Brown, A— 2546. 


Delmonico— 2580. 


Polish, Brown, B — 2547. 


Digestive Relish— 2581. 


Shoes, To clean, Kid— 2459. 


East India— 2582. 


To Clean, White Satin— 2460. 


North of England— 2584. 


Show Bottle Colors— 1886. 


Yorkshire Relish— 2583. 


Show Windows, To Clean— 2461. 


Sausage Flavor, A— 2573. 


Shrub, Rum— 991. 



INDEX. 



509 



Silk Cleaner— 2462-2466. 


Solution of Saccharin— 1775, 1776. 


Photo, Printing on — 3465. 


Salicylic Acid for Fruit Preserving — 2630. 


Silver Bromide Emulsion — 3279. 


For Silvering — 2517. 


Silver, To Clean— 2467-2478. 


Soda, U. S.— 2845. 


Nitrate, To Make— 3466. 


Soda, Arseniate — 2847. 


Nitrate, Stains, To Remove— 24S0-24S5. 


Soda, Chlorinated— 2846. 


Wastes, To Recover— 3473. 


For Storm Glass— 1789. 


Silverine, Solution for— 2517, 2529. 


Strychnia— 17SS. 


Simple Ointments— S04-806. 


Solutions, Percentage Table for— 1770. 


Syrup— 2639. 


Soothing Powder, Children's— 903, 904. 


Sir Andrew Clark's Pills— 174S. 


Powder for Children, when Relaxed— 905. 


Sizing for Fly Paper— 1934. 


Syrup, 517-520, 565, 892-899. 


Skeletons, To Prepare and Bleach — 2479. 


Syrup, with Morphine — 893. 


Sleeplessness, Mixture for — 515. 


Syrup, Non-poisonous — 894, 897, 903. 


Smelling Sal.ts— 1S87-1S89. 


Syrup, without Opium — 892. 


Snuff, Antiseptic— 1859. 


Sore Throat Mixture — 469-477. 


Soap Bark, Extract for Foam— 2627. 


Soup Herb Powder, Kitchener's — 2572. 


Liniment — 770. 

For Removing Stains— 24S6. 


Spavin Cure — 3503. 


Soap and Soap Makiug — 2510. 


Specific Gravity— 1S40. 


Soda Powder— 742. 


Spermaceti Ointment — 811. 


And Rhubarb Mixture — 1254. 


Spermatorrhoea Pills — 1755. 


Solution, Labarraques — 2509. 


Spices, Mixed— 2563, 2564. 


Solidified Copaiba— S49. 


For Pickle — 2565. 


Solution of Acid Phosphates, N. F.— 9S8, 2820. 


Savory, 2577. 


Acetate of Ammonium— 1266, 1267, 2823. 


Spirit Beading — 1015. 


Acetate of Ammonium, Strong — 2824. 


Spiritus Acidi Formici, N. F. — 2S4S. 


Aloes and Soda— 2821. 


Amygdalae Amarae — 2849. 


Antiseptic— 1200. 


Aromaticus, N. F. — 2850. 


Arsenious Acid — 2S22. 


Aurantii Co., N. F.— 2851. 


Bismuth, Citrate and Amnion. — 2825. 


Cardamomi Co., N. F.— 2852. 


Bromides Co. — 1791. 


Curassao, N. F— 2S53. 


Citrate of Magnesia— 2S26, 2827. 


Glonoini— 2S54. 

Olei Volatilis, N. F.— 2855. 


Cocaine, 4 per cent. — 1793. 


Ophthalmicus, N.~ F.— 2856. 


Dieterich's Peptonated Iron — 1799. 


Phosphori, N. F.— 2S57. 


Donovan's— 1801, 2S37. 
Ferric Salicylate — 17S5. 
Four Chlorides— 2S2S. 


Saponatus, N. F.— 2858. 
Sinapis, N. F.— 2859. 


Fowler's— 1800. 


Sponges, To Clean— 2487. 


Hydrastis, Colorless— 2829. 


Spots and Stains, To Remove— 2488. 


Hypodermic— 1268-1273. 


Sprains, Liniment for — 750. 


Iod. of Iron, Br.— 2650. 


Spray, Bergoline Oil— 640. 


Iod. of Iron, N. F.— 2649. 


Carbolic— 1201. 


Iodine Co.— 2S34. 


Spring Blood Renovator — 48. 


Iron Acetate— 2830. 


Spruce Beer— 978-983. 


Iron Chloride, U. S.— 2831. 


Beer, White— 984. 


Iron Citrate, D. S.— 2832. 


Squill Mixture Co.— 1256. 


Iron Perchloride— 2833. 


Squills. Syrup— 2640. 


Lead, Sub-acetate, U. S— 2841. 


Stain, Mahogany — 2550. 


Lime— 2S35. 


Stains and Grease Spots, To Remove — 2449. 


Lime, Chlorinated, Br.— 2836. 


To Remove— 2323-2335, 2405-2408. 


Magnesia Citrate — 1794. 


Soap for Removing — 24S6. 


Malate of Iron— 1790. 


Standard Cough Syrup — 576. 


Mercury and Arsenic Iodides — 2837. 


Starch, Gloss for— 2507, 2508. 


Morphine Acetate, Br.— 2838. 


Steer's Opodeldoc — 799. 


Morphine Hydrochlorate, Br. — 2839. 


Stick Salve— 796. 


Pepsin, U. S.— 2840. 


Sticky Fly Paper— 1933. 


Potash, Br.— 2842. 


Stimulating Liniment — 1878. 


Potash, U. S. P.— 2843. 


Lotion— 1215. 


Potassium Arsenite — 2844. 


Stokes' Liniments— 761, 762. 



510 



INDEX. 



Stomachic Mixture — 570. 

Powder — 659. 
Storm Glass, Solution for — 1789. 
Stoughton Bitters — 35. 
Stove, Artistic Enamel for— 2543. 

Blacking— 2530-2536. 

Paste— 2542. 
Straw, To Clean and finish— 2134-2136. 
Strawberry, Extract of— 2608. 
Strychnine, Solution of, Hall's— 1788. 
Styptic Colloid— 1786. 
Sugar, Lemon — 2560. 

Vanilla— 2603. 
Sulphate of Magnesia and Iron Mixtures — 

1237-1239. 
Sulpho Saline with Iron — 735. 
Sulpho Saline Salt— 735. 
Sun Cholera Mixture— 842. 
Suppositories— 818-821, 1265. 
Sweet Seidlitz Powders — 1874. 
Syrup of Acacia Gum — 2651. 

Allii— 2652. 

Apormorphine Hyd. — 2653. 

Asafetida— 2654. 

Aurantii— 2655. 

Blackberry, N. F.— 2656. 

For Blood and Liver — 25. 

Buckhorn Bark— 2657. 

Calcium Lactophosphate — 2658. 

Calcium Phosphate — 2660. 

Calcium Phosphate, Wiegand's — 2659. 

Cascara— 2661. 

Castanea— 2662. 

Chloral Hydrate, Br.— 2663. 

Dover's Powder— 2693. 

Figs— 726. 

Ginger Ale— 2624. 

Glycyrrhizin— 2664. 

Hypophosphite of Calcium, N. F. — 2669. 

Hypophosphites of Calcium, Manganese 
Potassium— 2670. 

Hypophosphite of Calcium and Soda — 
2671. 

Hypophosphites, U. S., Churchill's — 2665. 

Hypophosphites Co., N. F. — 1261, 2666. 

Hypophosphites Co., with Iron, Nonpre- 
cipitating— 2668. 

Hypophosphite with Iron — 2672. 

Hypophosphite of Iron, N. F. — 2673. 

Hypophosphite of Manganese, N. F. — 
2674. 

Hypophosphites, Parrish's — 2667. 

Hypophosphites of Sodium, N. F. — 2675. 

Iodide of Iron— 2646-2648. 

Iodide of Iron, Rapid Method for — 2648. 

Iodide of Iron, Solution for, Br. — 2650. 

Iodide of Iron, Solution for, N. F. — 2649. 

Iodide of Iron, Tasteless — 2647. 

Iodide of Iron and Ammonium Phosphate 
—2679. 



Syrup of Iodide of Iron and Ammonium Tar- 
trate, Codex— 2680. 

Iron Citrate Codex— 26S3. 

Iron Ferric Chloride Codex — 2677. 

Iron Ferric Chloride, B — 2678. 

Iron and Potassium Tartrate Codex — 2681. 

Iron Pyrophosphate Codex — 2685. 

Iron and Quinine Iodides, A — 26S2. 

Iron and Quinine Iodides, B — 2684. 

Iron and Sodium Albuminate — 2676. 

Lemon with Acid— 2606. 

Lemon, without Acid — 2605. 

Lobelia, Eclectic— 2686. 

Lobelia, Thompsonian — 2687. 

Manganese Iodide — 2688. 

Manganese Phosphate — 2689. 

Mead— 2626. 

Mercury, Iodide, Gibert's— 2690. 

Mitchella Co., Eclectic— 2691. 

Opiated Codex— 2692. 

Opium and Ipecac, N. F.— 2693. 

Phosphates Co.— 2694. 

Quinine, Tasteless, 2 Gr.— 2644. 

Quinine, Tasteless, 5 Gr.— 2645. 

Rhubarb, Aroni.— 2697. 

And Potassium — 2695. 

Saccharin— 2698. 

Saffron— 2641, 2642. 

Sarsaparilla— 1, 2, 3, 8. 

Senna with Manna— 2699. 

Simple— 2639, 

Squills— 2640. 

Squills Co.— 2700. 

Tar, U. S.— 2643. 

Tolu— 2633, 2696. 

Trifolium— 7. 

Vanilla— 2604. 

Violets— 2701. 

White Pine— 583, 5S4. 

Wild Cherry— 2702. 

Yerba Santa, Arorn., N. F.— 2703. 
Table, Ackland's— page 365. 

Alkaline Carbonates in Developers— page 
364. 

Beer— 985. 

Burton's— page 366. 

For Diluting Alcohol or Cologne Spirits — 
4115. 

of Latin Terms Used in Prescriptions — 
page 392. 
Tablets, Compressed— 1422-1507. 

To make— 1307, 1308. 

Materials to Prepare— 1309-1339. 
Tablet Triturates— 1508-1746. 

Triturates, To Make— 1340. 

Purgative — 728. 
Tallow, To Bleach— 2494. 
Tannic Acid Ointment — 1228. 
Tapeworm Emulsion — 920. 
Taraxacum Mixture — 743. 



INDEX. 



511 



Tar and Oxide of Zinc Ointment — 1225. 
Tar Syrup— 2643. 

Water, Alkaline— 1207. 
Tolu and Wild Cherry— 581. 
and Wild Cherry— 582. 
Tasteless Chill Powder — 714. 

Chill Tonic— 713. 

Cod Liver Oil— 1819. 

Quinine Syr., 2 Gr.— 2644. 

Quinine Syr., 5 Gr. — 2645. 

Worm Powder — 916. 
Taylor's Solution of 4 Chlorides — 2557. 
Teas, Medicinal — 721-725. 
Teething Powders— 561-564, 896, 900-904. 
Terminations— page 406. 
Thielman's Cholera Drops — S41. 
Thomas' Rheumatic and Gout Cure — 660. 
Thread-worms— 527, 52S. 
Throat Liniment— 3519. 
Thrush in Children— 523. 
Tincture of Aconite Root — 2704. 

Aloes, U. S.— 2705. 

Aloes and Myrrh— 2706. 

Arnica Flowers — 2707. 

Arnica Root— 2708. 

Asafetida Co.— 2709. 

Arena Sativa— 2710. 

Aurantii Amara — 2711. 

Aurantii Dulcls— 2712. 

Belladonna — 2713. 

Benzoin — 2714. 

Benzoin Co. — 2715. 

Black Cohosh Co.— 2716. 

Bloodroot Co., Eclectic — 2717. 

Blue Cohosh— 2718. 

Blue Cohosh Co.— 2719. 

Blue Flag— 2720. 

Buchu— 2721. 

Burdock' Seed— 2722. 

Bryony— 2723. 

Cacao— 2724. 

Cactus, Grand— 2725. 

Calamus— 2726. 

Calendula— 2727. 

Calumba— 2728. 

Cannabis Indica— 2729. 

Capsicum— 2730. 

Cardamom Co. — 2731. 

Carduus Mariana — 2732. 

Carminative, Br.— 2733. 

Cascara Sagrada Codex — 2734. 

Castor— 2735. 

Castor Ammoniated — 2736. 

Catechu— 2737. 

Celandine, Rademacher's — 2738. 

Chloroform Co., Br.— 2739. 

Cimicifuga— 2740. 

Cinnamon Co. — 2741. 

Cochineal, Br.— 2742. 



Tincture of Cochineal, Rademacher's— 2743. 
Colchicum Co., Eclectic — 2744. 
Colchicum — 2745. 
Colocynth, Ger. Phar.— 2746. 
Colocynth Seed, Rademacher's — 2747. 
Conium, U. S. P.— 274S. 
Convallaria, Brit.— 2749. 
Copper Acetate, A — 2750. 
Copper Acetate, B — 2751. 
Corydalis, Eclectic— 2752. 
Cubeb— 2753. 
Culver's Root.— 2754. 
Digitalis, Ethereal— 2755. 
Ergot, Br. Phar.— 2756. 
Eucalyptus — 2757. 
Gelsemium — 2758. 
Gentian — 2759. 
Gentian Co.— 2760. 
Ginger, U. S. P.— 2761. 
Golden Seal Co., Eclectic— 2762. 
Green Soap Co.— 1208. 
Henbane— 2763. 
Hips, Rademacher's — 2764. 
Iodine — 2765. 
Iodine, Churchill's— 1209. 
Iodine Co.— 2766. 
Iron Co.— 2767. 
Ironr-2768. 

Iron Acetate, A— 2769. 
Iron Acetate, B — 2771. 
Iron Chloride — 2770. 
Jaborandi, Br.— 2772. 
Kalmia— 2773. 
Kino — 2774. 

Lobelia Co., Eclectic— 2775. 
Lobelia ajid Capsicum Co. — 2776. 
Lupulin — 2777. 
Myrrh— 2778. 
Opium Amnion — 2779. 
Opium Camphd. — 2780. 
Opium Camphd, U. S.— 2781. 
Opium and Saffron— 2789. 
Poke Root Co.— 2782. 
Poke Root, Eclectic— 2794. 
Prickly Ash Berries, Eclectic — 2783. 
Pulsatilla— 2784. 
Quinine, Br.— 2785. 
Quinine, Ammoniated — 27S6. 
Rhubarb, Arom. — 2787. 
Phosphorus Co., Br.— 2790. 
Poison Oak— 2791. 
Podophyllum, Eclectic— 2792. 
Quillaia— 2793. 
Rhubarb, Sweet— 2788. 
Rhubarb Co., Eclectic— 2795. 
Rhubarb, Kohlrenter's— 2796. 
Saffron— 2797. 
Savin, Br.— 2798. 
Savin Co., Eclectic— 2799. 



512 


INDEX. 


Tincture of Senna Co., Eclectic— 2800. 




Tonic, Acid Mixture — 50. 


Serpentaria Co., Eclectic— 2801. 




Acidulous — 104, 105. 


Shepherd's Purse, Radeniacher's- 


-2802. 


Alkaline— 106-108. 


Skunk Cahbage, Eclectic— 2803. 




Alkaline Mixture — 51, 52. 


Stavesacre, Eclectic — 2804. 




Alterative— 1884. 


Stillingia, Eclectic— 2S05. 




Aromatic Bitters — 46. 


Strychnine, British— 2806. 




Beer— 986. 


Strychnine Co., Eclectic— 2807. 




Blood Mixture — 47. 


Sulphur, Hager— 2808. 




Calisaya— 42, 53, 1870. 


Sulphur, Homeopathic— 2809. 




General Ferruginous — 75-84, 109-111. 


Tolu, U. S. P.— 2810. 




Hop— 40. 


Vanilla— 2811. 




Iron Bitters— 26-29, 34, 43, 44. 


Valerian Ethersol, Ger.— 2812. 




Iron and Quinine — 43, 44. 


Veratrum Viride— 2813. 




Laxative— 85-90. 


Viburnum Co.— 2814. 




Nerve— 41, 688-692. 


Wahoo, Br.— 2815. 




For Nervous Debility — 45, 49. 


Warburg's, Modified— 2816. 




Pick Me Ups— 91-103. 


Witch Hazel Bark, Br.— 2817. 




Powder for Pigs and Horses — 3492. 


Wormwood, Ger.— 2818. 




Toning Baths— 3469, 3470. 


Wormwood Co.— 2819. 




Toothache Anodyne — 925. 


Tinctures, Homeopathic — 1773. 




Ball and Stopping— 934. 



Tintypes, Developer for — 3416. 

Formula for Making— 3468. 
Toilet Lotions— 4035-4062. 

Acetic— 4035. 

Acetic Acid — 4037. 

Acetate of Lead— 4036. 

Alum— 4038. 

Arsenical Cosmetic— 4039-4041. 

Bichloride of Mercury — 4042. 

Borax— 4043, 4044. 

Cherry Laurel — 4045. 

Chlorate of Potash — 4046. 

Face — 4047. 

Glycerine — 4049-4051-4055. 

Gowland's— 4052. 

Horse Radish — 4053. 

Iodide of Potash — 4054. 

Lemon Juice — 4056. 

Sulphuretted — 4058-4060. 

Sun Burn— 4061, 4062. 
Toilet Preparations— 3999-4034. 

Vinegars— 3937, 393S. 
Toilet Waters— 3919-3932. 

Florida, A— 3919. 

B— 3920. 

Mixture, A— 3921. 

B— 3922. 

Lavender— 3923-3926. 

Lilac— 3927. 

Melisse— 3928. 

Verbena— 3929. 

Violet, A— 3930. 
B— 3931. 
C— 3932. 
Tolu Extract, Soluble— 2632. 

Syrup of— 2633. 
Tomato Catsup, A— 2566. 

B— 2567. 



Balsam— 924. 

Cordial, Roback's— 939. 

Drops— 927. 

Essence— 937, 938. 

Extraction, Painless— 930. 

Gum— 929. 

Odontodol— 936. 

Paint— 926. 

Pills— 1756. 

Remedies— 921-939. 

Tincture— 928, 931-933, 935. 
Tooth Paste, Charcoal — 4103. 

Cherry— 4101. 

Rose— 4102. 
Tooth Powder, Carbolic — 4107. 

Fragrant — 4104. 

Quinine — 4106. 

Saponaceous — 4105. 
Tooth Wash, Antiseptic — 4108. 

Fragrant— 4109. 

Saponaceous — 4108. 
Townsend's Mixture — 1247. 
Trays and Graduates, To Clean — 3472. 

To Make— 3471. 
Trifolium, Syrup of— 7. 
Triplex Pills— 1277. , 

Triturates, Tablet— 1508-1746. 
Turkey, Diseases of, Treatment— 3692-2 

Consumption— 3692. 

Diarrhoea— 3693. 

Epilepsy— 3694. 

Lice— 3695. 

Mortality— 3696. 

Pip— 3697. 

Worms on Head— 3698. 
Universal Seasoning — 2569. 
Usquebaugh Cordial — 1004. 
Vance's Chilblain Cream— 872. 



INDEX. 



513 



Vanilla Extract— 2599. 


Whayne's Buchu — 715. 


Cheap— 2600. 


Wheeloek's Cough Mixture— 605. 


From Coumarin and Vanilline — 2602. 


White Oils Liniment — 754, 755. 


From Vanilline— 2601. 


White Pine Expectorant— 583, 5S4. 


Vanilla Sugar— 2603. 


White Wash— 1202. 


Syrup— 2604. 


Wax, Ointment of— 809, 810. 


Vegetable Cougtt Syrup — 585. 


Whooping Cough — 558-560, 574. 


Preservative — 2631. 


Powders— 906. 


Vermifuges— 908-920. 


Wild Cherry Bitters— 36. 


Frey's— 90S. 


Lozenges — 1420. 


Oil, Old Style— 908. 


Window Polishing Paste — 1942. 


Vermin Killer— 1932. 


Windows, Photographic, Dark Room — 3438. 


Veterinary Formulae — 3729-3756. 


Windsor Toothache Drops— 922, 923. 


Alterative Powder— 3729. 


Wine of Aloes, U. S. P.— 2874. 


Blister— 3730-3732. 


Aromatic — 74. 


Bran Mash— 3749. 


Beef— 67-69. 


Calves' Cordial— 3734. 


Beef and Iron— 1871, 1872, 2875. 


Cleansing Drench — 3735. 


Beef, Iron and Cinchona— 2876. 


Condition Powders— 34S0, 3481, 3736, 3737 


Beef, Iron and Coca — 2S77. 


Cough Balls— 373S, 3739. 


Beef and Malt— 945. 


Diapente— 3740. 


Cinchona, Ger. Phar.— 2878. 


Diuretic Mass — 3741. 


Cinchona Co., Codex— 1883, 2879. 


Embrocation, Ellinian's — 3742. 


Cinchona and Coca — 2880. 


Eye Lotion— 3743. 


Coca— 55, 62. 


Fever Balls— 3444, 3445. 


Coca Kola— 61. 


Gripe Drench — 3716. 


Cod Liver Oil— 1813. 


Liquid Blister— 3733. 


Creasote— 2881. 


Lotion for Cracked Hoofs— 3747. 


Creasote Co.— 2SS2. 


Mange Liniment — 3748. 


Damiana — 65, 2883. 


Oatmeal Gruel — 3750. 


Damiana Co.— 66. 


Ointment for Grease — 3751. 


Ginger— 942. 


Ointment for Horses' Knees — 3752. 


Golden Seal Co.— 2S84. 


Physic Mass— 3753. 


Iron Bitters— 29, 71, 72, 1262, 2SS5. 


Treatment for Distemper — 3754. 


Iron Citrate, U. S. P.— 2889. 


White Oils— 3755. 


Iron and Potassium Tartrate — 2888. 


Wound Stone — 3756. 


Iron and Quinine Citrate — 2887. 


Veterinary Remedies— 3480-3526. 


Iron, Sweet — 2886. 


Treatise— 3526A-3728. 


Orange— 56, 944, 1S79, 2S90. 


Viburnum Compound — 58. 


Pancreatin— 2891. 


Vin Mariani— 62. 


Pepsin— 63, 64. 


Violet Face Powder — 4001. 


Quinine, Br. Phar.— 2S92. 


Walton's Bitters— 32. 


Raspberry — 950. 


Ward Cough Mixture— 1236. 


Rhubarb— 73. 


Gargle— 1204. 


Wormwood, Codex — 2S93. 


Powders— 1274-1276. 


Wire Fence Liniment — 3501. 


Warnerke's Formula for Copying Line Draw 


Wistar's Lozenges — 1421. 


ings and Engravings — 3363. 


Witch Hazel Eye W r ater— 858. 


Wart and Corn Eradieator — 884. 


Ointment— 789. 


Wart Powder — 4113. 


Wizard Oil, Hamlin's— 769. 


Remover — 4112. 


Wood's Bitters— 34. 


Wash Bluing— 2512-2516. 


Worcestershire Sauces— 2579-25S5. 


Lead and Opium— 1206. 


Worm Cakes— 919. 


Muriate of Ammonia — 1205. 


Lozenges— 917, 918. 


Red— 1203. 


Medicines— 908-920. 


White— 1202. 


Powders-- 572, 913-916. 


Washing Powder Compound— 2496-2501, 2511. 


for Horses— 3487. 


Jackman's — 2495. 


Tasteless— 916. 


Water, Aerated, Foam for — 952. 


Syrup— 909-912. 


Alkaline Tar— 1207. 


Wormwood Bitters— 998. 


Waxing Solution— 3474. 


Wrinkle Lotion— 4114. 


Weights, Equivalent, To Calculate— 1294. 


Yorkshire Relish — 2583. 



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